PCG: Over 86,000 passengers troop to seaports

MANILA, Philippines — More than 86,000 passengers trooped to various seaports nationwide four days before Christmas Day, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported Saturday.

Data released by PCG showed a total of 86,239 outbound passengers monitored in various seaports from 6:01 a.m. to 12:00 noon of December 21.

The bulk of the passengers were reported in Central and Western Visayas, which has 18, 696 and 15,509 passengers, respectively.

Below is the breakdown of passengers in ports as monitored by PCG:

NCR-Central Luzon – 1,460

• Manila – 598
• Pasig – 175
• Bataan – 149
• Zambales – 68
• Laguna de Bay – 442
• Cavite – 28

Central Visayas – 18,696

• Cebu – 8,476
• Eastern Bohol – 264
• Western Bohol – 6,275
• Souther Cebu – 2,450
• Camotes – 1,231

South Western Mindanao – 3,814

• Zamboanga – 1,390
• Basila – 1,479
• Sulu – 628
• Central Tawi-tawi – 278
• Northern Tawi-tawi – 39

Palawan – 5,534

• Puerto Princesa – 1,173
• Coron – 1,907
• El Nido – 1,727
• Roxas – 413
• Cuyo – 314

Southern Tagalog – 11,820

• Batangas – 6,077
• Oriental Mindoro – 1,471
• Southern Quezon – 526
• Occidental Mindoro – 943
• Romblon – 2,478
• Northern Quezon – 325

Western Visayas – 15,509

• Antique – 436
• Aklan – 5,056
• Iloilo – 6,036
• Guimaras – 3,981

North Western Luzon -271

• Pangasinan – 271

South Eastern Mindanao –   4,366

• Davao – 3,443
• Igacos – 923

Bicol – 4,440

• Albay – 1,461
• Sorsogon – 1,296
• Camarines Sur – 253
• Masbate – 683
• Catanduanes – 663
• Camarines Norte – 84

Northern Mindanao – 7,789

• Surigao del Norte – 1,499
• Misamis Occidental – 1,683
• Siargao – 1,169
• Lanao del Norte – 1,427
• Agusan del Norte – 111
• Dinagat – 496
• Zamboanga del Norte – 481
• Misamis Oriental – 524
• Camiguin – 399

Eastern Visayas – 4,825

• Western Leyte – 2,449
• Southern Leyte – 683
• Eastern Leyte- 188
• Western Samar – 826
• Northern Samar – 565
• Biliran – 114

North Eastern Luzon – 509

• Cagayan – 166
• Batanes – 343

Southern Visayas – 7,206

• Negros Oriental – 3,172
• Negros Occidental – 3,054
• Siquijor – 980

Edited by KGA