A total of 4,631 individuals were stranded across 55 ports nationwide on Friday, Dec. 5, as the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) ordered the suspension of sea travel in areas affected by Tropical Depression Wilma. PCG spokesperson Captain Noemie Cayabyab said the directive came from Commandant Admiral...
Senator Raffy Tulfo on Thursday, Oct. 9, criticized the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) for its purchase of what he called overpriced body-worn cameras worth P879,000 each in 2020. This was during the subcommittee hearing deliberating the proposed budget of the Department of Transportation (DOTr)...
President Marcos assured Filipino fisherfolks that more fish ports will be built around the country as he cited that more people should be making a living from the sea, considering the Philippines ' archipelagic nature. In inaugurating the rehabilitated Philippine Fisheries Development...
Ports operator Asian Terminals Inc. (ATI) and Dubai-based logistics company DP World joined forces in investing ₱120 million to roll out the Philippines’ first complete fleet of electric internal transfer vehicles (eITVs). ATI and DP World recently unveiled a fleet of 15 eITVs and their...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has partnered with the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) to preposition ready-to-eat food boxes in key ports across the country ahead of disasters, particularly during typhoons that disrupt sea travel. Under the agreement signed on June 27,...
The ongoing study of the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) on at least three regional port facilities that will serve as support infrastructure to the emerging offshore wind industry in the power sector had hit chokepoints, including budget constraints for two of them; while the plug had been pulled...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Office of Civil Defense (OCD)-Eastern Visayas has turned over 25 units of 500-watt solar lights to the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) to support the upcoming full operations of the Amandayehan Port in Basey, Samar. The solar lights received on Monday by the PPA-Eastern...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) recorded 26,323 passengers in all ports nationwide on the day of midterm elections on Monday, May 12. The PCG said it monitored 13,691 outbound and 12,632 inbound passengers in various seaports from 12 midnight to 6 a.m. A total of 5,437 frontline personnel were...
The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) recorded over 857,000 passengers from April 12 to 14 in all its ports nationwide amid the influx of people heading to the provinces for the long Lenten break. On the other hand, the New NAIA Infra Corporation (NNIC) said it already recorded over 387,000...
Authorities are expecting around three million passengers in various seaports and at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) as Filipinos start the annual Holy Week travel to take advantage of the long holiday break for religious activity, vacation and bonding with friends and relatives. The...
PPA General Manager Jay Daniel Santiago The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) will be turning over more than P5.2 billion in cash dividends to the national government, the biggest remittance so far following what it...
Two international cruise vessels made port calls at key destinations in the country in January this year, which the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) sees as a good sign for a a stronger cruise tourism sector this year. PPA General Manager Jay Daniel Santiago said it was the international cruise...
