CEBU CITY, Philippines — As the summer season in Cebu heats up, so does the risk of online booking scams that target unsuspecting tourists and residents alike. The Regional Anti-Cybercrime Unit in Central Visayas (RACU-7) warned that scammers are exploiting the busy season to carry out schemes. These include fake booking sites, hacking, identity theft,

MANILA, Philippines — Airline passengers traveling domestically and internationally in the first half of June will pay lower fuel surcharge fees after regulators cut the applicable rate anew as global jet fuel prices continued to soften. In an advisory issued Thursday, the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) announced that the fuel surcharge level for June 1

MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Robin Padilla said Thursday that as an elected senator, Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa should be allowed to perform his work through online participation. Padilla has been vocal in his defense of Dela Rosa’s continued absence from the Senate amid an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in connection

MANILA, Philippines — A suspected clandestine illegal drug laboratory was discovered in Occidental Mindoro, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Thursday. Operatives found the site on Golo Island in Sitio Kaybunga, Barangay Bulacan, Looc town, last Tuesday afternoon, following a tip from a suspect earlier arrested in Batangas, according to PNP chief Gen. Jose

MANILA, Philippines — Interior and Local Government Secretary Jonvic Remulla on Thursday said he had “given options” to Sen. Jinggoy Estrada amid the latter’s looming arrest. “[I] talked to him already,” Remulla said in a text message sent to reporters. “I gave him options and he said he will think about it,” the DILG chief

MANILA, Philippines — While he respects whatever the Senate’s decision regarding remote participation — whether it is for the plenary session or in the looming impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte — Cagayan de Oro Rep. Lordan Suan believes it should not be allowed. Suan, during an online interview on Thursday with reporters covering the

MANILA, Philippines — A report from the Second Congressional Commission on Education (Edcom 2) showing that 87 percent of Grade 11 students cannot understand what they read only underscores the failure of the K-12 education, ACT Teachers party-list Rep. Antonio Tinio said. In an ambush interview Thursday after the House committee on basic education hearing,

MANILA, Philippines — Recorded heat indices on Thursday, May 28 peaked at 47ºC in four areas, namely Tuguegarao City, Cagayan; Casiguran, Aurora; San Ildefonso, Bulacan; and Sangley Point, Cavite City, said the state weather bureau. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) tags this level of heat index—particularly those ranging between 42°C and

Ombudsman Files Charges vs. Sen. Jinggoy Estrada over Alleged Flood Control Corruption JINGGOY ESTRADA – The Ombudsman filed plunder and graft charges against the Senator over the alleged flood control kickback he received amounting to over P573 million. Several government officials were tagged in the supposed multi-billion flood control corruption in the Philippines. Many of ... Read more

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Thailand is directing arrivals from DR Congo and Uganda through Suvarnabhumi Airport only under stricter Ebola surveillance measures, the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) announced today, May 28. CAAT said that the Ministry of Public Health raised surveillance and disease prevention measures after Ebola outbreaks were reported in some areas of the Democratic Republic …

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