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18 Sept

Two students killed in Philippine school shooting

The incident follows two fatal gun incidents since June at schools in the Philippines, where school shootings were previously rare.

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8 sources12 Sept

Fire on passenger ferry in Philippines leaves at least 5 dead, dozens missing

3 sources21 Jul

Cebu Pacific expands engine MRO agreement with Lufthansa Technik

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Riyadh Air Oct 2026 Manila Service Changes

Published at 0000PDT / 0700GMT 23SEP26 Riyadh Air in the last few days filed additional service changes to Riyadh – Manila route, as the carrier postpones planned 1 daily flight to mid-October 2026. From 30SEP26 to 16OCT26, the airline will continue to serve this route 4 times weekly, while planned 1 daily service is now scheduled from 17OCT26 at the earliest. RX873 RUH0105 – 1555MNL 789 x246 RX874 MNL1725 – 2215RUH 789 x246

AAeroRoutes•AeroRoutes - Jim Liu16h ago
  • neutral toward Riyadh Air · 97%

Philippine Senate lowers number of votes needed to convict VP Sara Duterte

MANILA: The Philippine Senate, sitting as an impeachment court, on ‌Wednesday ​lowered the number of votes needed to convict Vice President Sara Duterte, reducing the threshold prosecutors must clear to secure a guilty verdict. The court ruled that only senator-judges able to participate in the trial should ⁠be counted when determining the threshold for conviction. Four of the 24 senator-judges have been unable to participate in the proceedings and cannot vote. The decision ‌means prosecutors now need 14 votes for a conviction, instead of the 16 votes required when all 24 are taking ‌part. Some senators had argued to keep ‌the 16-vote threshold regardless of the four absences, ‌which would have made it ‌more challenging to convict Duterte. The impeachment trial follows a high-profile fallout between ​Duterte and her ‌former ally ​and running mate President Ferdinand Marcos ⁠Jr and the outcome could shape the 2028 presidential election, which Duterte intends to contest. Marcos is limited by ​the ⁠constitution to a ⁠single term in office and is expected to back a successor. Duterte, a frontrunner in early opinion polls, faces ⁠a ban from holding political office if convicted by the court and would be out of the presidential running. She stands accused of misusing public funds, amassing unexplained wealth and threatening the lives of Marcos, the first ‌lady and a former House Speaker. Duterte denies wrongdoing. "This is the best ​chance to secure a conviction," Michael Henry Yusingco, a senior research fellow at the Ateneo Policy Center in Manila, said of the court's decision to lower the voting ​threshold.

MBMobile Business•Reuters17h ago
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Air France NS27 Philippines Preliminary Schedule

Published at 0800PDT / 1500GMT 22SEP26 Air France in its preliminary schedule filing for Northern summer 2027 season once again lists service to The Philippines as seasonal route, as the 3 weekly Paris Charles de Gaulle – Manila flights will only operate from 28MAR27 to 02MAY27 (Paris departure). This route is operated by Airbus A350-900 aircraft. Note further changes to this preliminary filing remain highly possible. AF248 CDG2320 – 1845+1MNL 359 257 AF249 MNL2055 – 0555+1CDG 359 136

AAeroRoutes•AeroRoutes - Jim Liu22 Sept
  • neutral toward Air France · 99%

5.2-magnitude earthquake strikes Philippines

Manila: A 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck south of Sarangani in the Philippines on Tuesday, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 kilometres, with its epicentre located approximately 92 kilometres south of Sarangani, the USGS said. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The Philippines lies along the Pacific "Ring of Fire", a seismically active zone where earthquakes and volcanic activity occur frequently.

MBMobile Business•WAM22 Sept
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THAI / Turkish Airlines Expands Codeshare From mid-Sep 2026

Published at 0100PDT / 0800GMT 21SEP26 Thai Airways International (THAI) and Turkish Airlines last week expanded codeshare partnership, covering additional 21 routes. Following codeshare routes went into effect since mid-September 2026. THAI operated by Turkish Airlines Istanbul – Alexandria Istanbul – Basel/Mulhouse Istanbul – Bremen Istanbul – Bucharest Istanbul – Cairo Istanbul – Cologne/Bonn Istanbul – Frankfurt Istanbul – London Heathrow Istanbul – London Stansted Istanbul – Malta Istanbul – Munich Istanbul – Nuremberg Istanbul – Salzburg Istanbul – Stockholm Arlanda Istanbul – Stuttgart Istanbul – Thessaloniki Istanbul – Zurich Turkish Airlines operated by THAI Bangkok Suvarnabhumi – Manila Bangkok Suvarnabhumi – Nagoya Bangkok Suvarnabhumi – Sapporo New Chitose Bangkok Suvarnabhumi – Tokyo Haneda

AAeroRoutes•AeroRoutes - Jim Liu21 Sept
  • neutral toward Turkish Airlines · 98%

School shooting in Philippines: Three students, including gunman, killed

MANILA: Three students were killed in a school shooting in the southern Philippines on Friday, including a 16-year-old suspected gunman who turned the gun on himself, provincial officials said. Eight others were injured, with ⁠four in critical condition, and all the victims were students aged 14 to 17, said Albert Palencia, mayor of Banga town in South Cotabato, where the shooting took place. The incident follows two fatal gun ‌incidents since June at schools in the Philippines, where school shootings were previously rare. "The suspect supposedly sat beside his friends and told them to go home 'because ‌after lunch, I will be executing my plan'. His friends ‌laughed because the shooter was a known joker," Palencia told Reuters. "After ‌lunch, he started shooting students. ‌He hit 10 students before killing himself," Palencia added. Last month, a student live-streamed himself shooting and killing another student in ‌a classroom in Zamboanga in the country's south before taking ⁠his own life. In June, at least three students were killed and about 20 others injured in an attack at a public high school in Tacloban, where two ⁠classmates opened fire ⁠on campus. The Philippines has relatively strict gun ownership regulations, including background checks and psychological evaluation requirements, although illegal firearms remain in circulation. The Friday shooting also follows ⁠a high-profile incident in Thailand in August, where a student went on a shooting rampage at a school on the outskirts of the capital Bangkok. South Cotabato governor Reynaldo Tamayo urged parents to ensure guns were kept out of reach of minors. "We need to be responsible ‌in storing firearms. Gun owners, in particular, must make sure that minors do not have access to them," Tamayo told Reuters by phone. "We cannot expect a handful of security personnel to monitor thousands of students. We need to work together because otherwise this will be very difficult for us to address."

MBMobile Business•Reuters18 Sept
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LHTP breaks ground for new facility at Clark International Airport

Lufthansa Technik Philippines (LHTP) has broken ground on a new wide-body MRO facility at Clark International Airport, marking a major expansion of its operations in the country. The new base maintenance centre will be built on a 157,000 m² site and will complement the company’s existing facility at Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport, around 100km […]

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