House Bill filed aiming to rename NAIA to MIA

Duterte Youth party-list Representative Ducielle Marie Cardema has filed House Bill No. 10833, which aims to rename the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) to Manila International Airport (MIA).

According to the bill’s explanatory note, Cardema said that the “name of the international gateway of the country should have not been politicized” and that the country’s capital is Manila and “therefore the country’s international gateway to the world must be known as the MANILA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.”

In a report by Inquirer.net, acting presidential spokesman Martin Andanar said that there has to be a congressional action to repeal the Republic Act No. 6639 which renamed MIA to NAIA.

On December 10, 1987, the Aquino Administration enacted RA No. 6639 renaming MIA to NAIA. In 2020, there was a petition to nullify the said RA but the petition was junked by the Supreme Court.

17 Comments

Querdaz says:

3 years ago

Yes, this should’ve been done a long time ago.
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Miss Call says:

3 years ago

“According to the bill’s explanatory note, Cardema said that the “name of the international gateway of the country should have not been politicized” and that the country’s capital is Manila and “therefore the country’s international gateway to the world must be known as the MANILA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.””

John F. Kennedy International Airport
Charles de Gaulle International Airport
Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport
Washington Dulles International Airport
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
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miss call tanga says:

3 years ago

None of these airports were named by their immediate family sitting in office.
miss call tanga tanga says:

3 years ago

Miss call tanga, please be aware that the change of the airport name to Ninoy Aquino International Airport was approved by Congress.
vic says:

3 years ago

You dont want to politicize, but u have politicized it. You have no sense of history. This is shameless. Utterly shameless…(!!).
Joel Borromeo says:

3 years ago

Paano naging politized, i abalik nga sa ORIGINAL NAME
vic says:

3 years ago

This will futher fracture the already divided nation. This is political vendetta. This is reckless. Shame on you…!!!
Joel Borromeo says:

3 years ago

Paano maging divided nation, magiging united nga muli, kc back to ORIGINAL NAME, PARA WALA NG DIVISION.
Joel Borromeo says:

3 years ago

Lahat ng binanggit mong international airports hindi Philippines, bakit igagaya mo pinoy sa ubang bansa

Ivan says:

3 years ago

Following her logic, all infrastructures named after politicians should be renamed too. Like MARCOS HIGHWAY
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Joel Borromeo says:

3 years ago

Ikaw ba ay hindi nag iisip? Iba ung term na “palitan” kaysa “ibabalik sa dati”. Ang “MIA” ay ibabalik sa orig. Name, ung “MARCOS” di na kailangan palitan, kc original name na yan. Gets mo?
rudybautista says:

3 years ago

dapat palitan din yang Marcos highway