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63 ships wait to leave Cebu port after storm
A total of 63 vessels and nine motor bancas in Cebu ports were not allowed to set sail yesterday due to typhoon Pablo. Although the storm has passed Cebu, the Philippine Coast Guard still has to evaluate today whether to lift its order grounding all sea vessels. A total of 610 passengers were stranded: 446 […]
Over 4,000-T passengers stranded because of ‘Ofel’
October 25, 2012
Manila—Over 4,000 passengers bound for Eastern Visayas and Northern Mindanao were stranded at several ports yesterday after the Coast Guard grounded their vessels due to Tropical Storm “Ofel,” the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council said. In its latest advisory issued yesterday noon, the NDRRMC said 1,346 passengers were stranded at the Coast Guard Pier […]
Cebu port monitored for deadly virus
July 16, 2012
Health authorities are monitoring international sea vessels in the Cebu International Port amid the heightened alert for the deadly variant of hand, foot and mouth disease from Cambodia. “Part of our job is to check the health conditions of international seafarers. We do this before the Bureau of Customs and Bureau of Immigration get to […]
Lawyer: We welcome damage suit filed by Cordova mayor
April 25, 2012
LAWYER Dante Ramos said yesterday he and his co-respondents welcomed the P3.3 million damage suit filed by Cordova Mayor Adelino Sitoy. Ramos said they anticipated a counter-charge after they opposed the Cordova reclamation project initiated by Sitoy. Sitoy filed the complaint Monday at the Regional Trial Court in Mandaue City against Cordova fishermen Cirilo Pagobo, […]
Dishonest Cebu port employee dismissed
March 18, 2012
AN employee of the Cebu Ports Authority (CPA) was ordered dismissed from service for falsifying receipts and misappropriating government funds. Danilo Sultan, a CPA special collection officer in Camotes Island, northeast Cebu, was found guilty of serious dishonesty by the Ombudsman-Visayas. In her decision, graft investigation and prosecution officer Irish Inabangan Amores found evidence to […]
Joint team formed to probe gun shipment case
December 2, 2011
THE Bureau of Customs is tapping at least three other police agencies to help track down the real shipper and consignee of the illegal shipment inside the 45-foot van confiscated last Tuesday. Ronnie Silvestre, Cebu Customs district collector, said yesterday that the Customs would work together with the National Bureau of Investigation in Central […]
CONCEALED WEAPONS
November 30, 2011
Second shipment part of four cargoes seized in Cebu, Manila Two weeks after they seized a shipment filled with gun parts and chop-chop motorbike parts, Customs personnel confiscated anew another shipment filled with parts of high-powered firearms, accessories and ammunition at the Cebu International Port yesterday. A 40-foot container van bearing number IRNU 9004994 was […]
December 5, 2012
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