Philippines Travel News

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit the Philippines next week for talks with top Philippine officials that is expected to include human rights issues in the country, China's Xinhua news agency reported quoting the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs as saying on Saturday.

President Barack Obama will meet leaders of Southeast Asian nations, including Myanmar, in a high-level affirmation of Washington's new policy of engaging the military-ruled country despite its dismal human rights record.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday she will travel to the Philippines next week to "show solidarity" with the storm-battered nation, just after her visits to Singapore and Berlin.

Davao, the window to Mindanao. Davao , Davao , Philippines Friday, November 6, 2009 Text and Images by Ronald de Jong Davao Gulf Davao is often dubbed as the window to the island of Mindanao, an inviting city that will surprise its visitors and raise one's curiosity.

The fourth storm to hit the Philippines in a month has lashed the eastern province of Quezon, bringing heavy rain and winds to the region.

Antonio 'Tony' Q Alabastro, a sub-editor with Borneo Bulletin, has been chosen to receive the 2009 Bagong Bayani Award, which honours Philippines' outstanding and exemplary Overseas Filipino Workers s, the Philippine Embassy announced yesterday.

The Philippine Embassy through the Philippine Overseas Labour Office will be conducting a free training session on physical therapy on Sunday, November 15, at 1:30pm at the embassy's multi-purpose hall.

The Philippines is making preparations for the arrival of the third typhoon to hit the country in five weeks.

This infrared image from NASA's AIRS instrument on the Aqua Satellite shows the extent of Mirinae's high clouds on Oct.

Christmas lights have been up in the Philippines since early October. Commercials for Pasko, as the holiday is called, have appeared on TV, and the malls are full of people getting a head start on their shopping.

Typhoon Mirinae, with winds of 93 miles per hour and gusts of up to 115, hit the Quezon Province northeast of Manila around midnight Friday.

Typhoon Mirinae will remain at typhoon strength while tracking to the west and will most likely make landfall on Luzon, Philippines early Saturday.

The fourth typhoon to lash the Philippines in a month brought pounding rain and winds to the eastern coast early Saturday as it barreled toward Manila along the same path as an earlier storm that has left the capital still partially submerged.

FERRIES were cancelled, schools closed and the military put on standby on Friday as the storm-battered Philippines' main island of Luzon braced for another powerful typhoon, officials said.

The Philippines is aiming to be one of the next nations to cash in on China's insatiable appetite for resources, with the Asian neighbors working to build closer mining ties, officials from both sides say.

It's a lovely evening here in Pampanga. The dewpoint has been down the past few days, as relatively dry air has been pouring in from the South China Sea to the west of here.

Tajikistan News.Net Monday 26th October, 2009 Visiting US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has said his government is seeking partnership with the Philippines in biofuel research.

Trade and tourism exchanges between Zamboanga and Sandakan, Malaysia are back on track as regular flights connecting the two neighboring areas in the Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-the Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area are set to resume today .

I will be traveling to Baugio in February for Panagbenga. I dona TMt know if this festival changes the food scene or not.

Cpl. Ian Holland, a heavy equipment mechanic with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, Marine Wing Support Group 17, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, shares a handshake with one of the San Juan Bano Elementary School students Oct.