The Department of Tourism (DOT) is turning to other markets to fill hotel rooms on Boracay Island that have been left empty by cancellations of Taiwanese bookings, coming as fallout from a diplomatic row between Taiwan and the Philippines over the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by Filipino coast guards two weeks ago.
An overseas Filipino worker in Taiwan had to say she is Indonesian while another Filipino worker could only go to work riding a company truck to be safe from irate Taiwanese.
Hotels and resorts on Boracay Island have been reeling from the cancellation of bookings of Taiwanese tourists amid the diplomatic row following the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by Filipino coast guards, according to travel operators.
International flight arrivals at the Iloilo airport continued to increase at the start of this year, boosting optimism in the tourism industry of the city and province of Iloilo.
With “high hopes for the Philippines,” Pope Francis has urged Filipinos to help alleviate the plight of the poor in their midst, Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle said Thursday.
Intermittent rains and unstable grounds are hampering the search and rescue efforts for nine workers buried in a landslide that hit a mountain village at the geothermal complex of the Energy Development Corp. (EDC) in Kananga town, Leyte.
A German national who had been arrested and charged with possession of an unlicensed firearm was arrested again after he failed to appear in the hearings of his case.
An American is facing child abuse and human trafficking charges for allegedly recruiting boys whom he gave money for sexual favors.
The police arrested two Koreans and a Filipino for alleged involvement in carnapping in Metro Cebu and recovered at least seven Hyundai Starex vans.
An American national faces various charges for berating and punching a policeman inside a police station in Bacolod City.
“We felt like children clinging to a father who bids them farewell,” Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle said a day after Pope Benedict XVI, 85, announced that he was resigning on Feb. 28.
Thousands of women and men plan to spend Valentine’s Day not on romantic dates but dancing on the streets in key cities all over the country to call for an end to violence against women.
