The Port Management Office of Misamis Oriental/Cagayan de Oro wraps up the year 2021 with 181,898 repatriated Filipinos assisted in all the ports under its jurisdiction – 104, 276 disembarked and 77,622 embarked passengers. This is in participation of the government-initiated “Hatid-Tulong Program”, which was created in 2020 in partnership with the Department of Transportation continue reading : PMO MO/C continues assistance for repatriated Filipinos and victims of TS Odette
The Port of Cagayan de Oro received the first batch of repatriated Filipinos on 25 April 2020 and more than a month hence, arrivals of Returning Overseas Filipinos (ROFs) and Locally Stranded Individuals (LSIs) have increased drastically. While a number of these repatriates have successfully returned to their home municipalities or provinces as facilitated by continue reading : “Serbisyo at Malasakit”: PPA continues to serve LSIs outside the Port
The aftermath of the prevailing Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID19) pandemic has confronted the maritime sector and partner agencies with various challenges, that prompted for a more coordinated inter-agency operations and mechanism towards the continuing delivery of public services and gear up for the inevitable “new normal” in port and maritime operations. To address issues and continue reading : 2nd Quarter PMMAC e-meeting: Gearing up for the ‘new normal’ in ports and maritime operations