Manila Travel News

Civil society lawyers will question before the Supreme Court on Monday President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo�s declaration of martial law over Maguindanao province. Lawyer Harry Roque Jr. said in a radio interview on Sunday that his group will cite the 1987...

Collaboration between the agencies and CHR involves sharing of expertise amidst parallel investigations into the criminal, administrative and human rights aspects of the case. ”It’s not an abrogation of each institution’s individual mandates – the avowed purpose in collaboration is...

Ferrer is a strong contender for the position of Armed Forces Chief of Staff, but for one glaring weak spot. Ferrer, commander of Eastern Mindanao Command and newly designated martial law administrator for Maguindanao, does not belong to President Gloria...

The Armed Forces of the Philippines-National Capital Region Command on Thursday placed its troops on heightened alert as part of the pre-emptive measures against possible spillover of violence from Maguindanao to Metro Manila. The massacre of 57 people in Maguindanao...

Philippines�Two mild earthquakes shook the Visayas and Mindanao regions Thursday. According to the United States Geological Survey, a magnitude 4.8 quake struck off General Santos City at 5:28 a.m. The quake had a depth of 4.9 kilometers and was estimated...

Governor Zaldy Ampatuan on Friday experienced chest pains while the military and police searched the houses of his father, former Maguindanao governor Andal Ampatuan Sr., and detained brother, Datu Unsay Mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr., in Maguindanao...It was not immediately known...

Cebu Pacific (CEB) has introduced the name change option as one of the new products for the additional convenience of its guests. The name change option allows passengers to transfer their tickets to another passenger for a fee. The travel...

Philippines�A week after the slaughter of civilians in the southern province of Mindanao, Australia on Monday reissued its advisory against traveling in the Philippines, citing the �high threat of terrorist attack and the high level of serious crime.� �On 23...

A scion of a powerful pro-government clan has turned himself in and will face murder charges for allegedly leading the massacre of 57 people in an election caravan in the southern Philippines, the chief prosecutor said Thursday. President Gloria Macapagal...

Hundreds of additional troops have been brought in after the massacre shocked a country where politics and journalism are the most dangerous of professions. Local media reports say only four people out of a group of 40 who were kidnapped...