Siquijor Island, Philippines

Siquijor is the southernmost island in the Central Visayas Region and a province of the Philippines. Its capital is the same as municipality named Siquijor. The island can be found northwest of Cebu and Negros, northeast is Bohol and to the south, across the Bohol Sea is...

Philippine News--Sulpicio lines hit "bingo" (Update)

Over the weekend, the 2,000-passenger ferry MV Princess of the Stars, owned by Sulpicio Lines, took off from the port of Manila en route to Cebu.  It sank a few hours later off the coast of Romblon with more than 700 passengers and crew on board, amidst the lashing of...

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There's one thing common about Hawaii and the Philippines at this time -- they're both being lashed out by powerful storms.But this is the third in less than 14 days that the latter has been battered by the...

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