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(Eagle News) — The Pasig River Ferry Service (PRFS) will only run short-distance trips in Metro Manila because of the ongoing cleanup of water hyacinths in Pasig River, according to the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Thursday, Oct. 8. “The PRFS will operate in short distance trips from Pinagbuhatan in Pasig to Santa Ana in Manila,” the MMDA said in a statement. These ferry stations would not be included in the operational route: Maybunga […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the abolition of the Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission. In an executive order signed on Nov. 8, Duterte said the “disestablishment” of the commission was to “consolidate ongoing rehabilitation efforts in all river systems and tributaries within the Manila Bay region.” The President instead ordered the transfer of the PRRC functions to the Manila Bay Task Force, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, the Department of Human […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Sonny Angara has proposed a revival of the Pasig River ferry service to ease the “terrible congestion” on Metro Manila roads, saying he was “open” to increasing the subsidy of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority for this. In a statement, Angara noted that next year’s proposed P74 million national government subsidy to the MMDA for running a ferry along parts of the river’s original 15-kilometer service route “is clearly not enough.” “Yang 74 […]
(Eagle News) — Mas daragdagan pa ng Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission (PRRC) ang kanilang pagsisikap na tuluyang malinis ang Ilog Pasig. Ito ang naging pahayag ni PRRC spokesperson George dela Rama matapos magwagi ang komisyon sa 2018 Asia River Prize Award, isang international competition na iginagawad sa mga grupo na nagsisikap buhaying muli ang mga napabayaang ilog at iba pang waterways. Tinalo ng PRRC ang China sa kanila namang ginagawang restoration sa Yangtze River. Ayon […]
(Eagle News) — The Israel embassy and a group called “Pass it Forward” donated to the Philippine Red Cross a mobile water purification system that can purify up to 20,000 liters of sea water a day, and 80,000 liters of brackish muddy or contaminated water, turning these into water fit for drinking. It was tested on waters from the Pasig River, particularly on the Libertad Channel. PRC chairman, Senator Richard Gordon, led the guests and […]
https://youtu.be/WZFne178mZU (Eagle News) – More than 200 of the 300 rogue cops who are facing various administrative and criminal charges were turned over to Malacanang on Tuesday (February 7) where they received a severe scolding from President Rodrigo Duterte who told them they would be sent to Basilan in two weeks’ time. There, they would stay there for two years to fight the Abu Sayyaf, and other insurgents. A visibly very angry and disappointed President Duterte faced the […]
The Pasig River ferry system will once again operate on April 28 after it stopped its operations last 2011.
Manila, Philippines — The Metro Manila Development Authority revived today (March 5, 2014) the river bus ferry service along the Pasig River. Eagle News Reporter Jerold Tagbo rides the prototype of the river bus ferry as it began its dry run along the Pasig River. The return of the river bus ferry came about as various construction projects affected traffic along EDSA, considered as Metro Manila’s main highway. MMDA said this can serve as […]
