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PPA extends grant of typhoon relief cash aid until June
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PPA says agencies and groups doing relief and reconstruction work in areas devastated by Typhoon Odette last December can continue to apply for its financial aid until June
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The government’s share in Ro-Ro terminal fee from vehicles and rolling cargoes at PPA ports will be waived over the March 29-June 30 period
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Rehabilitation of ports severely damaged by Odette is continuing to restore them soonest to full commercial operations
The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) has extended the grant of relief cash aid until June to agencies and organizations involved in relief and reconstruction efforts in areas devastated by Typhoon Odette last December.
Pursuant to PPA Memorandum Circular 02-2022, the government’s share in roll-on/roll-off (Ro-Ro) terminal fee collections from vehicles and rolling cargoes at all ports under PPA jurisdiction will be waived over the March 29-June 30 period.
PPA waived the collection of Ro-Ro terminal fee and passenger terminal building fee from last December until January 20 this year at port terminals under its jurisdiction to aid those affected by Typhoon Odette.
The policy covered ships, vehicles, rolling cargoes, and passengers passing through ports under PPA jurisdiction as part of its response, relief, and reconstruction operations.
Among places severely hit by Odette, the strongest typhoon to visit the country last year, were Dinagat Island, Siargao and Surigao City in Surigao del Norte; Bohol, Palawan, and several areas in the Samar and Leyte provinces.
To date, PPA said it is continuously rehabilitating ports severely damaged by the typhoon to bring them back to full commercial operations at the soonest time possible.
These ports include Lipata in Surigao City, Liloan and San Ricardo in Northern Samar, and several ports under the Bohol port management office.
