Marilao, Meycauayan, Valenzuela, Caloocan, and Tutuban will be the first five stations of a new railway to connect Manila with Clark Airport. The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has also said that work on the 225-billion peso line will be conducted on a 24/7 basis in order to have it open to…
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A women’s rights group has expressed concern over allegations that government troops threatened women with rape if they did not leave embattled Marawi City. Gabriela — a nationwide alliance of more than 200 women’s groups — say they are particularly concerned given president Duterte’s comments on rape at the outbreaking…
Australia has agreed to send two surveillance planes to help the fight against Islamic State-affiliated terrorists still holding out in Marawi City after more than five weeks. The Philippines has accepted the offer of two AP-3C Orion aircraft to pinpoint Maute group fighters who have declared the Mindanao city as…
President Duterte has told Muslim Moro people that they can expect to have their own “homeland” in Mindanao within three years. Speaking to an audience in Cagayan de Oro, the president said that if the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) submitted an updated version of the proposed ‘Bangsamoro Basic Law’…
Islamic State-affiliated gunmen who stormed a school yesterday (Wednesday, June 21) left messages threatening President Duterte and his home city of Davao. After the clash near Pigcawayan town in North Cotabato, in which 31 hostages – including 12 youngsters – were briefly taken as human shields, militants from the Bangsamoro…
An Italian tourist was arrested after cracking a bomb joke at Boracay’s Kalibo Airport yesterday (Wednesday, June 21). The ill-considered gag placed Christiano de Angeles, aged 40, in violation of Presidential Decree 1727, or the anti-bomb joke law. According to police, De Angeles requested a flight rebooking at an Air Asia…
Mount Apo, the highest mountain in the Philippines, will reopen to trekkers after a devastating fire destroyed huge tracts of forest and grassland last year. The decision follows extensive lobbying from local people who rely on guiding tourists as a major source of income. Kidapawan City Mayor, Joseph Evangelista, said…
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The Philippines government has condemned the van attack outside a London mosque that left one person dead and 11 injured. “The appalling attack stands against the shared values of the Philippines and the UK as peace-loving and tolerant societies that respect all religions,” the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said…
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Beach resorts across the Philippines cover a multitude of styles, needs and budgets — from the opulent five-star models such as the white sands of Shangri La in Cebu, all the way down to low cost, no stars, no frills dilapidated beach huts on muddy tidal flats. You can find…
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A massive magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck off the coast of Sarangani, Davao Occidental, early this morning (Saturday, April 29) prompting a now-cancelled tsunami warning. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the 4.23am quake’s epicentre was 33 miles off the coast of Sarangani, at a depth of about…
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