DUMAGUETE CITY, Oct. 6 -- The Hagnaya Port in San Remigio, Cebu is operational except for a portion destroyed by the magnitude 6.9 earthquake on Sept. 30, the Coast Guard said Monday.

In an interview, Lt. Junior Grade Jay-R Alguisano, commander of the Coast Guard Station Northern Cebu, said ferries to Bantayan Island, Malapascua Island and other routes are functioning.

"Port operations continue with no passengers or cargoes stranded. However, the seawater floods the port at high tide following additional damage to the initially affected area due to a magnitude 4.5 aftershock (over the weekend)," he said.

Alguisano noted that flooding occurred only after the aftershock, even though that part of the port had fractured during the initial ...