By JINGGOY SALVADOR CULINARY STOPOVER The author enjoying a culinary trip over at the Waterfront Airport Hotel Mactan Cebu International Airport. Delayed flights? Long layovers? It is what it is. How you deal with it is all up to you. With time on your hands, what do you do? Mope or have a feast? I...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB), as transaction advisor on the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Public-Private partnership (NAIA PPP) Project, is recommending the extension of bid submission deadline by one month, to Jan. 29 2024. In a document, ADB said the extension up to Jan. 29, 2024...
The Department of Tourism (DOT) celebrates the inclusion of Clark International Airport (CRK) as one of the world’s most beautiful airports this year, earning the prestigious Prix Versailles, the World Architecture and Design Award of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod-Silay Airport (BSA) in Silay City, Negros Occidental is implementing stricter security protocols amid a threat in airports across the country. BACOLOD-Silay Airport. (Glazyl Masculino) Police Major Deejay Domingo, chief of the BSA Police Station of the...
CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela – The Cauayan City Airport Police Station is on full alert status due to the influx of passengers for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections and All Saints’ Day. Police Capt. Noraleen Lannu, Cauayan City Airport Police Station chief, said though airlines have yet...
Iloilo Mayor Jerry Trenas urged the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to expedite the privatization and improvement of the Iloilo International Airport and the Iloilo International port located in Lapuz. According to the Iloilo Local Development Council (LDC), the privatization of the air and...
CEBU CITY – The P4.5-billion upgrade of the Bohol-Panglao International Airport (BPIA) has been approved by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board. AUMENTADO (FB) Bohol Gov. Aris Aumentado said upgrading the BPIA will be done through a Public-Private Partnership (PPP)...
ILOILO CITY – Several business groups have joined the call of Iloilo Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. and Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas urging the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to approve the proposed expansion of the Iloilo Airport. ILOILO Airport (Tara Yap) The Iloilo Business Club...
ILOILO CITY – Iloilo Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. has urged the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to approve the proposed expansion of the Iloilo Airport. PASSENGERS arrive at the Iloilo Airport. (Tara Yap) “Our problem is very practical. Our airport is already congested and we could...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Two members of the New People's Army (NPA) were killed in an encounter in Purok 6, Barangay Bascaran, Daraga, Albay, three kilometers away from Bicol International Airport (BIA) on Tuesday afternoon, October 3. Police identified the slain rebels as Rizaldy Perdigon, alias...
Philippine Air Force Cessna 208B EX Grand Caravan (File photo by PAF) A Philippine Air Force (PAF) surveillance aircraft made an emergency landing in Cebu on Wednesday, Oct. 4, after encountering an engine problem. A PAF Cessna 208B EX Grand Caravan experienced an engine fire shortly after take off...
At least 11 flights were affected by what airport authorities described as a bomb joke at the Bicol International Airport(BIA) in Albay on Monday morning, Oct. 2. Eric Apolonio, spokesperson of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP), said a bomb joke was made by one of the...