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  • Forty dead, 10 still missing following Philippine ferry accident

    Posted by Philippines News latest RSS headlines - Philippine Times.com on November 5th, 2008 and filed under Headlines News, National, Travel News | Comments Off

    The death toll from a ferry accident in the central Philippines rose to 40 Wednesday with 10 people still missing, officials said. The wooden inter-island ferry overturned Tuesday when it was hit by a…

    Philippines ferry capsizes, killing 39

    Posted by Philippines News latest RSS headlines - Philippine Times.com on November 5th, 2008 and filed under Headlines News, National, Travel News | Comments Off

    Philippines ferry capsizes, killing 39 November 04, 2008, 22:00 At least 39 people are dead after a ferry capsized during a freak storm in the central Philippines. The interisland ferry, carrying more…

    39 drown as ferry sinks in Philippines

    Posted by Philippines News latest RSS headlines - Philippine Times.com on November 5th, 2008 and filed under Headlines News, National, Travel News | Comments Off

    Thirty-nine people were killed yesterday when a ferry capsized in a freak accident in the central Philippines, the local police chief said, the latest in a line of maritime disasters to hit the countr…

    Philippine Airlines junks 1st class to maximize cabin space

    Posted by Philippines News latest RSS headlines - Philippine Times.com on November 3rd, 2008 and filed under Headlines News, National, Travel News | Comments Off

    MANILA, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) — Philippine Airlines (PAL) will do away with the first-class seats in its flagship fleet of aircraft to maximize cabin space and improve margins, reports said on Monday. T…

    LTFRB suspends franchise of bus firm in fatal Pampanga road accident

    Posted by Philippines News latest RSS headlines - Philippine Times.com on November 3rd, 2008 and filed under Headlines News, National, Travel News | Comments Off

    MANILA, Philippines – The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) on Monday suspended for 30 days the franchise of a bus firm that figured in a fatal accident in Pampanga last Sat…

    LTFRB expects clearer picture on possible fare rollback Tuesday

    Posted by Philippines News latest RSS headlines - Philippine Times.com on November 3rd, 2008 and filed under National, Travel News | Comments Off

    MANILA, Philippines – The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) expects to get a clearer picture of the petition of commuters for a fare rollback when it meets Tuesday with repr…

    LTFRB wants "killer bus" driver temporarily banned from driving PUVs

    Posted by Philippines News latest RSS headlines - Philippine Times.com on November 3rd, 2008 and filed under National, Travel News | Comments Off

    MANILA, Philippines – The driver of the “killer bus” that caused a fatal accident along Epifanio delos Santos Avenue (EDSA) last Oct. 21 may no longer be allowed to drive any bus, jeep, taxi or any pu…

    Transportation dep"t denies hand in delays

    Posted by Philippines News latest RSS headlines - Philippine Times.com on September 16th, 2008 and filed under Headlines News, National, Travel News | Comments Off

    MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Transportation and Communications (DoTC) is distancing itself from a failed airports development project that led the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which funded…

    Cebu Pacific posts RP record in monthly passengers’ traffic

    Posted by Philippines News latest RSS headlines - Philippine Times.com on September 2nd, 2008 and filed under Headlines News, National, Travel News | Comments Off

    Low-fare airline leader Cebu Pacific (CEB), reported yesterday that it had set the record in carrying the most number of passengers in the history of Philippine domestic air travel for a single month.

    Manila Muslims pray for peace, ceasefire in Mindanao

    Posted by Philippines News latest RSS headlines - Philippine Times.com on August 29th, 2008 and filed under Headlines News, National, Property News, Travel News | Comments Off

    MANILA, Philippines – As police kept watch, Muslims in Metro Manila gathered at a mosque in Taguig City at noon Friday to pray for peace and the declaration of a ceasefire in Mindanao. Radio dzBB&#…