Philippines Travel News

Singapore maid agencies are being barred from taking out new licences to source for workers in the Philippines in a move by Manila to crack down on firms flouting its rules.

That's because the Peruvian city and UNESCO World Heritage Site is perched vertiginously at 3,400 metres in elevation, and nothing combats the effects of altitude sickness quite as effectively as this leafy member of the plant family Erythroxylaceae.

SINCE many of their clients are college students from neighboring provinces, Johndorf Ventures Corp. , developer of 148 Residences condominiums in downtown Cebu City, turned over units to the first batch of homeowners in time for the school opening.

This week the voices of Christchurch children will take centre stage in the Philippines with the UNICEF NZ children's photographic exhibition 'Christchurch: See Through my Eyes' on display at Yuchengco Museum in Manila.

JUNE is Tourism Month in In My Diary. The Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry's tourism team has come a long way.

The Philippines' budget carrier Cebu Pacific is looking into purchasing one of today's most advanced passenger jet liners, as it expands its fleet by buying new planes capable of longer flights to new markets.

Phil Younghusband and Angel Locsin at the 38th Metro Manila Film Festival Awards Night.

PHILIPPINE Airlines continues its tradition of providing the best passenger experience as they open another office in Cebu City.

I recently mentioned that Maria Lemaster from Maria's Manila Asian Market was planning to bring a sample of some of the foods she grew up with, and sells at her store, into the newsroom.

CONFLICTING stands between the City Government and the Bases Conversion Development Authority continue to stall the circumferential road widening project.

Paulita Roa Special to MindaNews CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - On June 15, 2013, the iconic Lumbia Airport of Cagayan de Oro City ceased its domestic flight operations and was closed for good.

The Manila Symphony Orchestra recently launched its concert season at the Cultural Center of the Philippines with planetary inspired melodies.

ONE OF the most significant international event being celebrated in our country is the Philippine - American Friendship Day set on July 4. The red letter day is just around the bend, at least 18 days from today.

FATHER'S Day is made even better with the British retail giant Marks & Spencer recently unveiling an even bigger store in SM Lanang Premier-the second in Davao and the latest and first of its concept store design in the Philippines.

THE Department of Health yesterday launched the 3rd Asean Dengue Day at the Cebu City Hall in an effort to bring down dengue cases amid the rise of dengue cases in the Visayas and Mindanao.

IT'S been months since I last wrote a piece. I just retreated and there were many reasons for that.

ALMOST 13,000 domestic and foreign tourists have visited Kalanggaman islet, the jewel destination of Palompon, Leyte during the summer months of April and May. In an interview with Raoul Bacalla of the municipal eco-tourism office, he said the arrivals last April for domestic tourists were 5,474 and 485 foreign.

The Russian Federation and the Republic of the Philippines continue to enjoy mutual relations as evident in the 26.90 percent gains of Russian tourist arrivals in the country and 90.09 percent growth in Cebu in the 1st quarter of 2013 over the same period last year.

Yesterday, exactly one month from the May 13, 2013 elections, the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom Manila office held a good conference, "Liberal Challenges 2013-2016" held at C3 Events Place in Greenhills, San Juan City, Metro Manila.

A Cebu Pacific Airbus A319-100, registration RP-C3197 performing flight 5J-448 from Iloilo to Manila with 95 passengers, landed on Manila's runway 24 at about 16:12L in heavy rain but temporarily veered off the runway destroying 5 runway lights before coming to a stop on the runway.