The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) recorded 26,323 passengers in all ports nationwide on the day of midterm elections on Monday, May 12. The PCG said it monitored 13,691 outbound and 12,632 inbound passengers in various seaports from 12 midnight to 6 a.m. A total of 5,437 frontline personnel were...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod-Silay Airport Police Station has initiated a project that would ease the burden of stranded passengers at the airport in Silay City, Negros Occidental. Police Major Deejay Domingo, chief of the Bacolod-Silay Airport Police Station of the Philippine National Police-...
Two Senate committees will continue to monitor compliance and sanction violations by airlines on the rights of their passengers. "The hearing called by Senator (Nancy) Binay is already joint with Public Services and is not yet adjourned," Poe, chairperson of the Senate public services committee...
Senator Bong Go (Senate PRIB) Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Saturday, April 15, renewed his appeal for the Bureau of Immigration (BI) and other concerned agencies to prioritize the welfare of Filipinos, which includes the protection of their rights as passengers. Citing numerous incidents...
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/...
Gen. Rodolfo Azurin, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered on Tuesday, Jan. 3, all the personnel of the police's Aviation Security Group (AvSeGroup) to assist all the passengers who remain stranded at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). In a statement, Azurin said...
COAST Guard personnel ensure the safety of travelers at the Port of Banago in Bacolod City on Monday, Jan. 2. (Photo courtesy of PCG-Western Visayas) BACOLOD CITY -- The Philippine Coast Guard recorded 27,274 passengers in all seaports in Western Visayas on Monday, Jan. 2. The PCG said 14,818...
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...
CEBU CITY – Cancellation of sea trips left several passengers spending their Christmas in an evacuation center in Danao City, northern Cebu. Mitch Mondigo, public information officer of the Danao City government, said a total of 99 individuals stayed at the city’s evacuation center after trips...
Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) General Manager Jay Santiago urged shipping line owners to provide free food and water to their respective passengers who were stranded due to delay in the arrival of ferries and due to bad weather conditions in some parts of the country. During his visit to the...
BATANES – A small plane carrying five passengers including an infant, crashed on the runway after a bad landing at the Itbayat Airport in Itbayat town here on Wednesday morning, Dec. 14. The good news was, the plane’s five passengers and the two pilots identified as Capt. Adrian Jether Don B...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – A bus loaded with 31 passengers fell into a ravine at Sayre Highway, Mangima, Barangay Tankulan, Manolo Fortich town in Bukidnon Saturday evening, August 13. A transportation bus loaded with 31 passengers including the bus conductor fell into a ravine at Sayre Highway,...