NEW_LOGO_PPA_smallv1 The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) is prioritizing more advanced "Green Port" initiatives after implementing climate change mitigation measures for the past five years. PPA's scheme was patterned after the Green Port Awards System (GPAS) of the APEC Port Services Network...
NEW_LOGO_PPA_smallv1 The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) is reducing the processing fees for all Permit To Operate (PTO) applications filed by transport service providers before the end of the year to ease the burden on the providers as the economy transitions to the "New Normal". The reduced...
PPA The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) started implementing the “No Permit, No Service” Policy on Monday, Nov. 1, 2021 for all truckers in ports nationwide and warned against colorum operators. The “No Permit, No Service” Policy, under PPA Memorandum Circular (MC) 19-2021, states that...
An unusually short prepared speech on Friday, Oct. 29 during the simultaneous inauguration of seven port development projects in Bohol caused President Duterte to reveal a little known fact about himself--he actually traces his roots to the province. AD-LIB MODE--President Rodrigo Duterte decides...
More than 200 passengers were stranded at the Matnog port in Sorsogon after the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) suspended sea trips in affected areas in Visayas and Mindanao due to typhoon “Jolina” on Monday, Sept. 6. (PIXABAY / FILE PHOTO) The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) reported that at...
State-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) will be undertaking a competitive auction for the operation and maintenance service contract (OMSC) of the 150-megawatt Casecnan multi-purpose project (CMPP) that has both irrigation and power generation functions. psalm...
Under the Philippine Port Authority (PPA)'s new terminal management framework, a couple of operators clinched 15-year management contracts for nine ports worth over P11 billion. PPA The first bid winner, Prudential Customs Brokerage Services Inc. (PCBSI) secured the contracts for five ports. These...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade led the ground-breaking ceremony for the first ever K9 Academy in Southeast Asia which will be operated by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and the Philippine Ports Area (PPA) at a former American military base in Central Luzon. During the...
Several personnel of the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) and Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) have graduated from a counter-terrorism course that equipped them with the necessary skills needed to protect residents, port facilities, and sea-traveling public in Zamboanga. The PPA announced Monday, Aug....
The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) has attained its highest user-generated rating under the current Duterte administration at 85.96 percent. PPA General Manager Jay Santiago (File photo/ Screengrab from Zoom meeting) "This is the cherry on top. The way we perform and deliver our commitments will...
The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) today (Aug 18) warned of delays in the delivery of cargo with the partial closure of several ports in China due to COVID-19. 1200px-Philippine_Ports_Authority_(PPA).svg PPA urged Philippine-based importers and exporters to make necessary operational adjustments...
From the outside, the Philippine Ports Authority's (PPA) newly renovated training facility looks like a swanky rest house. (Photo from PPA) A statement from the PPA Monday, Aug. 16 bared that the facility, located in Sam Fernando, La Union, "will house the majority of its executive and management...
