Committee to raise funds to save OFW from beheading
An ad hoc committee to raise funds to save jailed overseas Filipino worker Dondon Lanuza from beheading was formed on Feb. 12.
An ad hoc committee to raise funds to save jailed overseas Filipino worker Dondon Lanuza from beheading was formed on Feb. 12.
One of the world’s smallest primates, the Philippine tarsier, communicates in a range of ultrasound inaudible to predator and prey alike, according to a study published on Wednesday.
Instead of relying on survey results of foreign travel websites, like the Guide to Sleeping in Airports and Frommer’s, the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) has been conducting its own in-house surveys of passengers using the Ninoy Aquino International Airport’s (Naia) four terminals.
MANILA, Philippines—It’s a baby boom in Turtle Islands as conservation efforts broke a 28-year record to produce 1.44 million green turtle eggs in a protected sanctuary in Tawi-Tawi, Conservation International (CI) Philippines announced on Friday. A total of 14,220 green turtle nests were recorded on Baguan Island in 2011, up from the 12,311 nests recorded [...]
The Bureau of Immigration has called on foreigners with businesses here to employ Filipino workers so they could avail of a visa that would enable them to stay indefinitely in the country.
It will take just about the time to smoke a stick of cigarette to get into Malaysian waters on a twin-engine speed boat. Given less than a pack, and it will get you to Kudat City in Sabah.
There’s the unlikely town mayor: a tanned, svelte 24-year-old, who left her job at luxury brand Chanel to serve her hometown. And then, the outspoken 23-year-old marine protection advocate, now preparing the speech of a lifetime she will deliver before heads of state, royalty, business leaders and other people of power and influence.
There’s watersports, or escaping the crash of big waves on Manila Bay in the middle of a storm. Or extreme biking, that is riding downhill on a wooden bike. And then there’s the unique Filipino dining experience, from the “gourmet” fare of balut to a selection of breads that literally spell fun: “fun de sal” and “fun de coco.”
The year 2012 is going to be filled with preparations and projects for the Puerto Princesa Underground River’s emergence as an international tourism star.
The Philippines’ adept response to the succeeding waves of high-impact global events this year—from the Arab Spring to the worldwide economic and debt crises—has “underscored our resilience as a nation,” according to Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario.
More than 3.5 million foreigners visited or entered the country this year, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) reported Wednesday.
It’s that chilling shot of an amateur photographer that sent the world clicking the “share” button. The last photo taken by Caloocan City councilman Reynaldo Dagsa of his family—which by a stroke of chance also captured the assassin aiming a gun at Dagsa—was selected by photo editors of the prestigious TIME magazine as among the world’s “best viral photos” of 2011.
