MANILA, Jan. 10 -- The country's largest port passenger terminal building (PTB) at the Port of Calapan in Oriental Mindoro province is scheduled to open its doors to the public by March.

During a surprise inspection of the construction Port of Calapan on Tuesday, Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) General Manager Jay Santiago said the PTB is currently 98 percent complete with a target completion date set on Feb. 18.

"The assessment of the Port Management Office of Mindoro (Mindoro PMO) revealed that the completion rate of our PTB is 17 percent ahead of its target schedule and we are set to inaugurate it in March this year," Santiago said.

The construction of the PTB cost PHP353 million and is designed to accommodate up to 3,500 passenger...