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...
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...
Major services of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Sunday, Jan. 8, threw support to Gen. Andres Centino a day after he was re-appointed as the AFP Chief of Staff and rumor of an alleged destabilization plot triggered security concerns at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City. Gen. Andres...
Amid the continuous surge of the northeast monsoon, locally called "amihan," Baguio City's air temperature on Saturday morning, Jan. 7, dropped to 14.6°C. Baguio City (COMMONS WIKIPEDIA/ MANILA BULLETIN/ FILE PHOTO) Based on the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. apologized to passengers affected by the air traffic system outage at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) on New Year's day. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. inspects the Terminal 3 of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport five days...
Senator Joseph Victor ”JV” Ejercito on Thursday, January 5 expressed his disappointment at the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines’ (CAAP) failure to back up the air traffic management system (ATMS) of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) despite being granted sufficient...
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...
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...
Power outage and the ensuing power surge when the electricity was restored were traced as the reasons behind the technical glitch on the air traffic management system at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) on Sunday, Jan. 1, which affected around 65,000 passengers from almost 300 domestic...
Around 56,000 international and domestic airline passengers coming and heading to Manila were affected due to the technical glitch at the air traffic management system of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) since Sunday morning, Jan. 1. The passengers were on board 282 flights...
Aviation authorities have started to fix the technical glitch at the air navigation system at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). In a statement, the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) said the system has been partially restored at around 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 1, which resulted...
Thousands of domestic and international passengers were stranded as aviation security officials rush to solve technical glitches that resulted in cancellation and delay of flights to and from the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) on Sunday, Jan. 1. Both the Civil Aviation Authority of the...