The recovery in air travel continued in October as total traffic (measured in revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) rose 44.6 percent compared to October 2021, according to the latest figures of the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Globally, traffic is now at 74.2 percent of October...
As pent-up demand continues to drive international air travel, Asia Pacific airlines carried 12.1 million passengers in October, an eight-fold increase versus the 1.4 million in the same month last year, according to the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA). Overall, passenger traffic...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez says the lower chamber aims to pass the proposed P5.268-trillion national budget for 2023 on third and final reading by the end of next month. From left to right: DBM Secretary Amenah Pangandaman. Speaker Martin Romualdez. Majority Leader Mannix Dalipe, and...
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...
media Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC), the private operator of LRT-1, received its twelfth brand-new 4th Generation (Gen-4) train set at its Baclaran Depot in Pasay Oct. 25, 2021. LRT-1’s newest trains will be deployed for revenue use by mid-2022, after undergoing complete safety checks,...
image1-770x450 Effective November 1, 2021, Australian citizens, permanent residents and their immediate family members can enter Sydney, Australia without quarantine arrangements, provided they are fully vaccinated and comply with document requirements, according to the Philippine Airlines ( PAL)...
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...
Moviegoers will sit one seat apart when cinemas resume their operations following the government's decision to allow them to operate under the more relaxed alert level 3, an official of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said on Thursday, Oct 14. DILG Undersecretary and...
bicol1 The P5-billion Bicol International Airport (BIA) in Daraga, Albay starts receiving commercial domestic flights this Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021, on schedule, and will be ready for international flights a month later. “Construction works for the BIA were delayed for 11 years. It went through 3...
Budget carrier Cebu Pacific (CEB) has remained "cautiously optimistic" on travel demand due to continuing worries on the prolonged pandemic. But despite the disruptions brought about by the COVID-19 since last year, Candice Iyog, CEB vice-president for marketing said on Thursday, Sept. 23, that the...
PAL_1-984x554 Philippine Airlines ( PAL) is expanding its international and domestic flights next month, expecting tourist and business travelers to increase as more people get vaccinated. By late October 2021, PAL plans to increase flights to San Francisco, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Guam, Singapore,...
