Local officials eye ban on swimming in Pampanga River
Source: GMA News
Manila :: Philippines | updated 2013-04-12 12:58:51 -0700 | travel-news
Following two successive tragedies there, local government officials in Pampanga are considering imposing a ban on swimming in the Pampanga River. The victims had gone swimming with friends, and drowned in the part of Pampanga River in Barangay Sulipan in...
P1M worth of property destroyed in Manila building fire
Source: Inquirer.net
Manila :: Philippines | updated 2013-04-12 05:39:45 -0700 | travel-news
Philippines Roughly P1million worth of property went up in smoke when fire gutted a commercial establishment in Manila early Friday, an investigator said. Case investigator, Senior Fire Officer 3 John Joseph Jalique, said fire blazed through a three-story building of...
The little boat that could -- a story of survival
Source: Times Standard
Manila :: Philippines | updated 2013-04-12 03:11:07 -0700 | travel-news
A boat, a dock and a piece of a temple had recently shown up on Oregon and Washington beaches but, at that time, no debris had been seen in California that could be definitely linked to the 2011 tsunami...I got...
SC orders DoJ, NBI to protect family of Jonas Burgos
Source: Inquirer.net
Manila :: Philippines | updated 2013-04-12 00:53:24 -0700 | travel-news
PhilippinesThe Supreme Court has ordered the Department of Justice and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to provide security and protection to the family of missing activist Jonas Burgos. Taking note of Mrs. [Edita] Burgo's claims that she fears for...
Philippines awash in illegal firearms
Source: Japan Times
Manila :: Philippines | updated 2013-04-11 10:34:21 -0700 | travel-news
Bespectacled and clean-shaven, 37-year-old Jomari Paraas could pass for a typical office employee in the Philippines except he has six guns in his backpack that he will soon sell. The father of two is a prolific player in the country's...
Terror suspect eyed in killing of Filipino soldier
Source: Boston.com
Manila :: Philippines | updated 2013-04-10 05:09:11 -0700 | travel-news
Philippines (AP) Philippine military officials say a Southeast Asian militant is suspected of leading an ambush that killed an army intelligence officer in the country's south...Carlito Galvez says suspected al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf fighters led by Amin Baco opened fire on...
Sandiganbayan affirms plea bargain deal between ex-AFP comptroller and Ombudsman
Source: Inquirer.net
Manila :: Philippines | updated 2013-04-10 01:54:25 -0700 | travel-news
Philippines The Sandiganbayan special second division on Wednesday affirmed the plea bargain deal between former Armed Forces of the Philippines comptroller former general Carlos Garcia and Office of the Ombudsman. In a 73-page joint resolution, the Ombudsman also denied the...
Bus crashes into MRT pillar in Cubao; 19 hurt
Source: Inquirer.net
Manila :: Philippines | updated 2013-04-08 10:19:38 -0700 | travel-news
PhilippinesSeveral people were injured when a Mayamy passenger bus hit a pillar of the elevated Metro Rail Transit in Quezon City...Police were still conducting investigation on the accident, but a report from Radyo Inquirer 990AM said 19 people were injured...
8 injured after jeep catches fire in Pasig City
Source: Inquirer.net
Manila :: Philippines | updated 2013-04-07 04:57:56 -0700 | travel-news
PhilippinesEight people were injured, including one now in intensive care, after the jeep they were riding in was engulfed in flames in Pasig City early Sunday morning...An owner-type jeep (DDY 379) driven by Renato Ramirez and carrying seven other passengers,...
Road in front of Caloocan mall reopened to traffic
Source: GMA News
Manila :: Philippines | updated 2013-04-06 14:58:16 -0700 | travel-news
Following a scare last Friday due to falling debris from the second floor of a Caloocan City mall hit by a fire last year, authorities have reopened to traffic the road in front of the mall. But city officials...
3 cops slain, 3 wounded in clash with rebels
Source: Inquirer.net
Manila :: Philippines | updated 2013-04-06 05:52:52 -0700 | travel-news
PhilippinesThree policemen were killed while three others were wounded in a clash with suspected communist rebels in Asipulo, Ifugao, on Friday. Reports from the Cordillera police said Inspector George Lauro, Police Officer 2 Jody Lino Mamgue and PO2 John Codod...
In anti-hunger efforts, US wants to donate cash instead of food
Source: GMA News
Manila :: Philippines | updated 2013-04-05 18:08:53 -0700 | travel-news
International anti-hunger activists expect the Obama administration to propose major reforms to its food aid efforts in which the United States would donate cash instead of shipping U.S.-grown food to trouble spots around the world...But people who have heard the...
3-vehicle smash-up slows down NLEx traffic
Source: Inquirer.net
Manila :: Philippines | updated 2013-04-05 17:49:20 -0700 | travel-news
North Luzon Expressway (NLEx), along the the San Simon-Apalit viaduct in Pampanga, slowed down at past 7 a.m. Saturday after at least three vehicles figured in a smash-up, reports from the traffic center of the Manila North Tollways Corp. said....
Political bets seeking MILF support in May polls, says Iqbal
Source: Inquirer.net
Manila :: Philippines | updated 2013-04-05 04:34:23 -0700 | travel-news
A high ranking Moro Islamic Liberation Front official said a lot of politicians have been wooing the rebel group in a bid to bolster their respective candidacies among the Moros...Iqbal, however, did not identify who these politicians were or what...
2 youths killed in traffic accident
Source: Inquirer.net
Manila :: Philippines | updated 2013-04-04 01:22:39 -0700 | travel-news
PhilippinesTwo youths were killed when their speeding motorcycle smashed into a bus on Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City past midnight Wednesday. Mamerto Balgos IV, 19 and Christopher Villablance, 20, were killed on the spot on the eastbound lane of the...
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