Police and Coast Guard personnel arrest a woman over a bomb joke at the Passenger Terminal Building of Port of Puerto Galera on Wednesday, March 27, 2024. (photo: PPA) She may have planned and waited for this long Holy Week break for her much-deserved vacation —until one bad...
The 16-year old female passenger was immediately transferred to the ambulance after the pasenger ship she was boarding arrived at the Calapan City port. (photo: PPA) A 16-year old female passenger fell off a passenger ship that was heading to Calapan City port, the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA)...
The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) is eyeing the deployment of veterinarians in its ports in ensuring the protection and care of fur babies and other pets that will travel along with their owners during the Lenten break. PPA General Manager Jay Daniel Santiago said the intention is for...
"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...
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...
