media Air travel was already recovering until the Omicron variant emerged, latest findings from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) showed. “The recovery in air traffic continued in November. Unfortunately, governments over-reacted to the emergence of the Omicron variant at the...
IATA logo Disrupted supply chains and capacity constraints halved the growth of global air cargo in November 2021, according to the latest data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA). While economic conditions continue to boost air cargo demand, supply chain disruptions pulled down...
Malacañang is yet to make official the declaration of Nov. 29, 2021 and Dec. 1, 2021 as special working days ahead of a planned three-day nationwide vaccination drive. (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Despite this, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles found it best to explain to Filipinos how...
The implementation of the countrywide Alert Level System which was pilot-tested in Metro Manila to curb the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) transmission will start on Monday, Nov. 22, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary Epimaco Densing III confirmed. “Simula...
shutterstock_1019188642 Cebu Pacific (CEB) resumed Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021, its direct flights to Camiguin from Cebu, becoming the first carrier to do so since the pandemic. On top of this, CEB will launch its newest Manila-Camiguin route on November 15, 2021. “We are pleased to restart tourism in...
1200px-Dito-logo.svg DITO Telecommunity hauled in four million subscribers as of November 8, 2021, Chief Administrative Officer Adel Tamano announced. “It was only in March of 2021 that DITO began commercial operations. We hit our one-millionth subscriber in just a matter of months in June, and...
PAL-Aircraft_316x210px-1 The opening of more domestic gateways and increases in arrival limits for Manila will enable Philippine Airlines (PAL) to add more international flights starting this month, leading up to the peak holiday season. Transport authorities have raised the cap for Manila arrivals...
Personnel from the Muntinlupa police, together with an augmentation group from the Regional Mobile Force Battalion (RMFB) of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO), are now deployed in different public and private cemeteries in the city to implement the ban on visits by the public during...
Ahead of the observation of All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day on Nov. 1 and 2, the four-day closure of all cemeteries, memorial parks, and columbaria nationwide beginning Friday, Oct. 29, did not sit well with some stakeholders who branded it as "incomprehensible." DILG Sec. Eduardo Año (Photo...
shutterstock_1019188642-4 As domestic travel restrictions ease up, Cebu Pacific (CEB), is expanding its domestic footprint next month, starting new direct flights between Manila and Camiguin on November 15 and resuming direct flights from Cebu to Camiguin on November 9. CEB’s wholly-owned...
The League of Provinces of the Philippines (LPP) appealed to the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) on Wednesday, Oct. 20, to defer the expansion of the alert level system outside Metro Manila due to the supposed lack of preparation of the...
All cemeteries, memorial parks, and columbaria across the country will be closed to the public from Oct. 29 to Nov. 2 as the nation observes the traditional All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days (Undas) amid the prevailing threat of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Secretary Eduardo Ano...