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...
Twelve flights were affected by a bomb threat at the Bicol International Airport (BIA) on Monday, October 2, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) reported. Cebu Pacific (CEB) flight 5J 326, with 130 passengers, failed to take off at 10:45 a.m. after it requested security...
Sen. Grace Poe said she believes that the next person to lead the Office for Transportation Security (OTS) should have an immense political will to overhaul the agency. She issued the statement on Wednesday, Sept. 27 after the courtesy resignation of OTS Administrator Undersecretary Ma. O Aplasca...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), DOTr Secretary Jaime Bautista (Speaker’s office, Facebook) Is somebody trying to "sabotage" or sully Jaime Bautista's tenure as Department of Transportation (DOTr) secretary? House Speaker Martin Romualdez floated...
