DAVAO CITY – The latest PAHAYAG 2023 Second Quarter Survey has revealed the top travel destinations preferred by Filipinos and the study provides valuable insights into their travel preferences and highlights the diverse choices among different regions of the country.
CEBU – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said the Malampaya natural gas fields, just 50 kilometers offshore Northwest Palawan, belongs to the Philippines and not China.
CEBU – The Philippine Coast Guard said a dive yacht had sunk off Palawan province on Sunday and that 28 people had been rescued but the search continues on for the missing four passengers.
THE PHILIPPINES has filed a diplomatic protest against Beijing after a Chinese Coast Guard vessel intruded in Filipino waters and forcefully grabbed a Chinese rocket debris retrieved by the Philippine navy in the West Philippine Sea.
CEBU - The U.S. Embassy Civil Affairs Team (CAT) recently donated medical and dive equipment and conducted training for the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) to support search and rescue and maritime law enforcement operations in Palawan.
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY - Filipino government officials thanked the U.S. Embassy Civil Affairs Team (CAT) for donating disaster relief tents and medical supplies worth about P1.6 million ($30,000).
CEBU – Washington said it is providing - through the U.S. Agency for International Development – additional P17.5 million ($350,000) to support ecosystem and community recovery and this brings the total U.S. government aid for Typhoon Odette relief and recovery efforts to nearly P1.1 billion ($21.54 million).
CEBU PACIFIC flew a rescued pangolin to Palawan province from Muntinlupa City where the scared scaly anteater was found by residents roaming in the village of Ayala Alabang.
“China, my friend, how politely can I put it? Let me see… O…GET THE FUCK OUT. What are you doing to our friendship? You. Not us. We’re trying. You. You’re like an ugly oaf forcing your attentions on a handsome guy who wants to be a friend; not to father a Chinese province,” said Philippine Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. in an expletive-laced Twitter message.
'West Philippine Sea, hindi na sa atin'
SINABI NI Pangulong Duterte na wala itong balak magpadala ng mga barkong pandigma sa West Philippine Sea kahit pa inangkin ng China ang Julian Felipe Reef sa loob ng ating exclusive economic zone, ilang milya lamang mula sa Palawan.
THE U.S. State Department is standing by the Philippines in its latest run-in with China over disputed sea territory.
CEBU PROVINCE proves to be a place which has stayed in the heart and mind of travelers when travel itself began to be out of reach in 2020 in the face of a pandemic.
THE PROTECT WILDLIFE Project - a partnership between the United States and the Philippines - donated complete sets of computer equipment to the local government in an effort to further boost environmental and fishery protection in Zamboanga City, whose moniker is “City of Flowers” because of its greenery.
