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                    [Summary] => Despite a huge yearly budget of P2.860 billion for operational and maintenance of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal-1, the passenger facility, which was opened in 1982, was allowed to deteriorate into its present sorry state.


Built at a cost of P700 million and was then a pride to every traveling Filipino, the terminal has become a national shame due to neglect and indifference of airport officials who are supposed to see to it that the facility is properly maintained.
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The appellate court’s temporary restraining order prevented the airport management from deploying hundreds of its policemen and security personnel around the airport perimeter to thwart any move to close the airport runway.
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"I want all taxi concession contracts of taxi operators canceled to level the playing field so that the business is not cornered by favored operators," Manda said.

Manda made the decision following the issuance of a temporary restraining order for 17 other operators to cease operations and allow Caravan Transport to operate exclusively.
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Yap chanced upon the booth set up recently at the transit lounge of the arrival area while on an inspection of security measures at the NAIA’s Terminal 1.

He said he would call the attention of Airport General Manager Edgardo Manda as the booth was "a security breach."
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Airport General Manager Edgardo Manda said that the Manila International Airport Authority has decided to construct a new oil depot which will be located within a safe distance from the aircraft parking zone.
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Airport General Manager Edgardo Manda said that the emergency employees will be hired for a six-month period on a daily minimum wage. Those to be hired would be taken from the depressed of Parañaque and Pasay areas.
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Immigration Commissioner Andrea Domingo revealed yesterday that she has received reliable information that the former movie actress is leaving the country "anytime from today."

Enriquez’s return to Manila last Feb. 18 from the US via Guam on board a Continental Airlines flight had stirred a hornet’s nest at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) when she bypassed immigration procedures.
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At the same time, Tom Natividad, NAIA immigration intelligence chief, asked Airport General Manager Edgardo Manda to revoke the airport access identification card of Antonio Fernandez and ban him from the airport for attempting to smuggle into the country eight suspected Yakuza gang members last Friday.
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AIRPORT GENERAL MANAGER EDGARDO MANDA
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                    [Title] => NAIA Terminal 1 in various stages of rot
                    [Summary] => Despite a huge yearly budget of P2.860 billion for operational and maintenance of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal-1, the passenger facility, which was opened in 1982, was allowed to deteriorate into its present sorry state.


Built at a cost of P700 million and was then a pride to every traveling Filipino, the terminal has become a national shame due to neglect and indifference of airport officials who are supposed to see to it that the facility is properly maintained.
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1681404 [AuthorName] => Rey Arquiza [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 149990 [Title] => Court of Appeals steps into NAIA-Paranaque row [Summary] => The Court of Appeals stopped yesterday Parañaque City from closing the Ninoy Aquino International Airport for its failure to pay P650 million in realty tax to the city government.

The appellate court’s temporary restraining order prevented the airport management from deploying hundreds of its policemen and security personnel around the airport perimeter to thwart any move to close the airport runway.
[DatePublished] => 2002-02-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 146000 [Title] => ‘Cancel taxi concessions at NAIA’ [Summary] => Airport General Manager Edgardo Manda proposed yesterday to cancel all taxi concession contracts at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport and allow all transport operators to do business at the NAIA.

"I want all taxi concession contracts of taxi operators canceled to level the playing field so that the business is not cornered by favored operators," Manda said.

Manda made the decision following the issuance of a temporary restraining order for 17 other operators to cease operations and allow Caravan Transport to operate exclusively.
[DatePublished] => 2002-01-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 145348 [Title] => ATO wants forex booth dismantled [Summary] => Air Transportation Office (ATO) chief Adelberto Yap wants the foreign exchange booth in the restricted area of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport removed, describing it as "a breach of security."

Yap chanced upon the booth set up recently at the transit lounge of the arrival area while on an inspection of security measures at the NAIA’s Terminal 1.

He said he would call the attention of Airport General Manager Edgardo Manda as the booth was "a security breach."
[DatePublished] => 2001-12-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 134079 [Title] => NAIA gas depot moved to safe distance [Summary] => Airport authorities stopped yesterday the delivery of aviation gas within the Ninoy Aquino International Airport complex and moved its storage depot to the end of Runway 24 as part of additional security measures set in place at the NAIA.

Airport General Manager Edgardo Manda said that the Manila International Airport Authority has decided to construct a new oil depot which will be located within a safe distance from the aircraft parking zone.
[DatePublished] => 2001-09-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1681404 [AuthorName] => Rey Arquiza [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 129149 [Title] => Airport to start hiring emergency employees [Summary] => Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) authorities will start today the hiring of some 200 emergency employees in response to the promise of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to create jobs for the unemployed.

Airport General Manager Edgardo Manda said that the emergency employees will be hired for a six-month period on a daily minimum wage. Those to be hired would be taken from the depressed of Parañaque and Pasay areas.
[DatePublished] => 2001-08-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 93846 [Title] => DOTC cautions Parañaque on NAIA closure [Summary] => Transportation and Communications Secretary Pantaleon Alvarez yesterday cautioned Parañaque City authorities against the issuance of what he described as an irresponsible statement, a threat to close the Ninoy Aquino International Airport for failure to pay P624 million in taxes to the city government.
[DatePublished] => 2001-07-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 89984 [Title] => Laarni leaving for good — BI [Summary] => Controversial mistress Laarni Enriquez is leaving again for the United States, this time for good.

Immigration Commissioner Andrea Domingo revealed yesterday that she has received reliable information that the former movie actress is leaving the country "anytime from today."

Enriquez’s return to Manila last Feb. 18 from the US via Guam on board a Continental Airlines flight had stirred a hornet’s nest at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) when she bypassed immigration procedures.
[DatePublished] => 2001-03-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1202457 [AuthorName] => by Rey Arquiza [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 106348 [Title] => Alleged Trinidad aide linked to human smuggling racket? [Summary] => Immigration authorities at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) has accused the liaison officer of Pasay City Mayor Pewee Trinidad of alleged involvement in human-smuggling activities of a Japan-based criminal syndicate.

At the same time, Tom Natividad, NAIA immigration intelligence chief, asked Airport General Manager Edgardo Manda to revoke the airport access identification card of Antonio Fernandez and ban him from the airport for attempting to smuggle into the country eight suspected Yakuza gang members last Friday.
[DatePublished] => 2001-02-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 106326 [Title] => Supervisor allegedly rapes NAIA girl [Summary] => A supervisor of the Ground Operations Division of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport was reported yesterday to have raped a contractual paging receptionist who lured her to a dark area inside Terminal II on the pretext that he could facilitate her travel papers for going abroad.
[DatePublished] => 2001-02-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) ) )
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