balita.ph repported that seven people were killed and 34 others injured when a Manila-bound chartered tourist bus carrying graduating tourism students crashed head on with a delivery truck Thursday at around 11 p.m. along Marcos Highway in Taloy, Tuba, Benguet.
The mishap occurred some 15 kilometers southwest of Baguio City and 234 kilometers north of Manila.
Insp. Virgilio A. Hidalgo, public information officer of the Baguio City Police Office, said initial investigation showed the bus was carrying graduating Bachelor of Science in Tourism (BST)students from the Marinduque State College (MSC). The group came from an educational tour in Baguio City. Read Article
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AS AMPHIBIOUS assaults go, the invasion of the Malaysian state of Sabah by the self-styled Royal Army of the Sultanate of Sulu on February 11th is admittedly tame. Scores of men, many heavily armed, came ashore from motorboats that had brought them from the Philippines, an hour away, where they and the sultan of Sulu […]
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As reported bynewsinfo.inquirer.net, “Two Korean tourists and a Filipino driver were injured Sunday afternoon when their tourist van slammed into the rear of a Ceres bus in Borbon town, Cebu. The victims–Seong Hee Yoon, 25, his female companion Nam Gukhe, 26; and Filipino driver Glicerio Muñez–were brought to a hospital in Cebu City after the […]
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As reported by balita.ph, “The Department of Tourism (DOT) is expecting an increase in tourist arrivals to 10 million by 2016, tourism Secretary Ramon Jimenez Jr. said in a speech at the Manila Hotel on Wednesday. In a general membership meeting with the Philippine Tour Operators Association (PhilTOA), Jimenez recognized both the stakeholders and the […]
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As reported by interaksyon.com, “The Philippines targets 5.5 million foreign tourist arrivals in 2013, even as this number increased from 3.9 million in 2011 to 4.2 million in 2012, Tourism Assistant Secretary for Promotions Benito Bengzon said.” Read Article
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According to interaksyon.com, “The Al-Qaeda-linked extremist group Abu Sayyaf is holding at least five more foreigners hostage in the island-province of Sulu, police said. Senior Superintendent Renato Gumban, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Anti-Kidnapping Group, said that aside from Jordanian journalist Baker Abdulla Atyani, also being held hostage are Australian Warren Rodwell, European […]
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