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                    [Title] => Airlines may soon pay for weather info
                    [Summary] => 

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) plans to charge airlines for weather information from its Weather Aviation Forecasting System (WAFS) that helps airlines in their day-to-day flight operations.


At present, the information generated by WAFS is free and airlines can access it from the Web for free.

Edna Juanillo, supervising weather specialist of Pagasa, however, said that the weather bureau has no plans of charging media outlets and shipping companies.
[DatePublished] => 2007-02-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 372493 [Title] => PCG, Marina share responsibility for safety of vessels [Summary] => The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) are responsible "in varying degrees" for the safety of sea vessels, the PCG said yesterday.

Speaking at the weekly Fernandina Media Forum at Club Filipino in San Juan yesterday, Coast Guard public information chief Lt. Commander Joseph Coyme said that under the law, Marina is the lead agency in Maritime Safety and Vessel Safety domestically while the PCG assists it in enforcing maritime laws.
[DatePublished] => 2006-11-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1735838 [AuthorName] => Sandy Araneta [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 365166 [Title] => 37 police officers in 6 regions lose posts over jueteng [Summary] => Thirty-seven police officers in six regions have been relieved from their positions for their failure to stamp out jueteng in their respective turfs, the spokesman of the Philippine National Police (PNP) said.

"Maraming nasibak na local commanders (Many local commanders have been relieved). I think there are 37 already," Senior Superintendent Samuel Pagdilao, chief of the PNP’s public information office, said during the Fernandina Media Forum at Club Filipino in Greenhills, San Juan yesterday.
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1735838 [AuthorName] => Sandy Araneta [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 362538 [Title] => LTFRB eyes academy for PUV drivers [Summary] => The government hopes to rid the country of arrogant and discourteous drivers of public utility vehicles (PUVs) when it opens a "driver’s academy" to be established in all regional offices of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB).

"We came up with the idea of establishing, through the insurance consortia, a driver’s academy. Even if the professional driver has a license, we will ask him to undergo training," LTFRB chief Elena Bautista said during the Fernandina Media Forum held at the Club Filipino in Greenhills, San Juan. [DatePublished] => 2006-10-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1735838 [AuthorName] => Sandy Araneta [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 361480 [Title] => Gov’t to start dismantling hazardous billboards [Summary] => The government will now start dismantling billboards found hazardous to public safety in compliance with President Arroyo’s administrative order instructing the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to head the special interagency task force dubbed "Baklas Billboard."

Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said the President would also certify as urgent the bill of Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago seeking to enforce strict regulations on the establishment of giant billboards.
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 360170 [Title] => PDEA teams on alert vs 147 drug syndicates [Summary] => The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) revealed yesterday teams have been closely monitoring seven international and 140 local drug syndicates believed to be operating the P700-billion drug industry in the country.

Superintendent Franklin Gabriel, information officer of the PDEA, said their agents, together with other law enforcers, are keeping watch on airports and seaports, where members of the syndicates could enter.
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1735838 [AuthorName] => Sandy Araneta [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 355522 [Title] => MMDA to DENR: We can remove your trees [Summary] => Citing the need to ensure the safety of the motoring public, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Bayani Fernando said yesterday they can remove trees planted by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) if these pose as a danger to the motoring public.

"They (DENR) should not be angry. You can plant trees wherever you want, but make sure they are placed in proper areas," Fernando said during the weekly Fernandina Media Forum held at the Club Filipino in Greenhills, San Juan.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1735838 [AuthorName] => Sandy Araneta [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 354408 [Title] => Noynoy contented with fate of ‘mastermind’ in father’s killing [Summary] => Tarlac Rep. Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III said he is already contented with what happened to the "mastermind" of his father’s assassination 23 years ago.

Aquino, however, declined to identify who was the mastermind but earlier expressed his belief that the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos was involved.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1735838 [AuthorName] => Sandy Araneta [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 328853 [Title] => Now cooking: Shabu at sea [Summary] => Anti-Illegal Drugs Special Operations Task Force (AIDSOTF)  chief Director Marcelo Ele Jr. has revealed that drug syndicates have resorted to "cooking" shabu on private yachts sailing on the high seas.

During yesterday’s weekly Fernandina Media Forum held at Club Filipino in San Juan, Ele said the stepped up campaign of police and the other anti-drug authorities has cut the supply of illegal drugs, especially shabu.

However, since drug syndicates have started using floating drug labs, authorities have had difficulty tracking them.
[DatePublished] => 2006-03-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 326645 [Title] => PDEA chief says gov’t winning war on drugs [Summary] => The chief of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said the government has been winning the war on illegal drugs.

Speaking at the Fernandina Media Forum in San Juan the other day, PDEA Director Anselmo Avenido said there are several indicators that would prove their claim of success.

"We could say we are succeeding since, at the moment, shabu now is very scarce. In fact, the price of shabu has gone up to 5,000 or more per gram from P2,000 after we were able to cut the supply," Avenido said.
[DatePublished] => 2006-03-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1735838 [AuthorName] => Sandy Araneta [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) ) )
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