The government has decided to upgrade existing facilities and replace affected equipment as the "immediate course of action" after its Air Traffic Management (ATM) system broke down on New Year's Day, affecting some 361 flights and stranding 65,000 passengers at the Ninoy Aquino International...
Flights at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) have resumed normal operations Tuesday, Jan. 3, two days after the New Year’s Day technical glitch at the Air Traffic Management Center (ATMC) of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) disabled flights to and from the...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Jaime Bautista has recommended to President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr. the installation of another back-up system for the air traffic management system of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP). Bautista said he mentioned the...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr)'s fuel subsidy for public utility vehicles (PUVs) and "Libreng Sakay" (Free Ride) programs to cushion the effect of the oil price hikes on commuters benefitted 1.743 million students, according to the administration's year-end report released on Tuesday, Jan....
As the holiday break ended and work schedules resumed, tens of thousands of passengers trooped to the Port of Calapan in Oriental Mindoro which resulted in a long queue that reached a one-kilometer stretch on Tuesday, Jan. 3, forcing thousands of travelers to wait for hours before they could board...
The unmitigated disaster that was the New Year's flight cancellations at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) has one congressman worrying about whether or not the affected overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) would get fired by their foreign employers. A standard passenger at NAIA awaits news...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda said that the people who messed up and caused the disastrous technical glitch at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) over the weekend ought to be held accountable. Stranded passengers at the NAIA on Jan. 2, 2023 (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) “I...
The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) should ensure that the thousands of passengers who were pestered by the technical glitch at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) over the weekend would be able to get a full reimbursement. Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda...
The Metro Rail Transit 3 (MRT-3) resumes normal operations tomorrow, Tuesday, January 3, after implementing an adjusted schedule for the Christmas and New Year holidays. Its first trip will leave 4:36 a.m from the North Avenue station, and 5:18 a.m. from the Taft Avenue station. On the other hand,...
More than P13 billion is needed to upgrade the country's air traffic management which the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) describes as an outdated system that needs to be upgraded to a better system. Currently, the CAAP is using the Communication, Navigation and Surveillance/Air...
Senator Grace Poe on Sunday, January 1 called on the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to provide contingency plans and assistance to the stranded passengers who were affected by the sudden air navigation glitches at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). Poe said the ongoing cancellation...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has inked a Memorandum of agreement with the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to work together in raising the quality of the country's public transportation systems to be at par with global standards. The Department of Science and Technology (DOST)...
