The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) is expecting more than two million passengers to troop to various ports across the country to either go to their hometown or on a vacation during this year’s observance of the Holy Week. In anticipation of the influx of passengers from March 24 to 31, PPA...
PPA General Manager Jay Daniel Santiago The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) made a great rebound following the adverse effects of the Covid-19 pandemic to the shipping industry by remitting more than P5 billion cash...
The aggressive campaign to lure foreigners to visit the country is gaining ground after two international cruise ships loaded with around 4,000 tourists docked on Monday, Feb. 26, at the Manila South Harbor, the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) said. PPA General Manager Jay Daniel Santiago assured...
Philippine Ports Authority General Manager Jay Daniel Santiago The strategic financial reforms in the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) again paid off in 2023 with the agency earning a total of P25.4 billion in revenues which reflected a more than 99...
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...
The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) has strengthened partnership with the Department of Agriculture to minimize the ecological impact and ensure long-term positive effects in agriculture and fisheries. PPA General Manager Jay Daniel Santiago said the partnership with the DA under Secretary...
An international cruise ship with foreign tourists, mostly Germans, docked at four ports in the country and explored famous tourist destinations in the Philippines, the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) said. PPA General Manager Jay Daniel Santiago said MV Vasco Da Gamam owned by German cruise line...
The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) ranked fourth among the government-owned and -controlled corporations (GOCCs) with top dividend contributors to the national government’s coffers in 2023. Citing data from the Department of Finance (DOF), PPA General Manager Jay Daniel Santiago said the agency...
Around 80,000 cruise ship passengers arrived in the country this year alone, a signal of full tourism revival in the Philippines following the easing of Covid-19 restrictions, according to the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA). PPA General Manager Jay Daniel Santiago said the cruise ship passengers...
Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) General Manager Jay Daniel Santiago ordered on Thursday, Dec, 21, a suspension on the permit to operate (PTO) of the two local partners of an international cruise line following the viral incident of alleged poor and dismal services to cruise ship passengers at the...
The Department of Energy (DOE) will submit to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) within this month the 10th candidate-port that must be covered in the pre-feasibility study aimed at repurposing these support facilities to service the needs of the flourishing billion-dollar offshore wind industry in...
