{"id":195476,"date":"2018-12-27T06:05:52","date_gmt":"2018-12-27T11:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=195476"},"modified":"2018-12-27T06:05:52","modified_gmt":"2018-12-27T11:05:52","slug":"ph-addressing-airport-security-measures-amid-us-advisory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/12\/27\/ph-addressing-airport-security-measures-amid-us-advisory\/","title":{"rendered":"PH addressing airport security measures amid US advisory"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_187056\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-187056\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/naia-terminal-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-187056\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/naia-terminal-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/naia-terminal-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/naia-terminal-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/naia-terminal-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/naia-terminal-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/naia-terminal-2-20x13.jpg 20w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-187056\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: Ninoy Aquino International Airport (PNA Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; The Department of Tourism (DOT) on Thursday underscored that the Philippines is addressing airport security concerns, so it remains safe to tourists and locals amid an advisory issued by the United States (US) on its primary airport&#8217;s aviation security measures.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;We assure the international community that the Philippines remains a safe haven for our visitors and residents alike,&#8221; the DOT said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In a travel advisory released December 26, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reminded passengers that the Ninoy Aquino International Airport does not carry out effective aviation security measures.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Tourism agency said the Philippine government &#8220;respects&#8221; this announcement and assured the management and security officers of the Manila International Airport Authority, together with the Department of Transportation (DOTr), &#8220;have committed to positively address this concern.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;We are confident in their capabilities to handle this issue and we are ready to help them in any way to expedite the resolution,&#8221; it said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Meanwhile, DOT is in close coordination with the Philippine National Police and the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines tasked to oversee aviation security measures in airports.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Both agencies have repeatedly assured the DOT of their readiness to assess and respond to threats to ensure the safety and security of our tourists, both domestic and international,&#8221; it said.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; The Department of Tourism (DOT) on Thursday underscored that the Philippines is addressing airport security concerns, so it remains &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":187056,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-195476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-joyce-ann-l-rocamora","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195476\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}