Fermin Soto, operations manager of Irma Fishing Trading Inc. which owns Liberty 5, told Palawan News in a phone interview Monday that the majority of them are from Magsaysay.
Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) applicant Cherry Ann Bacar, in an interveiw with Palawan News on Sunday, estimated that there are over 300 of them stranded mostly in Manila. She said 287 joined an online group they recently organized, calling it "Manila 287 Stranded Palaweños".
The provincial legislature has called for a special session on Friday and is expected to pass a resolution allowing Governor Jose Alvarez to petition the COMELEC for the postponement of the plebiscite.
Mayor Sue Cudilla confirmed Tuesday that the hearing for the election protest has concluded pointing out that the decision was yet to be rendered on March 3.
PAGASA said that after making seven landfalls, Ursula slightly slowed down moving 15 kilometers per hour (kph) west-northwest from 20 kph with maximum winds of around 130 kph and gustiness of up to 160 kph.
The Palawan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (PDRRMO) activated its emergency operations center (EOC) Tuesday afternoon to prepare for light to moderate with intermittent heavy rains over Cuyo islands.
The mining company was followed on the list by Seven Seas Resort and Leisures Corporation, operator of the Amanpulo Resort in Cuyo. It paid P10.1 million.
Paz said that most of the consumers who report to the agency have not checked the background of business owners online and did not secure contact numbers.
