Roaming rat spotted at NAIA Terminal 3

MANILA, Philippines — First there were bedbugs. Then came a rat.

Days after passengers complained of bedbug-infested rattan and metal chairs at Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 2, another video of a large rat running around the international departure area of NAIA Terminal 3 early yesterday has gone viral.

In a three-minute video clip
uploaded by user Kerb (@Curve251) on X, a huge rat can be seen scampering around lighting fixtures in the ceiling of the international departure area in NAIA Terminal 3.

“Hello NAIA, una surot, ngayon naman may daga sa international departure? Yung totoo?!?!” the X user wrote.

According to the uploader, the video was taken at around 1 a.m. on March 1.

Last Thursday, the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) removed the bedbug-infested rattan chairs at the lobby of NAIA 2, after two passengers complained on Facebook that they were bitten by bedbugs.

MIAA general manager Eric Ines issued a directive to conduct comprehensive facility inspections and enhanced sanitation measures following the reported bedbug infestation.

Ines is meeting this Mon[1]day with all pest control service providers at the NAIA together with housekeeping, to review cleaning and disinfection processes, according to MIAA head executive assistant Chris Bendijo.

If negligence is established and service cannot be improved, “definitely” service contracts would be canceled, Bendijo told “Storycon” on Cignal TV’s One News yesterday.

The rattan chairs have been permanently removed, Bendijo told Storycon. He said the pest control provider noted that the bed[1]bugs appeared unusually large, unlike local ones.

Meanwhile, Sen. Grace Poe said “there is an increasing infestation problem. That’s an issue in other countries as well. In France, train stations and some hotel rooms are affected.”

“Cleaning and disinfecting should be a standard operating procedure, not just during virus outbreak or infestation,” said Poe, chair of the Senate committee on public services.

As San Miguel Corp. and its partners are set to take over NAIA, tycoon Ramon Ang expressed excitement to tackle the problems that have been besetting the gateway all these years.

Sources told The