LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – A cargo boat loaded with sugar, rice, and flour capsized while about to leave the port of Pio Duran in Albay for Claveria, Masbate Monday, Aug 22.
A CARGO boat bound for Masbate capsized at the Pio Duran port in Albay Monday, Aug. 22. (MDRRMO Pio Duran)
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ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard-Western Visayas recently led a search and rescue exercise with other government agencies off the coast of this city.
A SEARCH and rescue exercise was held at the Iloilo Strait, the body of water separating Iloilo City and the island province of
Guimaras.
Large shipping groups, led by the Philippine Liner Shipping Association and Philippine Coastwise Shipping Association and Philippine Interisland Shipping Association, are calling on the incoming administration to look into “unnecessary” port charges imposed by the Philippine Port Authority (PPA), an agency under the Department of Transportation (DOTr). During the pandemic,…