MANDAUE CITY, Cebu - Hundreds of passengers continue to crowd passenger terminals in parts of Cebu province hoping to go home to their hometowns today, Dec. 24, and spend Christmas with their
Passengers wait at the Hagnaya Port Terminal for the resumption of sea travels. | Photo from FB page of Vice Mayor Mariano R. Martinez
In San Remegio town in northern Cebu, close to a thousand passengers remain stranded as of 8 a.m. at the Hagnaya Port Passenger Terminal. “Nanghinaut ang mga pasahero nga maka biyahe na ang barko kay aron maka saulog sila sa pasko kauban ila pamilya,” he added.At the Maya Port in Daanbantayan town, at least 23 passengers, who are bound for Malapascua Island, are also stranded.
Most of the passengers were carrying with them sacks of rice, ingredients for fruit salad and spaghetti and packs of biscuits to bring home to their families.The Philippine Coast Guard Station in Northern Cebu ordered the temporary suspension of sea travels for vessels that weigh 250 gross tons and below after the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration issued a gale warning at 5 p.m. on Friday, Dec.
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