Philippines
By bworldonline.com
THE Philippine representative office in Taiwan is promoting schools that specialize in teaching English, particularly in Cebu, in a bid to increase tourist arrivals.
Humanitarian Crisis
By Unal Basusta, eTN Ambassador
A team from the Philippine embassy in Muscat has been dispatched to the Omani border where hundreds of Filipinos are stranded due to the recent changes in the UAE's visa regulations.
Philippines
By globalnation.inquirer.net
MANILA -- The Philippines as a wedding venue paradise?
Philippines
MANILA - Ten South Korean nationals on vacation tour in northern Philippines were killed on Wednesday when their van crashed onto a concrete wall, local media reported.
Philippine Atrocity
By Nelson Alcantara, Special to eTN
In an incident that some are calling “work-related,” a 32-year-old Filipino journalist named Martin Roxas was gunned down on August 7 on his way home and just moments after he had finished his ...
Philippines
By OLIVER TEVES, Associated Press Writer
MANILA, Philippines - A suspected cholera outbreak in a remote southern Philippine township has killed 21 people and sickened at least 50 others, the mayor and the Red Cross said Wednesday.
President Arroyo States Airport Is The Philippines Gateway To Rest Of The World
Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 will start servicing international flights next month on a limited basis to pave the way for the facility's full operations next year, officials said ...
Cebu Pacific
By forbes.com
MANILA - Cebu Pacific, the Philippines' second-biggest airline, shelved plans for an IPO and will meet its financing requirements through loans and internally generated funds, its president said ...
Philippines
MANILA, Philippines - The tourism industry is anticipating a “surge” in tourist arrivals as the French edition of the “Survivor” TV reality game show, shot on Caramoan Island off Camarines ...
Philippines
MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Tourism (DOT) is now wooing Japanese golfers as the country's next "quality tourists."
Philippines
MANILA, Philippines - Making halal cuisine readily available in tourist destinations will encourage more tourists from Muslim countries to visit the Philippines.
In Fast-Emerging Fort Bonifacio
By eTN
Shangri-La Asia Limited will open Shangri-La at the Fort, Manila in 2012, located within the Fort Bonifacio former military base and city center.
Idle For More Than Five Years
By eTN
The Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal-3, idle for more than five years, begins servicing domestic flights next month, officials at its trial run said yesterday.
Weather Advisory
By eTN
The Philippine Department of Tourism would like to assure tourists and visitors that travel-related establishments, such as hotels, resorts, spas, restaurants, shopping centers and transportation ...
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Ferry Carrying Over 800 Sinks In Philippines
Manila - At least four people were killed when a ferry with over 800 passengers and crew members sank in the aftermath of Typhoon Fengshen in the central Philippines, local officials said on ...
Philippines' Leading Low-Cost Carrier
By eTN
Amadeus, a leading global technology and distribution partner to the travel industry, today announced a landmark partnership with Cebu Pacific (CEB), the Philippines' largest domestic low-cost ...
Philippines
MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Tourism is on a roll.
Through targeted marketing campaigns in China, Japan, Korea, the United States, the Middle East and Europe, it was able to ...
Philippines
More than 100 passengers of a flight bound for Manila from Zamboanga City were stranded at the Zamboanga International Airport for more than 12 hours Wednesday after a tire replacement in their ...
Filipino Farmers Group: Tourists Or Food
MANILA, Philippines -- Members of a leftist farmers’ group staged a picket at the Department of Tourism (DoT) in Manila on Tuesday to demand an end to the conversion of agricultural lands for ...
Austria - Philippines Tourism
MANILA, Philippines - The lack of direct flights from Austria to the country is keeping Austrian tourists from the Philippines, said Dr. Walter Hoefle, Austrian economic counselor to the ...
Human Rights Abuse
By eTN Staff Writer
The United Nations has claimed in a report by secretary-general Ban Ki-moon that both rebel and government forces have killed and maimed children during ongoing conflicts in the Philippines.
Philippines
The Philippines today announced a ban on kidney transplants involving overseas patients in an effort to stamp out the murky organ trade, which preys on some of the country's most vulnerable and ...
Philippines
They may look hideous and symbolize darkness in the movies, but bats are tourist attractions here in Mambukal Resort in Murcia, Negros Occidental.
The province has three species of bats ...
Philippines Gets Tough On "Work Tourism"
Manila, Philippines - The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has barred 139 Filipino “tourist workers” and 43 foreign nationals from leaving the country from January to March this ...
Food Crisis
By Yusof Sulaiman
(eTN) - The cost of agricultural commodities has leaped to record highs and supply of daily foodstuffs such as rice, wheat, cereals, meat, eggs and dairy products has become scare, begging the ...
How Bizarre Is Bizarre?
MANILA, Philippines - Whether for business or pleasure, a Japanese tourist who allegedly hit a Filipino politician's daughter at the airport may no longer return to Manila, an immigration official ...
Spratly Islands
MANILA — The Philippine military is considering developing the disputed Spratly islands into a tourist destination, local news reported Saturday.
Philippines Tourism Looks Healthy
Foreign tourist arrivals breached the half-million mark in the first two months of the year, the highest so far registered in the last three years, the Department of Tourism (DOT) reported.
Philippines
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — The Department of Tourism in Central Luzon has warned the public about an “instant visa” racket and called as “fraudulent and utter falsehoods” reports that some ...
Philippines
A new trend is emerging in the local travel industry—Filipinos are becoming less and less “a foreigner in their own land.”
According to the Philippine Travel Agencies Association, an ...
