As reported by Newsinfo.inquirer.net, his angry wife kept calling him to come home, so he left the restaurant where he was dining with friends, among them was Provincial Board Member Roldan Lagbas. When he got home, he heard the explosion. He rushed back to learn Lagbas was killed. Read Article
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Eturbonews.com reports that a former Melbourne private school teacher and head of an international school in China has been charged over the alleged sex abuse of four Filipino children as young as nine. Hilton Reece Munro, 45, used a 14-year-old boy to recruit younger boys who were sexually abused at a beach resort hotel on […]
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Newsinfo.inquirer.net reports that an improvised explosive device was found Monday morning near the wharf of Sabang, a coastal village where tourists take off on boats to visit the world-renowned Underground River in this city. Police and park authorities temporarily closed off the tourist attraction after the bomb disposal unit decided to explode the device. Read […]
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The Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the risks of travel to the Philippines, in particular to the Sulu Archipelago and the island of Mindanao. This Travel Warning replaces the Travel Warning dated January 30, 2013, and reflects continuing threats in those areas due to terrorist and insurgent activities. U.S. citizens should continue to […]
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Geo.tv reports that Australian police said Friday they had restrained a man as he tried to break into the cockpit of a commercial Qantas flight en route to the Philippines. The 33-year-old was detained by Australian Federal Police (AFP) air security officers on the Sydney to Manila journey Thursday after he allegedly attempted to access […]
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Al Jazeera reports that the Philippine government has promised to investigate allegations that embassy officials have sexually abused Filipina workers in Saudi Arabia. More than two million Filipinos are working abroad. Each year they send home around $20bn boosting Philippine economy. Read article
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According to gulfnews.com, a leader of a kidnap group allegedly posed as a sultan to lure two Algerian Filipina film makers who were making a documentary on the Sultanate of Sulu, in the southern Philippines, and it resulted in their abduction last Saturday, a local paper has said. Nadjoua Bansil, 39, and her sister Linda, […]
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Stuff.co.nz reports that a fire swept through a hotel in a Philippine resort city, killing seven people, including three Americans, three Filipinos and a South Korean, authorities said. The three American men and the South Korean man were found dead in separate rooms in the Dryden Hotel, a small two-story tourist hotel in Olongapo city, […]
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Arabnews.com reported that passengers arriving at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) are being monitored through a scanning machine to ensure that they are free from coronavirus, according to a Filipino passenger from Saudi Arabia. “It was after I heard the news on the radio that coronavirus has spread to other countries that I realized why […]
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According to xinhuanet.com, the Philippine government is closely monitoring all international passengers, particularly those from the Middle East, to ensure that SARS-like virus could not enter into the country, a senior government official said Saturday. But Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte said that there is no need yet to heighten the alert amid the spread […]
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