Gateway

NAIA 3, the supposed gateway of the Philippines to the future, will be opened this month for domestic flights. It was supposed to be operational since last year but due to a ceiling that collapsed, it's opening was postponed as engineers tried to ensure its structural safety. Mareng Winnie, one of my favorite TV hosts, provided her views on the controversial government project this morning at Unang Hirit. She does not believe that the terminal was poorly made. She thinks that an entity is sabotaging the opening of NAIA for some self-serving reasons. I agreed with her contentions. I also think that Filipino engineers are not incompetent as some have believed. So let's all hope that nothing untoward happens anymore that will hinder NAIA 3's opening once more. It's high time that the Philippines has its own airport that is at par with that of other industrialized nations'. After all, its the first thing that foreigners see when they arrive to our country, and the last thing they'll see when they leave.