Updated 9:28 pm PDT, Thursday, June 20, 2019 FILE - In this March 22, 2019, file photo, former Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario answers questions from the media during a news conference with former chief anti-graft prosecutor Conchita Carpio-Morales in suburban Makati city, east of Manila, Philippines. Del Rosario who accused Chinese President Xi Jinping of crimes against humanity in court said Friday, June 21, 2019 he was barred from immediately entering Hong Kong and held at the airport for unclear reasons. less FILE - In this March 22, 2019, file photo, former Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario answers questions from the media during a news conference with former chief anti-graft prosecutor ... more Photo: Bullit Marquez, AP Photo: Bullit Marquez, AP … [Read more...] about Ex-Filipino top diplomat says he’s being held at HK airport
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Ex-Philippine judge says she was held at Hong Kong airport
Jim Gomez, Associated Press Updated 4:20 am PDT, Tuesday, May 21, 2019 FILE - In this Aug. 27, 2016, file photo, Philippine Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales, one of the Ramon Magsaysay awardees for this year, stresses a point during a news conference in Manila, Philippines. Carpio- Morales, who accused Chinese President Xi Jinping of crimes against humanity before the International Criminal Court, says she has been barred for hours from entering Hong Kong for unspecified reasons. less FILE - In this Aug. 27, 2016, file photo, Philippine Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales, one of the Ramon Magsaysay awardees for this year, stresses a point during a news conference in Manila, Philippines. ... more Photo: Bullit Marquez, AP Photo: Bullit Marquez, AP Image 1 of / 3 Caption Close Image 1 … [Read more...] about Ex-Philippine judge says she was held at Hong Kong airport
Rome Ciampino airport departures closed by fire
Crowds waiting outside Ciampino airport this morning. Photo: Jessica Phelan/The Local Italy Anyone travelling from Rome's Ciampino airport today can expect delays after the departures area was closed due to fire this morning. Aeroporti di Roma said parts of the airport are now reopening, but the departures area of the terminal building remains closed for now because of the presence of smoke.. "The main fire was put out by firefighters in under a minute," it wrote on Twitter. Firefighters at the scene told The Local that the fire started in a storage area under a Duty Free shop. Large crowds are waiting outside the terminal bulding as buses continue to arrive. The Local Italy Editor Jessica Phelan, at the airport this morning, said anyone travelling from the airport today can expect crowds and delays. Meanwhile paramedics are treating one person who’s been taken ill in the arrivals area, where a few hundred people are waiting. Some flights have apparently been … [Read more...] about Rome Ciampino airport departures closed by fire
The Latest: Takeoffs resume at London’s Heathrow Airport
Updated 12:49 pm CST, Tuesday, January 8, 2019 FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018 file photo, a woman waits in the departures area at Gatwick airport, near London, as the airport remains closed after drones were spotted over the airfield last night and this morning. London's Heathrow Airport suspended flight departures as a precaution Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019 after a reported drone sighting that came just three weeks after a rash of drone sightings shut London's Gatwick Airport. less FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018 file photo, a woman waits in the departures area at Gatwick airport, near London, as the airport remains closed after drones were spotted over the airfield last night and ... more Photo: Tim Ireland, AP Photo: Tim Ireland, AP Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 … [Read more...] about The Latest: Takeoffs resume at London’s Heathrow Airport
More than 3,000 jobs could be created at new airport business park
Aerial view of Norwich Airport, Oct 2015. Picture: Mike Page Copypright Mike Page, All Rights Reserved Before any use is made of this picture, including dispaly, publication, broadcast, syn A new business park – said to be four times larger than any other in Norwich – could create thousands of jobs and contribute more than £100m to the local economy. Generic views of Norwich Airport. Picture: DENISE BRADLEYNorwich Airport has submitted an application that would see the north-east corner of its site transformed into a 115-acre business park.The majority of the new development, known as Imperial Park, would be made available to companies outside the aviation sector.A Norwich Airport spokesman said the proposals could “unlock” 3,300 new jobs and contribute £106m to Norfolk’s economy.The business park is a revival of plans for an aeropark at the same site, which initially received planning permission in 2013.Norwich Airport. Picture: DENISE … [Read more...] about More than 3,000 jobs could be created at new airport business park