New MCIAA board members to take oath today

CEBU, Philippines – Four newly-appointed board members of the Mactan Cebu International Airport Authority will take their oath of office today before the secretary of the Department of Transportation and Communication in Manila.

DOTC undersecretary Aristotle Batuhan confirmed that Pericles Dakay, Francis Monera, Melanie Ng and Roger Lim will take their oath of office as private representatives to the MCIAA board.

Dakay, an engineer, is currently the vice chairman of Mactan Cebu Bridge Management Board. Monera is a former president of the Cebu Chamber of Commerce and In-dustry. Ng, a businesswoman, is the president of Philippine Retailers Association-Cebu Chapter. While Lim is the president of Cebu Power Private Corporation and president and chief executive officer of East Asia Utilities.

Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority is a creation of Republic Act 6958 otherwise known as its corporate charter. The MCIAA is a government-owned and controlled corporation and is an attached agency of the Department of Transportation and Communication. RA 6958 was approved on July 31, 1990 but the Authority started to operate on December 18, 1990.

The corporate powers of the Authority is exercised by and vested in a board of eleven members, which is composed of a chairman, a vice chairman and nine members.

The DOTC secretary and the MCIA general manager shall act as ex-officio chairman and vice chairman, respectively. The assistant secretary of the Air Transportation Office and the secretaries of the following executive departments or any undersecretary or assistant secretary designated by the respective secretaries shall be ex-officio members, to wit: the Department of Finance, the Department of Justice and the Department of Tourism.

In addition, four members recommended by the governor of the Province of Cebu shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines for a term of four years from the private sector.

The governor of the Province of Cebu or his duly authorized representative shall be the ninth member. (FREEMAN)