MADRID (AP) — The longest U.S. government shutdown on record is doing more than grind activities to a halt at home; an ocean away in Europe, local workers at U.S. military bases have started to feel the pain. Thousands of people working at overseas bases in Europe have had their salaries...
The next round of maintenance activities for the upgrade of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 electrical systems will not occur during peak hours to ensure continuous operations. In a statement, the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) said that upgrade works will...
The US Capitol in Washington, DC, on January 23, 2019. The Moody's ratings agency warned on September 25, 2023, that a US government shutdown this weekend, amid political deadlock in Congress, would have negative implications for the country's top tier credit rating. Just four months after...
The entire Philippine airspace will be shut down for several hours on May 3 and 17 as necessary repairs and upgrades will be conducted by the government to fix the issues hounding the country’s air traffic management system (ATMS), the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) announced....
The two-week maintenance shutdown of the Malampaya gas production facility has been completed, without any untoward accidents at the work site, according to the Department of Energy (DOE). “The works were completed with zero incidents recorded. This was achieved through diligent planning and...
At least 20,000 commuters will be affected daily by the impending closure of the Philippine National Railways (PNR). (PNR website) Thus, said Department of Transportation (DOTr) Undersecretary for Railway Cesar Chavez during a public hearing of fhe House Committee on Transportation on Thursday,...
The Philippine National Railways (PNR) will be temporarily shut down later this year, perhaps by the summer. PNR (Wikipedia) This was confirmed by Department of Transportation (DOTr) Undersecretary for Railway Cesar Chavez during a public hearing of the House Committee on Transportation on...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is aiming for a "no rate hike" scenario that will result from the two-week shutdown of the Malampaya gas production facility this February. If the agency’s calculations will turn out accurate, that will be a "historic first" in such activity in the power system’s...
The roughly 7.5 million customers being served by power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will have to brace for P0.7897 per kilowatt hour (kWh) hike in electricity rates as a result of the two-week scheduled shutdown of the Malampaya gas production platform next month. The increase...
TRIBU Parianon of Molo District is the champion of the Ati tribe competition at the 2023 Dinagyang Festival in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY – Mayor Jerry Treñas won’t endorse the shutdown of mobile phone signal in the 2024 Dinagyang Festival due to the problems it had caused to the...
ILOILO CITY – Ilonggos were irked by the mobile phone signal shutdown for the Dinagyang Festival 2023 this weekend that affected the entire city as well as neighboring towns. A MAN mimicking an Ati warrior entertains locals in downtown Iloilo City as Ilonggos celebrate the return of the Dinagyang...
CEBU CITY -- Mayor Michael Rama shot down the ‘signal shutdown’ that the police planned to impose during the Sinulog Festival on Sunday, Jan. 15. Rama lamented that the city government was not consulted when the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) requested the National...
