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Business > Maritime
Lawmaker wants Marina to take over PPA's regulatory function
By Genivi Verdejo
Aug 10, 2022 12:07 am

A BILL seeking the transfer of the Philippine Ports Authority's (PPA) regulatory function to the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) was filed in Congress

Rep. Bernadette Herrera-Dy authored House Bill 1400 or an 'Act separating the regulatory and commercial functions of the PPA by converting it into Philippine Ports Corp. (Philports) for development, management and operation of public ports within its system and transferring the regulatory functions to the Marina.'

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