To improve air travel and help decongest the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), the government is rushing the upgrading of eight airports across the country to enable them to operate after sunset, according to a lawmaker.

Citing a Department of Transportation (DOTr) report to Congress, Makati City Rep. Luis Campos Jr. recently said the airports in the cities of Naga (in Camarines Sur, not in Cebu), Tuguegarao, Cauayan, Dumaguete, Dipolog, Cotabato, Pagadian and Ozamiz are undergoing rehabilitation and expansion, mostly consisting of runway widening and terminal upgrade for night-landing capabilities.

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