aaaAN overseas Filipino worker posted on her Facebook account how grateful she was for the help of an airport policeman assigned at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1 so she could get to her flight to Bahrain on August 11. Mary Jane Abalos, in her post, lauded airport police officer Joebert Besonia who provided her P20.00 ...
aaaA Chinese passenger bound for Macau on Friday morning was stopped by authorities at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 2 for carrying eight empty bullet shells of caliber 45. Manila International Airport Authority general manager Ed Monreal identified the passenger as Cheng Li Tan, Chinese national, of Philippine Airlines flight...
aaaPhilippine Agriculture Secretary Manny Pinol said 36 farms within the 7-kilometer radius of San Luis in Pampanga have volunteered to cull over 600,000 chickens to contain the outbreak. Over 73,000 birds have been culled as of Aug 16. The province of Pampanga declared a state of calamity on Aug 11 following an outbreak ...
aaaA Japan Airlines plane was reportedly struck by a bolt of lightning as typhoon Gorio continued to lash parts of the Philippines on Friday. The lightning reportedly struck the plane as it was cruising at at least 15, 000 feet while the pilots of the aircraft were preparing to land at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Termina...
aaaTHE Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) deployed private security guards armed with rifles and shotguns at the four terminals of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) to augment the Philippine National Police - Aviation Security Group (PNP-AVSEGROUP) , whose many newly-recruited personnel remain “gunless.” MIAA General Ma...
aaaMANILA: Two handguns concealed inside electric water heaters that were about to be shipped to Hong Kong and Vietnam were intercepted on Tuesday by Bureau of Customs (BoC) personnel at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. The guns, Armscor Philippines .45 Caliber and 9mm, were seized at the Thomas Nationwide Transportation Warehouse in Pasay...
aaaMANILA: Twenty boxes of whitening beauty products known as glutathione from Malaysia were intercepted by the Bureau Of Customs Central Mail Exchange Center (CMEC) at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Monday Morning. NAIA District Customs Collector Edgar Macabeo said the shipment arrived and was consigned to a certain Cynthia San Di...
aaaTHE Business Development Community of the Philippine Association of Hong Kong (PAHK) is set to hold a roadshow to promote Iloilo as an investment site for business leaders from Hong Kong and China. Rex Aguado, PAHK president, told Hong Kong News the group will be holding a tour in Iloilo for 50 potential investors from Hong Kong, Hainan, Shenzhe...
aaaAT least 20 employees of the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) will be terminated from work for using illegal drugs. MIAA General Manager Ed Monreal refused to divulge the names of the employees, but said the 20 personnel were regular customers of Jesus Dotollo, an alleged drug pusher working as janitor assigned at the administrati...
aaaMANILA - Members of the Samahang Manggagawa ng Paliparan Sa Pilipinas (SMPP) on Wednesday held a peaceful rally in Mendiola, Manila, slamming the impending privatization of five airports in the country , which they claimed would also lead to the privatization of the country’s premier airport. SMPP president Fering Lopez said the Ninoy ...
