IN BRIEF

QC to host LGBTQIA+ festivities on June 24

QUEZON City Mayor Joy Belmonte on Thursday announced that the city will once again host Pride PH’s Pride Festival with the theme “Love, Laban: A Celebration of the Fight for Love in All Forms and Ways.”

In keeping with her commitment to make Quezon City the City of Inclusivity, she expressed full support to Pride PH and its Pride Festival set on June 24 at the Quezon Memorial Circle.

“We are grateful that we have the local government of Quezon City as one of the biggest allies of the LGBTQIA+ community. This is the second year that the local government of Quezon City has welcomed us into their home. And we have been blessed to have the support of Mayor Joy, who has been a consistent genuine ally of the community since day one,” Miss Trans Global 2020 and lead convener of Pride

PH Mela Habijan said. Rio N. Araja

700 applicants hired via Caloocan job fair

AIMING to provide more job opportunities to its people, the Caloocan City government held three job fairs during the entire month of May, yielding over 700 applicants that were hired on-the-spot.

Mayor Dale Malapitan congratulated the newly hired workers as he urged the public to seize such opportunities provided by the local government.

“Panawagan natin sa ating mga kababayan, sulitin ang mga pagkakataong tulad nito upang mas maging maginhawa ang pamumuhay natin at ng ating pamilya. Sa mga na hired on-the-spot, congratulations po sa inyong lahat!” the mayor said. Jun David

CAAP worker returns

$2,700

cash lost by OFW

THE Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) on Thursday commended a porter in General Santos Airport for honesty after he turned over a bag containing 27 pieces of $100 –bills equivalent to P151,436.25.

Edgardo Roy Butohan was working at the Passenger Terminal Building (PTB) in the afternoon of June 4 when he saw an unattended black bag at the entrance of departure area. He immediately brought the bag to the airport management.

CAAP spokesman Eric Apolonio said the bag belonged Noraima Impal, 39, an overseas Filipino workers from Parang, Maguindanao who just arrived from Doha, Qatar. Joel E. Zurbano

NAIA posts 10% hike in pax traffic

By Vito Barcelo

THE Bureau of Immigration (BI) has recorded about 10-percent increase in arriving and departing passengers following changes in airline assignments at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).

This as the BI assured passengers going abroad via the NAIA Terminal 3 of fast processing amid overcrowding in the airport’s immigration departure area.

BI Commissioner Norman Tansingco said the NAIA Terminal 3 operations recorded a daily departure of almost 17,000 passengers and daily arrival of some 16,000 passengers.

Their morning operations saw the greatest increase with more than 1,100 departures and 1,500 arrivals.

“I have instructed the BI T3 terminal head to ensure that all counters are fully manned to service travelers. But evidently, more space is needed for us to be able to install new counters and add more people,” Tansingco said.

SHRINE OF THE PARACLETE. The global ACC community welcomes the solemnity of the Pentecost with the opening of the Shrine of the Paraclete on North EDSA, Project 7 in Quezon City. The shrine is the new ACC central location in the metropolis which houses the Office of the Chancellor, Office for Inter-faith and Interreligious Relations, its various congregations and holy orders, and the central administrative offices including lay formation and pastoral affairs.