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Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) General Manager Ed Monreal clarified Thursday, June 3, that they are looking for ways to help embattled airport staff deal with the order for them to return the hazard pay that they received in 2020. MIAA General Manager Ed Monreal (Photo from PNA)

Nearly 1,500 individuals listed up to receive their first vaccine dose against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a scheduled immunization Wednesday, June 2 at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in Pasay City. (Ariel Fernandez / MANILA BULLETIN) The vaccination began at around 9 a.

DOTr Secretary Arthur Tugade (L) and MIAA General Manager Ed Monreal (Photo from DOTr Facebook page) According to the Department of Transportation (DOTr), the amount posted by the agency–P13,900,904,299.33 to be exact–covered the period of 2016 to 2019. What makes the remitted dividends impressive is that in the 20 years prior to the Duterte administration, MIAA was only able to remit an accumulated P11,149,527,394.99. “MIAA’s performance in four years show consistent good fiscal manage...

From 1996 to 2015, MIAA’S remittance totaled P11,149,527,394. In 2018, MIAA made its record-breaking fiscal performance when it remitted P3.42 billion in dividends to the NG. The MIAA’s 2018 dividend payment to the national coffers was the highest in its history. Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) (MIAA / MANILA BULLETIN) This was double its 2017 remittance of P2.2 billion, the highest recorded dividend payment made by the agency in the last two decades, at the time. The MIAA is ...

(ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Based on MIAA records, a total of 138 individuals have been intercepted this year at the different security and airline checkpoints of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminals 1, 2, and 3 for having positive reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test results. The covered period was from January 1 to April 15, 2021. “Let us not take chances. The airport security and airline check-in staff will always check on your requir...

endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 20) — The Manila International Airport Authority appealed to the public to travel responsibly during the pandemic following the interception of at least 138 COVID-positive prospective travelers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport since the start of the year. MIAA on Tuesday said the data was as of April 15 and that the departing passengers were intercepted at security and airline checkpoints. They were bound for different foreign destinati...

. Dapat tama lang,” Gavieta explained. [Translation: In railways, airport systems, toll roads, the government should regulate these in such a way that the private sector’s financial returns aren’t excessive. They should just be the right amount.] Meanwhile, think tank Infrawatch convener Terry Ridon argued the Department of Transportation "threw the private proponent under the bus” when confronted with issues on Megawide-GMRs financial clout. "As PPP partners, it was supposed to jointly...

Megawide ready to move on from NAIA rehab project Jan 26, 2021 3:20 PM PHT Megawide Construction Corporation on Tuesday, January 26, said the government has formally rejected its appeal to rehabilitate the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). In a disclosure to the local bourse, Megawide said it received the official notice from the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) on Monday, January 25. "The consortium was formally informed of the said denial through a letter from the corpor...

(Photo Courtesy Airport Police / MANILA BULLETIN) An overseas Filipino worker (OFW), Lapida earlier alighted at Terminal 3 but later was told that her Saudia Airlines flight was at NAIA Terminal 1, so she took a taxi to catch her flight. At the check-in counter, Lapida realized that she lost her wallet and asked the help of the airport authorities. MIAA General Manager Ed Monreal ordered Airport Police Capt. Nemencio Bawalan to locate the taxi and recover the lost item.    

By Reuters Staff 3 Min Read MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine conglomerate San Miguel Corp and another domestic firm have submitted offers to operate the country’s ageing main airport after the government turned down another joint venture’s 109 billion pesos ($2.27 billion) proposal. Modernising the congested Manila airport and ending chronic flight delays were among the largest projects under President Rodrigo Duterte’s $180 billion infrastructure overhaul, his signature economic policy. San...