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...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (rightmost) (Speaker’s office) "We are already fed up." House Speaker Martin Romualdez has said that he would personally block the approval of the Office of Transport Security's (OTS) budget if its administrator, Mao Aplasca,...
Sen. Grace Poe on Thursday, September 14 said she is expecting a speed boost in the modernization of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) after several companies have reportedly expressed interest in participating in the bidding. Department of Transportation (DOTr) Assistant...
(Unsplash) A Filipino female passenger bound for Thailand pretended she was ill and took a wheelchair so she could pass briskly through inspection at Terminal I of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). Her pretentions did not pay off as members of the...
NAIA Several criminal charges, including qualified human trafficking, are set for filing in court against a woman whose online posts against “unnecessary requirements” sought from her by immigration officers became viral last May. In a statement,...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has kicked off the housing project for 180 families displaced by the expansion of the Kalibo International Airport in Aklan province. SECRETARY Jaime Bautista, with officials of Aklan province, lead the groundbreaking ceremony of the housing...
The Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) has joined the public clamor for the expeditious but “unassailable” privatization process of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), and upgrading to global standards of the city airport. In a statement, MAP stressed that, whether by...
The chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee on Wednesday, June 28, sought a formal Senate inquiry into the uncoordinated landing of a US Air Force plane at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) last Monday, June 26. Through Senate Resolution No. 667, Senator Imee Marcos,...
CEBU CITY – More airlines have expressed interest in opening routes to the Panglao International Airport in Bohol. BOHOL Gov. Aris Aumentado assembles a mini-aircraft when he was visited by officials from Asiana Airlines at the Bohol Provincial Capitol in Tagbilaran City. (Contributed photo) Bohol...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP)-Area 5 announced on Friday afternoon, June 9, that no flights have been cancelled at Bicol International Airport (BIA) amid the situation at Mayon Volcano. "This is to inform the air riding public that, in so far as...
DAVAO CITY – A business leader announced that airlines Cathay Pacific and Xiamen Air plan to revive direct flights from Davao International Airport (DIA) to Hong Kong and Jinjiang, China in the second half of this year. THE Davao International Airport in 2018. (Wikipedia) Arturo Milan, co-chair of...
