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...
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,...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Eastern Visayas Regional Development Council (RDC) has expressed concern over the delay in the completion of the P759-million terminal building at the Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport here. Private Sector Representative for Multimedia Communication Buenaventura Go-Soco...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod-Silay Airport Police Station has initiated a project that would ease the burden of stranded passengers at the airport in Silay City, Negros Occidental. Police Major Deejay Domingo, chief of the Bacolod-Silay Airport Police Station of the Philippine National Police-...
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...
Diversified conglomerate San Miguel Corporation is seeking to register P65 billion billion worth of preferred shares with the Securities and Exchange Commission as it plans to undertake a public offering worth up to P50 billion in November this year to pay debt and fund its massive airport project....
(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...
