Sen. Grace Poe said she believes that the next person to lead the Office for Transportation Security (OTS) should have an immense political will to overhaul the agency. She issued the statement on Wednesday, Sept. 27 after the courtesy resignation of OTS Administrator Undersecretary Ma. O Aplasca...
International Container Terminal Services Inc.’s (ICTSI) Ecuadorian business unit Contecon Guayaquil S.A. (CGSA) has handled 135 million tons of cargo since starting operations at the Port of Guayaquil 16 years ago. The milestone was recently marked by CGSA which operates the Libertador Simon...
Department of Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista (Courtesy of DOTr) The Philippines is seeking for a re-election in the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council to further advance and protect the country's marine industry, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said Wednesday, Sept....
The government of Denmark will be actively helping the renewable energy (RE) sector of the Philippines for the upskilling and reskilling of at least 50,000 Filipino workers who can then be employed not just domestically but also for overseas energy markets; and that is in line with the greater goal...
PARADISE FOUND Welcome to the Four Points Palawan lobby Marriott International has raised its profile in the Philippine tourism market anew with the opening of its first Four Points by Sheraton resort in Puerto Princesa, Palawan. The first of its kind in the Philippines, Four Points by...
Ayala Land Inc. (ALI) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for a partnership that would help accelerate the transition of the Philippine property sector toward net zero. Under this historic agreement, ALI and its real estate investment...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), DOTr Secretary Jaime Bautista (Speaker’s office, Facebook) Is somebody trying to "sabotage" or sully Jaime Bautista's tenure as Department of Transportation (DOTr) secretary? House Speaker Martin Romualdez floated...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (rightmost) (Speaker’s office) "We are already fed up." House Speaker Martin Romualdez has said that he would personally block the approval of the Office of Transport Security's (OTS) budget if its administrator, Mao Aplasca,...
Billionaire Enrique K. Razon Jr.’s International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) marked a new operational milestone in Latin America, particularly Mexico and Colombia. In a statement, ICTSI announced the arrival of CMA CGM Alexander Von Humboldt at Contecon Manzanillo S.A. (CMSA) in...
ALL FOR WOMEN Zontians of Zonta International District 17, from left: Beging Soriano, Susan Lim, Dandy Gomez, Baby Perez Sison, Olivia Aguinaldo Ferry, Lia Bautista, Rita Dy, and Tess Rayos del Sol “A better world for women is a better world,” declared Olivia Aguinaldo-Ferry, past international...
Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT), a subsidiary of billionaire Enrique K. Razon Jr.’s International Container Terminal Services Inc., is marking a significant milestone with the arrival of a super-sized ship at the Port of Melbourne. In a statement, ICTSI said that, at 350 meters...
International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) will soon make the ICTSI App available in five overseas ports that it operates, enabling port users and businesses gain a competitive edge by getting real-time cargo visibility. In a statement, the firm said the ICTSI App is a secure operative...
