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With more than 7,000 islands, can Philippines be an int’l cruise destination? More here: LATEST NEWS:

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It’s more fun in Philippines! You’d think tourists would be a timorous crowd, that they’d go only where they think it’s safe to go. Not where it’s safe, but where they think it is. That should mean a windfall for the Philippines, as Thailand-heading vacationers think twice, for example. More here: LATEST NEWS:

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An Australian tourist is facing child abuse cases in Cebu province in the Philippines after he was arrested for bringing girls to his room at a beach resort and taking lewd photos of the minors. More here: LATEST NEWS:

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After weeks of quiet negotiations through Malaysian police intermediaries, Chinese tourist Gao Huayun and Filipino hotel worker Marcy Dayawan were freed from terror group Abu Sayyaf’s stronghold of Jolo island in Southern Philippines. More here: LATEST NEWS:

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I have been a major “bull” on the Philippines. The combination of an educated, English-language speaking workforce and a deep-rooted work ethic has turned the Filipino people into the care-givers, IT programmers and maritime profes sionals of the world. More here: LATEST NEWS:

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Philippine President Benigno Aquino III on Friday challenged the travel industry “to go the extra mile to make tourists the happiest visitors to the Philippines.” More here: LATEST NEWS:

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Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou’s nephew, who helped rescue abducted tourist Chang An-wei from the Philippines, was a former commanding officer with the US Army Special Forces. More here: LATEST NEWS: