ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines – The local crisis management committee yesterday confirmed having “proof of life” of two US citizens who were kidnapped along with a Filipino relative in an island village here last week. Read Article
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An American diving instructor, who had also worked with the U.S. Navy, has been found dead after exploring the USS New York in the Pacific Ocean. Steve Brittain, a dive master who worked at Johan Dive Shop in Subic Bay in the Philippines, died – along with a Hong Kong tourist – when surveying the […]
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An Australian Tourist by the name Marc Gerard Hoy jumped to his death in Phuket. The Aussie was first spotted by a receptionist at the Bel Air Resort in the early hours of the morning, he was sitting down on the couch drunk and incoherent. The receptionist asked the man if he wanted a room, […]
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A timely warning that terrorism and tourism do not mix has been delivered to Phuket. By coincidence, the warning was followed within hours by a triple attack on the Indian city of Mumbai that killed and injured more than 150 people. Read Article
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A bus driver was killed on Thursday when a bridge collapsed in southeast China’s Fujian Province. The bus he was driving crashed, injuring 22 of the passengers on board. Local authorities say the tourist bus was driving onto the Wuyishan Gongguan Bridge in Wuyishan City in the morning, just as a section of the bridge […]
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