The Philippine Coast Guard has placed all its units in the Visayas and Mindanao under “full alert” as it also ordered them to brace for the heavy rains and possible flash floods that might result from the first weather disturbance to hit the country this year.
More than 9,280 passengers have been stranded at Manila’s North Harbor and eight other major ports in Luzon due to rough sea conditions caused by tropical depression “Quinta” (international code name: Wukong), as of Thursday morning, the Philippine Coast Guard said.
Residents in central Philippines may now heave a sigh of relief.
Tropical depression “Quinta” caused widespread travel disruption Wednesday as major ports were shut down and domestic flights and bus travel to the Visayas and Mindanao were cancelled.
At least 870 passengers were stranded in Cebu after the Coast Guard barred 16 vessels from leaving Cebu port due to storm “Quinta.”
THE Maritime Industry Authority in Central Visayas (Marina-7) has suspended the passenger ship safety certificate of a ferry that hit a barge anchored off Bantolinao point, Lapu-Lapu City. The MV Lite Ferry 8 of the Lite Shipping Lines can’t sail unless it undergoes a reinspection, said Jose Cabatingan, Marina 7 spokesman. The moving vessel struck [...]
Cebu-based vessels that adopted best sanitation practices were recognized yesterday in award rites by by the government and industry peers. Dr. Edgardo Sabitsana, regional director of the Bureau of Quarantine, said the selection was based on rounds of random inspection among vessels in the passenger, cargo and ferry categories. MV Cebu Ferry 3 of Cebu [...]
