ZAMBOANGA CITY – A river here was dredged on Friday, Feb. 3, to prevent flooding at the Zamboanga City International Airport runway during heavy rain. TONS of non-biodegradable materials and debris were collected in dredging operations at the San Roque River in Zamboanga City. (Zamboanga...
A CHEMIST from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas examines the packs of suspected shabu that were found in the luggage of a South African national at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport on Wednesday night, Feb. 1.(Photo from PDEA-7) CEBU CITY — Authorities intercepted packs...
Due to the massive airport incident on new year's day, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos has ordered to speed up the deal with maintenance provider Sumitomo-Thales to modernize the country's aviation safety system. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. inspects the Terminal 3 of the...
Here's a bold proposition from House Minority Leader Marcelino Libanan: transfer 50 percent of all flights in and out of the congested Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) to Clark International Airport (CIA) in Mabalacat, Pampanga by 2025. House Minority Leader Marcelino Libanan (left)...
EVA Air will launch daily nonstop flights between Taipei and the northwestern Philippines, starting on March 30, 2023. The addition of Clark International Airport will give EVA three gateways in the country, in addition to Manila and Cebu. By the end of March, the airline will be operating 35...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte hopes that the Marcos administration's commitment to continue the previous leadership's infrastructure modernization program would involve the completion of two flagship transportation projects in his home region of Bicol. (Wikipedia) These two...
After the outage that delayed over 9,500 U.S. flights, Philippine Airlines (PAL) is proceeding with all its flights to and from the United States, the flag carrier stated in its late evening (10:27 pm) advisory on Wednesday, January 11. At the time, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)...
MAGALONG BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong has directed the Baguio City Police Office to provide assistance to the Loakan Airport Security Committee during temporary closure of the national highway at the end of Runway 27 to ensure safety during flight arrival and departure. He assured that...
The Communication, Navigation and Surveillance for Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM) system at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) was disabled by a power outage at around 9:50 a.m. on New Year’s Day, Jan. 1, triggering the cancellation of some 300 flights affecting around 56,000...
Senator Sonny Angara on Tuesday, January 3 said he hopes the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) will prioritize the modernization of the country’s airports following the New Year’s Day airspace shutdown fiasco at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). Angara recalled Congress...
The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) said Tuesday, Jan. 3, that it is prepared to face legislators for a possible inquiry into the power outage and technical glitch of its air navigation system that forced the closure of the country’s airspace on New Year’s Day. A standard...
Following the glitch that halted all air travel within Philippine airspace on New Year's Day, Go Negosyo Founder Joey Concepcion suggested reviving a 2018 proposal by the private sector to form a consortium to modernize the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). NAIA (FILE PHOTO/MANILA...
