MANILA - A chartered flight under probe for suspected involvement in human trafficking has obtained necessary clearances, including Airport Police Department's (APD) assistance, for its departure, the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) said Thursday. The aircraft with registry number and callsign N9527E owned by Cloud Nine No. 1 Leasing Company Limited, left for Dubai on Monday night. In a statement, MIAA Senior Assistant General Manager Bryan Co said APD's assistance to several vehicles going to the ramp was authorized following a written request from Globan Aviation Corporation. "The assistance of the APD was conducted in accordance with standard operating procedures requiring APD patrol cars to escort vehicles without blinkers and with no MIAA issued permit to the Aircraft Movement Area (AMA). AMA Permits are issued annually by the MIAA to its official vehicles and that of the airlines and other airport agencies with operations in this restricted part of the
(File photo) MANILA - The House of Representatives has urged the Department of Education (DepEd) and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to support public school teachers and college faculties amid the pandemic through the provision of personal protective equipment, disinfectants, tablets or laptops, and broadband subscription. During Wednesday night's plenary session, the chamber adopted House Resolution 2471, which seeks to promote the safety of teachers and their students, as well as advance the capacities of teachers challenged by distance learning. "In consideration of the probability of the continuing transmission of Covid-19, teachers and non-teaching personnel should be amply protected against the disease and should therefore be provided with the standard personal protective equipment based on the Alert Level raised by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases, such as face masks, face shields, and 70 percent ethyl alcohol,&qu