The government will be opening eight more international airports by 2010 in anticipation of the growing passenger traffic to the country, the Transportation Department said Thursday.

“By 2010 the Philippines will have [more] airports of international standards to ease traffic and reduce business cost,” Transportation and Communications Secretary Leandro Mendoza said during the opening of the [...]

The word baybayin is a very old Tagalog term that refers to all the letters used in writing a language, that is to say, an “alphabet.” It is from the root baybáy meaning, “spell.” Early Spanish accounts usually called the baybayin “Tagalog letters” or “Tagalog writing.” And, as mentioned earlier, the Visayans called it “Moro writing” because it was imported from Manila, which was one of the ports where many products from Muslim traders entered what are now known as the Philippine islands…

Philippines is the Land of Freedom and Beauty. It is a country, which has its own origin, history and culture. [...]

In exhibit at the Aguinaldo Museum at Happy Glen in Baguio City is an old [...]

15. Taking a taxi out of the supermarket — First of all, taking a taxi is very expensive (more about public transport later), but what I really miss is having an attendant actually carry the stuff out, wait with you as you enter the taxi line, and load up the goods. That kind of service [...]

Ferdinand Aunzo shot a five-under-par 67 to lead the Philippines in a gallant rally in the last day of golf competitions in the 24th Southeast Asian Games and copping the team silver in the Bonanza Ranch course in Khaoyai, Thailand.
Aunzo capped the round with a three-putt bogey after flourishing with a 6-under 33 earlier going [...]

Tourists from Asia and Europe continued to troop to the Philippines in October, pushing arrivals for the first ten months of the year 8.6 percent higher to 2.5 million, the Department of Tourism said in its latest report.
This bring the Tourism department closer to its target of attracting 3 million tourists to visit the country [...]

Israel’s national flag is displayed beside Philippines’ national flag on the shore of the Dead Sea November 25, 2007. The two flags, both 100 meters-long (328 feet) and 200 meters wide (656 feet), were displayed together on Sunday to mark 50 years of relations between the two countries, a spokesperson at the Israeli Tourism Ministry [...]

THE Philippines was given the “Most Active Participation” award at the recent 13th Otdykh-Leisure Travel Fair and 2nd Luxury Leisure Moscow Expo. Event organizers acknowledged the dynamic collaboration of the Department of Tourism and its private sector partners in promoting the country’s various destinations.
The kiping-festooned Philippine pavilion featured leading nature, adventure and cultural attractions. DOT [...]

MANILA: The Philippines has set up a one-stop shop to encourage foreign film and television producers to shoot in the country, the government said yesterday.The Philippine Film Export Services Office will promote and market the country as a location site for international films and TV programmes, according to a government statement.The office, with an initial [...]