Senator Grace Poe on Sunday, January 15, urged Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) director general Manuel Antonio Tamayo to inhibit from the ongoing investigation on the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) air traffic fiasco. Poe said doing so would ensure an impartial...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday, January 15 urged the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) to conduct a investigation on the possibility that a cyber attack caused the airport fiasco on New Year’s Day. Gatchalian pointed out that during the Senate hearing on the incident last...
The government’s plan to privatize the country’s primary international gateway and aviation hub, the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), received support from Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion, who cited its potential to grow the Philippine travel economy. Go Negosyo meets with the...
Senator Francis ‘Tol’ N. Tolentino has urged the leadership of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) to take advantage of a specific treaty that would help modernize the country’s existing air traffic control system. Tolentino was referring to the 1944 Chicago Convention on...
The Senate is not passing judgment as it has yet to conclude its probe on the New Year’s Day airspace shutdown at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) ‘’At this point, it’s still too early to say but the airspace shutdown last January 1 is truly unacceptable,’’ Senate Majority...
Senator Jinggoy Estrada on Friday, January 13 said the air traffic system glitch that hit the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) should serve as a reminder to authorities to invest in state-of-the-art equipment for the country’s airports. Estrada made the pitch a day after the Senate...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is fast tracking the privatization of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) with the completion of the terms of references (TOR) of its contract, Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista announced Friday, Jan. 13. “We will work to fast-track the...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Jaime Bautista on Thursday, January 12, disclosed that the administration of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has plans to privatize the operations of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). Bautista made the disclosure during the...
Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri on Thursday, January 12 questioned officials of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) over their lack of security measures, particularly the absence of closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras in the areas that housed the supposed...
The Senate Committee on Public Services followed a “non-punitive tone” in investigating the technical glitches that happened on January 1, New Year’s Day at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) that caused a shutdown of the country’s airspace. Sen. Grace Poe, chairperson of the...
Senator Ramon ‘’Bong’’ Revilla Jr has filed a bill seeking to strengthen the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) and amending the Civil Aviation Act of 2008. Revilla filed the bill following the technical glitch at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) that led to the...
For Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers, law enforcers should always try to outwit drug traffickers to prevent illegal and dangerous substances from entering the country. Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) "Ang mga sindikato...
