By Junex Doronio
MANILA — Following the shameful string of pest-sightings at the Philippines’ main gateway that went viral on social media, the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) has declared it has summoned the airport housekeeping, exterminators, and other service providers for a meeting on Monday (4 March 2024).
This developed as the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) boasted that there’s nothing to worry about any possible infestation in the airport, saying it conducts a weekly deep cleaning of facilities in the country’s second busiest 797-hectare airport which serves as the main gateway to the Central Visayas region.
“Kung ano pa mang peste yan— ipis, surot, rodent, anay, ang expectation siyempre, ng airport, inengage namin ang services nila as experts on that field of extermination, then we should have an expectation na wala pong ganitong mga pest or rodents sa ating airport,” MIAA Head Executive Assistant Chris Bendijo bared on Saturday (2 March 2024).
He humbly admitted that such incidents are unacceptable.
Aside from the disinfection system MIAA has ordered over the past several days, the management also summoned the airport’s housekeeping and pest control service providers for a review of their contracts.
To recall, a viral video posted on social media by a passenger on Friday (01 March 2024), showed a cockroach crawling on one of the chairs at the departure area of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3.
(el Amigo/MNM)
