Oriental Mindoro PDRRMO tells passengers to cancel unimportant trips due to bad weather

The provincial disaster risk reduction office of Oriental Mindoro has reiterated its call for passengers to just cancel their trips if they are traveling through Calapan port.

The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office of Oriental Mindoro said that the Calapan City Pier has been jam-packed amid cancellations of trips of OceanJet and SuperCat.

“As of 10:00 AM – January 03,2018, sobrang dami pa rin ng pasahero sa Calapan City Pier at patuloy pa rin pong dumadagsa ang mga biyahero,” the PDRRMO said.

Tropical Depression Agaton is causing weather disturbances in different areas in MIMAROPA region forcing cancellation of SuperCat and Ocean Jet trips because of rough waves.

“Paki-usap po sa lahat: kung hindi rin lang mahalaga ang dahilan ng inyong pagbyahe, mabuti pong ipagpaliban ang inyong pagluwas upang hindi na madagdagan ang mahabang pila at siksikan sa pier,” the office appealed.

The office said that only Roll-on/Roll-off vessels are allowed to travel.

“Wala pa ring byahe ang Supercat at Ocean Jet, tanging mga RoRo vessels ang naglalayag,” PDRRMO said.

“Wala na rin pong pila sa Singko kaya hindi na ipinapatupad ang pagbibigay ng numero sa mga sasakyan,” it added.

The City of Calapan has also made the same appeal yesterday to passengers.

“Kung hindi naman po ganun kahalaga ang pagluwas natin sa Batangas Pier, inaa bisuhan po na huwag na po munang dumagdag pa sa karamihan sa Calapan Pier dahil hindi po natin hawak ang panahon,” the city said.