Remains of 4 foreigners killed on Mayon await shipment to Germany, Spain
By Jerome Aning
The remains of the four foreign tourists killed last Tuesday in a steam explosion on Mayon volcano arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Friday.

The remains of the four foreign tourists killed last Tuesday in a steam explosion on Mayon volcano arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Friday.

Police have arrested a resort cook for the alleged rape of a British tourist in Boracay recently.
A Romanian university student has been found dead three days after he went missing while swimming at a popular waterfall in the northern Philippines.
Lionel Albert Stride, the inmate who reportedly died of cardiac arrest Sunday in a detention facility in Bicutan, Taguig City was a British citizen, not a New Zealander, an official of the Bureau of Immigration said on Wednesday.
An Indian tourist fell prey Saturday noon to thieves who stole close to P100,000 worth of electronic gadgets and different foreign currencies from her at a fastfood restaurant in Manila.
Ivan Sarenas, the Filipino bird watcher-guide, who told authorities he escaped when he and his two European companions were kidnapped at sea on Tuesday following their two-week expedition in Tawi-Tawi, has refused to leave the island province.
The smell of decay led to the discovery of the body of a Middle Eastern tourist inside his hotel room in Manila early Thursday.

Malacañang welcomed the inclusion of the Puerto Princesa Underground River among the world’s new seven wonders of nature, expressing optimism that the recognition would trigger a more lively tourism in the Philippines.
A French national went berserk at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport after his Filipina girlfriend did not show up to meet him Thursday night, airport authorities said.

Was it Jose Rizal who paved the way for the hundreds of thousands of Filipinos in the New York area? Romantic thought there, but Rizal came here as a transiting tourist, not as an immigrant.
A 29-year-old British national was seriously injured after he was shot by one of two robbers who stole his laptop while he was inside a bar on Gorordo Street here past 4 a.m. on Friday.
Two armed men on board a sports utility vehicle allegedly handcuffed, then robbed a 60-year-old Croatian tourist of US$800 in Malate, Manila, on Wednesday night, police said.