Manila port operators International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) and Asian Terminals Inc. (ATI) have donated at least a P20 million worth of safety and communication equipment to the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA).
The pieces of equipment were donated to help the agency improve the traffic flow in the metro particularly container trucks plying the roads using the Terminal Appointment Booking System or TABS, the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) said in a statement.
The donation was made possible through the intercession of PPA, the agency added.
The equipment includes 500 units of handheld radios and its accessories; 500 units of body cameras; and 1,500 units of lighted baton. The equipment are expected to be deployed to MMDA personnel along the truck routes like Roxas Blvd., C-5, Bonifacio Drive, Finance Road, among others.
Present during the turnover ceremony on June 11 were PPA General Manager Jay Daniel R. Santiago, PPA NCR-South Port Manager Francisquiel O. Mancile, and PPA EA for Communications Asuncion B. Flores. For ICTSI, present were Ishmael Marohom, Government Affairs Manager, Filipina Laurena, Deputy Executive Director-ICTSI Foundation, Dra. Patty Licup, Training Head-ICTSI Foundation, and Jimmy Go, Operations Manager-Gates Operations. Standing in for ATI, on the other hand, were Ian Baking, Assistant Vice President, Jun Balita, Government Relations Manager, and Dominador Antonio Bustamante, Corporate Communications Manager.
Receiving the donation for MMDA, meanwhile, were chairman Danilo Lim and General Manager Jojo Garcia.
