Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday, January 12 said another agency, and not the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP), should lead the investigation on the New Year’s Day air traffic shutdown. Hontiveros pointed out that the aviation body has backtracked on several statements...
A 25-year-old Filipina was arrested by a combined team of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA)-Inter-Agency Drug Interdiction Task Group (IADITG) and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Las Piñas on Wednesday, Jan. 11. Police said the suspect, identified as Jolle Ann Cuer, was...
A "Magna Carta of Air Passengers' Rights" is being sought by the Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives on the heels of the disastrous Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) New Year's day crisis. The scene at NAIA on Jan. 2, 2023, a day after the critical system glitch (Noel Pabalate/...
Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito on Wednesday, January 11 said government should be the one in control of public utilities that are considered vital to national security. Ejercito made the remark as he opposed proposals that seek to privatize the country’s airport operations following the...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Jaime Bautista proved to congressmen Tuesday, Jan. 10 that the agency was taking the issue of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) New Year's day crisis very seriously. DOTr Secretary Jaime Bautista (Facebook) This, after Bautista spent six...
Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) officials--most notably Director General Manuel Antonio Tamayo--ought to go on leave while the jury is still out on the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) New Year's day crisis. Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (MANILA...
The mass flight cancellations at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) last Jan. 1 could have been avoided had the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) been ISO-certified. From left to right: DOTr Secretary Jaime Bautista, DOTr Undersecretary Roberto Lim, CAAP Director General...
A device worth just P10,000 ended up causing P100 million in damages on New Year’s day when the operations of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) was paralyzed by a "trip" within its Communications, Navigation and Surveillance Systems for Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM). (Noel...
The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) didn't set any timetable for the completion of the "forensic investigation" on the Communications, Navigation and Surveillance Systems for Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM) of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). NAIA This was...
Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito on Tuesday, January 10 said officials who would be found responsible for the system glitch that hit the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) on New Year’s Day should be held accountable. Ejercito made the call ahead of the Senate Committee on Public...
Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) General Manager Cesar Chiong offered his "sincere apology" on Tuesday, Jan. 10 to the thousands of passengers who were affected by the New Year flight cancellations at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). The scene at the Ninoy Aquino...
Senator Grace Poe today, Jan. 9, said it is high time for government to tap the private sector anew to modernize the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) following the New Year’s Day glitch that shut down the country’s airspace. Poe, chairperson of the Senate public services committee,...
