Philippine massacre clan enjoys election wins
Source: Qatar English Daily
Manila :: Philippines | updated 2013-05-17 02:47:50 -0700 | travel-news
A clan whose chiefs are on trial for the Philippines' worst political massacre secured big wins in local elections this week, results showed Friday, deepening fears that justice may never be served. Leaders of the Ampatuan family and their gunmen...
Boy fatally struck by lightning while swimming in Gensan
Source: GMA News
Manila :: Philippines | updated 2013-05-16 16:54:52 -0700 | travel-news
A swimming outing with friends proved fatal for a 13-year-old boy who was struck by lightning in General Santos City, police said Friday. The 13-year-old sought shelter under a mango tree after swimming when rain suddenly fell and lightning...
Sulu police chief axed over election clashes
Source: Inquirer.net
Manila :: Philippines | updated 2013-05-16 15:03:34 -0700 | travel-news
PhilippinesThe axe has fallen on the police chief of Sulu for allegedly failing to contain the violent clashes between armed supporters of local candidates in the province during last Monday's elections. Philippine National Police chief Director General Alan Purisima announced...
Fire razes Divisoria Mall, Task Force Charlie raised
Source: Inquirer.net
Manila :: Philippines | updated 2013-05-16 02:48:39 -0700 | travel-news
PhilippinesA Task Force Charlie alarm has been declared over the fire that gutted a portion of Divisoria Mall in Manila at the first hour of Thursday, a city fire officer said. Senior Fire Officer 2 Romel Lorenzo said fire blazed...
6 hurt from falling debris of Pasig building
Source: GMA News
Manila :: Philippines | updated 2013-05-16 02:48:34 -0700 | travel-news
54am At least six people were hurt after being hit by debris falling from the 30th floor of a building in Pasig City Wednesday night. The debris included pieces of concrete that fell on the area near the corner...
After tragic limo fire, bill filed to require extinguishers
Source: Inquirer.net
Manila :: Philippines | updated 2013-05-14 10:43:05 -0700 | travel-news
Filipinos on the San Mateo Bridge, state Senator Jerry Hill (D-San Mateo) on Monday introduced a bill requiring limousines with a seating capacity of fewer than 10 passengers to be equipped with readily accessible and fully charged fire extinguishers.
Indonesian Police Kill Suspect in Attempted Bomb Attack
Source: International Herald Tribune
Manila :: Philippines | updated 2013-05-14 07:23:45 -0700 | travel-news
Indonesia The Indonesian police said on Tuesday that they had shot and killed a man they suspected of being an Islamist militant who tried to bomb a roadside police traffic post in West Java Province in retaliation for a series...
1 Filipino killed, 3 injured in NIA traffic accident
Source: Taiwan News
Manila :: Philippines | updated 2013-05-13 07:43:28 -0700 | travel-news
Taipei, May 13 (CNA) An overstaying worker from the Philippines was killed Monday when a National Immigration Agency (NIA) van in which he and four other overstaying Filipino workers and four immigration officials were riding overturned on the way to...
China tests its preparedness with tsunami drill
Source: NewKerala
Manila :: Philippines | updated 2013-05-13 04:11:25 -0700 | travel-news
aimed at testing the marine environmental forecasting authorities' capacity in receiving and distributing alert information and their emergency response, reported Xinhua...It simulated a scenario where a 9.0-magnitude earthquake jolted the ocean off the Philippines at 1.50 p.m Sunday, triggering...
Military detonates bomb in Maguindanao town
Source: Inquirer.net
Manila :: Philippines | updated 2013-05-12 17:40:11 -0700 | travel-news
The military on Monday detonated a powerful improvised explosive device fashioned from a 16-millimeter mortar found along the national highway in the town of Shariff Aguak in Maguindanao. Maguindanao is one of the provinces identified as an area of concern...
Five killed, reporter kidnapped in Philippines
Source: Qatar English Daily
Manila :: Philippines | updated 2013-05-12 05:15:59 -0700 | travel-news
Five people were killed in separate ambushes in the volatile southern Philippines, police and the military said Sunday, and a radio reporter was kidnapped by armed men on the eve of mid-term elections. Two men armed with short firearms...
4 Filipino UN peacekeepers freed by Syrian captors -AFP
Source: Inquirer.net
Manila :: Philippines | updated 2013-05-12 00:37:19 -0700 | travel-news
Philippines The four Filipino UN peacekeepers have been released by their Syrian captors, the Armed Forces of the Philippines said Sunday...Syrian time or 2 p.m. here in Manila, Major Demy Zagala, AFP public affairs office chief, told the Philippine Daily...
PH may pull troops out of Golan
Source: Inquirer.net
Manila :: Philippines | updated 2013-05-10 23:41:29 -0700 | travel-news
PhilippinesThe Philippines is considering the pullout of its 300 peacekeepers from the Golan Heights because of security concerns, following the abduction of four Filipino troops by Syrian rebels, Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said on Friday...We don't want to expose...
Waiting for campaign fees, top Samar reb captured
Source: Inquirer.net
Manila :: Philippines | updated 2013-05-10 19:39:35 -0700 | travel-news
PhilippinesThe military recently arrested a ranking commander of the New People's Army (NPA) in Samar while allegedly waiting for the turnover of the permit-to-campaign (PTC) and permit-to-win (PTW) fees collected from candidates in the province, the Armed Forces of the...
All systems go for Monday's polls—PNP
Source: Inquirer.net
Manila :: Philippines | updated 2013-05-10 02:44:06 -0700 | travel-news
PhilippinesThe Philippine National Police said Friday all security measures are in place for the upcoming midterm elections on Monday. Secure and Fair Elections) commander, said in a press conference in Camp Crame. Under PNP's Oplan Last Two Weeks, a 30,000-troop augmentation from...
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