Australian loses cash: 3 airport security officers at NAIA sacked

Keith Clores - @inquirerdotnet 04/06/2026

MANILA, Philippines — After a Cebu-bound Australian national undergoing luggage screening at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) Terminal 3 lost almost P9,000 in cash last week, 3 airport employees are investigated and may be charged criminally and…

Why did NAIA ceiling collapse? Probe underway after 7 hurt on Good Friday

Mary Joy Salcedo 04/04/2026

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Authorities will launch an investigation into the ceiling collapse at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1’s arrival extension area that injured seven people on Good Friday. Officials are seeking to determine the…

7 hurt as Naia terminal 1 ceiling collapses on Good Friday

Mary Joy Salcedo 04/04/2026

MANILA, Philippines — A section of the ceiling at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) Terminal 1’s arrival extension area collapsed on Good Friday, April 3. The Facebook post of the uploader, Johnmark Florendo, showed that a portion of the…

P40.8M worth of shabu seized at NAIA Terminal 3

01/26/2026

MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Monday intercepted an estimated P40.8 million worth of crystal methamphetamine, or “shabu,” at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3. The BOC, in a statement, said the illegal…

Customs seized over P114-M worth of illegal drugs at NAIA

01/12/2026

MANILA — Illegal drugs worth an estimated PHP 114,566,400 were seized last week by the Bureau of Customs at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). The shipment originating from Congo was intercepted during X-ray inspection after exhibiting…

NAIA kush: 4 nabbed, P227-M ‘kush’ seized

Christopher Lloyd Caliwan 09/09/2025

MANILA – Four individuals were arrested at the NAIA Terminal 3 in Pasay City with 151.3 kilograms of suspected kush with an estimated street value of P227 million, the Philippine National Police-Drug Enforcement Group (PDEG) said on…

9 BOC personnel relieved over ‘extortion’ at NAIA T3

Ferdinand Patinio 07/26/2025

MANILA – The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has relieved nine Customs personnel linked to a reported extortion incident at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 in Pasay City. BOC Commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno said the incident, which…

Passenger with undeclared cash of $580,000, P1.2M nabbed at NAIA

Jason Sigales - Reporter 06/27/2025

MANILA, Philippines — A passenger with undeclared cash amounting to P1.2 million and US$580,000 was arrested at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) on Wednesday. “The discovery was made during a routine X-ray screening of the passenger’s…

Malaysian caught at Naia for allegedly smuggling P29.7 million worth of shabu

06/17/2025

MANILA, Philippines — A Malaysian national was apprehended at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) Terminal 3 in Pasay City for allegedly attempting to smuggle over P29.7 million worth of shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride). The Bureau of Customs (BOC)…

Cebu-bound passenger caught with illegal drugs at NAIA

Ma. Cristina Arayata - Philippine News Agency 06/10/2025

MANILA – A Cebu-bound passenger was caught with suspected illegal drugs and drug paraphernalia by screening personnel at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3, the Office for Transportation Security (OTS) said on Tuesday, June 10.…

Cebu-bound passenger nabbed at NAIA over bomb joke

Jason Sigales - Reporter / @jasonsigalesINQINQUIRER.net 05/27/2025

MANILA, Philippines — A 48-year-old male passenger bound for Cebu was arrested at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 after making a bomb joke aboard a commercial flight. In a statement on Monday, the Philippine National…

Naia crash driver gets license revoked, fined P2,000 

Jerome Aning - @inquirerdotnet 05/24/2025

The Land Transportation Office (LTO) on Friday said it revoked the license of the driver in the car crash at the departure area of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) Terminal 1 on May 4, which caused two…

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