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THE Chinese-Filipino community is celebrating the Year of the Wood Dragon. In Manila, the event is even made more special with the unveiling of the huge ‘Prosperity Tree’ or ‘Money …
Kung Hei Fat Choi!: Manila Chinatown burst with tourists Read More AT midnight on February 9, 2024, and the following day, the entire Chinese-Filipino community will be ushering in Chinese New Year with traditional revelry but with a marked difference, as the affair …
Kung Hei Fat Choi: Why ‘tikoy’ is a must on Chinese New Year Read More WHAT used to be a one-hour forum by the Manila City Hall Reporters’ Association (MACHRA) stretched to almost two hours when we had for our topic fire incidents as well …
In case of fire, use your cellphones to call for help instead of posting on social media Read More MANILA Mayor Honey Lacuna appealed to all Manilans to welcome the New Year in one piece, stressing that the revelry may be better held without necessarily exploding firecrackers, especially those …
Mayor Honey appeals to public not to use crackers; MACHRA, APC thank supporters Read More MORE than 600 bills approved by the House of Representatives are still pending in the Senate as Speaker Martin Romualdez laid out the lower House’s accomplishment during his speech before …
House of Representatives beyond expectation Read More IF it were not for the vigilance of personnel from the Bureau of Customs-NAIA and other related agencies, illegal drugs would have flooded the Philippines following the uncovered attempts to …
Successive drug seizures alarming, put BOC-NAIA’s vigilance to test Read More FIRST, there were only murmurs. Then, there were photos already circulating. Then, just recently, I read it in another column. The controversial issue is finally out in the open. An …
BI official links to ‘escort’ activities Read More MEDIA members who have been covering the airport beat for a good number of years were all in agreement that what happened during the Customs ETravel launching last November 21 …
BOC e-travel organizers are the worst, hands down Read More SUSPENDED Suspended Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Task Force Special Operations Unit chief Bong Nebrija was served a hard lesson owing to his obvious penchant for publicity. If and when …
Nebrija’s karma Read More As a reporter who has covered the airports and immigration bureau for a long time, I have lost count of the number of times I have written about foreigners who, …
Foreigners with genuine PH passports are a cause for major concern Read More WHEN top airport officials led by Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista and Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) general manager Bryan Co made the rounds of the NAIA Terminals in connection with …
OTS performance under new chief Briones laudable Read More A male passenger of AirAsia bound for Tacloban was brought to the nearest police station on Wednesday after saying “sarap pasabugin ng eroplano n’yo.” Based on records, the passenger was …
AirAsia blacklists passenger for ‘bomb joke’ Read More
AT least 1.2 million passengers are expected to fly in and out of the country this coming ‘Undas’ season. In line with this, the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) under …
NAIA terminals, airlines ready for Undas Read More THE projected flight estimates at the premier Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) terminals are poised to surpass the pre-pandemic levels of 2019 as the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) remains …
NAIA to surpass 2019 pre-pandemic volume levels with 45M passengers Read More AFTER demanding for the resignation of erstwhile Office for Transportation Security (OTS) chief Ma. O Aplasca with a threat that he would block the budget of the OTS if his …
Speaker Romualdez lauded for his ‘balls’ Read More IN the wake of the shameful incident where a female screening personnel of the Office for Transportation Security (OTS) was caught on camera swallowing dollar bills taken from a departing …
OTS chief on ‘swallowing incident’: Hindi pa ito ang huli, nandyan pa yung core Read More