Senator Raffy Tulfo met with various heads of government agencies online amid the Senate work suspension to ensure public safety amid the inclement weather brought by Tropical Storm Enteng on Monday, September 2. Tulfo, who chairs the Senate Committee on Public Services immediately warned the...
President Marcos led the inauguration of a new passenger terminal building (PTB) at the Port of Batangas dubbed as the "most modern" inter-island terminal under the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA). President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. leads the inauguration of the passenger terminal building...
"Lahat po yan may karapatan (All of them have rights)." This was Senator Francis Tolentino's statement on Saturday, March 23 during an interview on DWIZ as he called for the hiring of veterinarians in ports for the convenience of people traveling with pets. Tolentino asked the Philippine Ports...
ILOILO CITY – Mayor Jerry P. Treñas here is confident that the modernization of the Iloilo Commercial Port Complex in this city will pave the way for larger exportation of products from Western Visayas. THE Iloilo Commercial Port Complex (ICPC) in Iloilo City. (PPA) “Hopefully, we can...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) said that domestic shipping lines must allocate at least 25 percent of their cargo space to the transportation of agricultural produce at a discounted rate. In a statement on Sunday, Feb. 4, Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel, Jr. said that this...
Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) General Manager Jay Daniel Santiago placed on Monday, Dec, 4, all ports across the country under red alert status as part of the security measures following a bomb attack in Marawi City that left four people dead and around 50 others injured. “Since this...
Authorities are now bracing for the return of millions of Filipinos who took advantage of the long weekend brought by the conduct of the barangay elections and the observance of the All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days, or Undas. Col. Jean Fajardo, spokesperson of the Philippine National Police...
Senator Grace Poe on Sunday, July 30 welcomed the Anti-Red Tape Authority’s (ARTA) re-evaluation of the Trusted Operator Program – Container Registry and Monitoring System (TOP-CRMS) being pushed by the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA). ...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The Philippine Ports Authority reported that 99 passengers were stranded at the Calapan City port after the Philippine Coast Guard temporarily barred vessels from plying the Batangas to Mindoro route and neighboring provinces due to super typhoon “Egay.” The...
The net income of the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) has soared to P6.19 billion for the first half of this year, registering a 23.18 percent increase of the income of the agency compared to the same period last year. PPA General Manager Jay Daniel Santiago lauded the port managers and all...
Major shipping and logistic groups support the decision of the Senate to investigate, in aid of legislation, the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) for its issuances that the groups claimed could lead to increase in logistics cost and price of food and basic commodities. The hearing will be conducted...
Free lugaw (rice porridge), coffee and bread have been distributed in some ports since Easter Sunday as passengers begin their travel back home and their workplaces after a long Lenten break. The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) said colorful eggs were also distributed to the passengers,...
