The reclassification of lands for tourism means only one thing for rural families: the large-scale physical and economic displacement of farmers and fisherfolk communities.

ENVIRONMENT   By Ayi Muallam  |  This coming Holy Week, Mount Banahaw and Mount San Cristobal in Southern Tagalog will remain closed to pilgrims and trekkers “to allow the two mountains to “heal” themselves from decades of wanton environmental destruction.”

TRAVEL & LEISURE   The tour package costs only $999 includes roundtrip international airfare from San Francisco, Los Angeles or Las Vegas via Philippine Airlines, two-night hotel accommodation in any of the selected deluxe hotels, daily American breakfast and one-way transfer from the airport to hotel or vice versa.

Business, tourism and migrant workers groups have hailed the forthcoming aviation talks between the United Arab Emirates and the Philippines as a major opportunity to expand and strengthen economic ties at amidst the global economic slowdown.
After a long hiatus of six years, the negotiating panels of the Philippines and the UAE are scheduled to meet in Abu Dhabi …