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Almost 300,000 passengers monitored at ports on New Year’s Eve – PCG
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) monitored a total of 298,871 passengers in seaports nationwide on New Year's Eve, December 31, 2025.
This figure includes 150,203 outbound and 148,668 inbound travelers.
However, these numbers are lower than the passenger volume recorded from December 26 to December 30, with the peak on December 29 reaching 461,214 travelers.
The PCG inspected 1,422 vessels and 1,654 motorbancas across its 16 districts.
All PCG districts remain on heightened alert from December 20, 2025, to January 4, 2026, to manage the holiday travel influx.
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