Air travel is safe. Philippine Airlines (PAL) made the assurance in a new video today ( August 21) unveiled on its social media platforms. pal-aircraft_316x210px "PAL put protocols and safeguards ensuring the safety of all travelers in this time of heightened concerns, and we enforce them strictly...
Health experts weigh in The global pandemic has pushed people to try out consumer health products that may help stop the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Some of the trendiest items during the pandemic are Ultraviolet (UV) lamps and air purifiers. But do they really work?...
Citing lack of evidence that shows that necklace air purifiers can prevent coronavirus transmission, an expert does not recommend the use of it as an added means of protection. Bus drivers and conductors from different bus companies plying Cebu Province operating in South Bus Terminal in Cebu City...
A transport group leader has slammed the memorandum released in Cebu requiring public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers and conductors there to wear personal air purifiers in a supposed bid to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). PURIFIED AIR?--A driver shows off his...
Stressing that a transfer certificate of title (TCT) is the best proof of ownership of a piece of land, the Commission on Audit (COA) has admonished the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) for failing to have over 132 hectares of property covered by TCTs. NAIA The recently-released 2020...
The COVID-19 crisis year 2020 was the worst in the almost one century history of the airline industry, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) last night (August 3) reported in its World Air Transport Statistics (WATS). iata-3 A total of 1.8 billion passengers flew in 2020, a decrease of...
Polluted air is not only detrimental to human health, but also to crop yield. A study in the United States found that the decrease in air pollution from 1999 to 2019 contributed to a 20 percent increase in corn and soybean harvests that cost about five billion dollars per year. Four air pollutants...
Global passenger demand this June showed "a very slight improvement in both international and domestic air travel markets", remaining significantly below pre-COVID-19 levels due to international travel restrictions, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced last night (July 28)....
Government trading arm Philippine International Trading Corporation (PITC) was tagged anew as the culprit in the inability of government agencies to use of millions of pesos worth of important equipment and supplies urgently needed in the operations of said agencies. COA logo and building The...
DAVAO CITY – A few days before 1st Lt. Sheena Alexandrea Tato took the ill-fated Sulu-bound C-130 flight, she asked her boyfriend in a telephone call to visit her family in this city even when she is not around. Tato's boyfriend said he never regarded this telephone conversation would be the last...
From its advantages, downside to proper care, we got you covered! HEALTHY ALTERNATIVE Studies show that cooking friend food in air fryers cut the calories upto 70 to 80 percent According to reports, air fryers has been in the market since 2010. But in 2020 when pandemic happens, the demand for this...
The Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development (DOST-PCIEERD) bared on Monday, July 12, the deployment of locally made air quality monitors to communities affected by Taal’s unrest in provinces of Batangas and...
