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  CORTES, Bohol (PIA) -- After 2:17 seconds, Panglao Bohol International Airport’s Airport Rescue Fire Fighters (ARFF) arrived at the simulated fire scene in the airplane at the emergency landing site, sprayed chemical fire retardants to the burning fuselage, and contained the fire scene as the Emergency Operations Center was simultaneously put up for the Incident Command System (ICS) to initiate its coordinated response to the emergency.  “The response time was well within 3:00 minutes, the international standard for airport fire response, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) Air and Ground Development Services, who were there to oversee the large-scale simulation exercise (SIMEX),” announced Airport Manager Atty. Rafael Tatlonghari during the exercise debriefing.   CAAP, which has to comply with the recertification requirements, scored 7/10 from Provincial Disaster and Risk Reduction Management Officer Anthony Damalerio, who was one o...

  TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Nov. 18 (PIA) -- Ang  Department of Transportation (DOTr) , pinaagi sa  Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP),  sa pakig-alayon sa buhatan ni Gob. Arthur Yap sa probinsya sa Bohol, milusad sa  One Stop Shop (OSS)  didto sa  Bohol-Panglao International Airport (BPIA)  niadtong Nobyembre 17. Alas 5:26 Miyerkoles sa hapon, ang DOTr ug CAAP, kauban sa nagkalain-laing ahensya ug representante sa Kagamhanang Probinsyal sa Bohol, nipahiluna sa  pilot implementation  sa OSS pinaagi sa pag-process sa 120 ka pasahero nga niabot gikan sa Bangkok lulan sa  Philippine Airlines (PAL) flight PR 73 1, diin tanang  government frontline services  gihatag ngadto sa mga nanguli'ng  overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). “The government has repatriated a lot of OFWs displaced by the COVID-19 pandemic since last year. And there are more of them expected to return, which is why DOTr and CAAP aim to prioriti...