PH image tarred by ‘tanim-bala’

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 11/08/2015

Passing through the Mactan Cebu International Airport last Thursday en route to Cagayan de Oro City, I could sense that travelers were trying to assess things at the MCIA amid reports that corrupt members of the Aviation…

Damage control won’t solve ‘laglag-bala’

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 11/05/2015

The Aldub phenomenon could still be lording it in global Twitterland as garnering the most  tweets, more than 40 million at its peak. But with the laglag-bala (bullet-planting) controversies hogging almost daily national and local headlines including…

Bullet scams

Ricky Poca 11/02/2015

The reports of “tanim bala” in the Ninoy Aquino International Airport are shocking. The latest victim of the scam, victimizing both Filipino and foreign travelers whose bags or luggage are suddenly planted with a bullet that gets…

Cebu Pacific plane from Kalibo allegedly struck by lightning

07/28/2015

KALIBO, Aklan–Just 40 minutes after takeoff from Kalibo International Airport in Aklan at 6:50 a.m., a Cebu Pacific plane bound for Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila experienced light turbulence on Tuesday. The fasten-your-seatbelt sign was turned…

Shoes off at Mactan airport

Chito O. Aragon, Norman V. Mendoza 09/02/2014

Security was heightened yesterday at the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) where passengers were again required to remove their shoes and pass them through the X-ray machine. The revival of the policy, which was stopped in May,…

Online crackdown

Editorial 02/15/2014

By now, a lot of people are sick of watching, listening to and reading  about the twists and turns of  the Vhong Navarro-Deniece Cornejo-Cedric Lee mauling. It’s time to tune out and pay attention to  bigger issues…

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