Pamalican Island crowned world’s best beach by Suitcase Mag

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Jul 072017
 

Pamalican Island has been ranked first in the Top Ten Beaches in the World list of Suitcase magazine.

Pamalican Island

Pamalican Island [via Suitcase Mag]

Pamalican, home to top world-class luxury beach resort Amanpulo, outranked the best beaches in Hawaii, Polynesia, Thailand, Brazil, Panama, India, Miami, British Virgin Islands, and Swansea.

Suitcase contributor Jaime Rose described the Philippine destination: “Beaches don’t come any more perfect than those on the Pamalican in the Philippines. A private island housing the exclusive Amanpulo hotel, the pristine beach shines like a halo as you land on the island via private plane.”

“With each villa leading lazily down to its own stretch of beach, privacy and exclusivity allow you to enjoy this slice of paradise with super luxury trimmings.”

Suitcase, a multimedia travel magazine that is re-imagining travel, recommends Pamalican and the listed beaches: “As much as we love cultural city break or adrenaline-filled adventure, there’s no denying that a simple image of a sweeping white-sand beach can render us weak at the knees.

It’s as if it calls out to a primordial instinct within our travelling souls, beckoning us to be beside the sea once more.”

“Life’s a beach… Read this, then book that flight.”

Pamalican Island is found in the Cuyo Islands in the Sulu Sea, between Palawan and Panay, in the north part of the Palawan Province of the Philippines. The island is set in the middle of a 7-square-kilometre coral reef.

 

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Duterte:  I never ordered cops to execute drug suspects

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Jan 042017
 
Duterte:  I never ordered cops to execute drug suspects

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte reiterates the huge problem of illegal drugs in the country is in his speech during the ‘Convergence of Nanay Volunteers as Community Drugwatch’ held at the Parade Grounds in Clarkfield, Angeles City, Pampanga on December 22, 2016. (MNS photo) DAVAO CITY, Dec 28 (Mabuhay) — President Duterte has categorically denied he ordered authorities to just shoot and kill drug suspects even as he dismissed criticisms that those who died outside of police operations were victims of extra-judicial killings. “Did I tell you to kill? I did not. I never said you should kill drug pushers,” Duterte said in a speech before village officials here on Tuesday. He said he told policemen to make sure they were not harmed by drug-crazed pushers. “If they put up a fight, then shoot them. But those being shot at the back, those wrapped in plastic, that’s not ours,” he said, referring to victims who had been summarily executed and were dumped in public places.   He said in police operations, pushers were getting killed because they had put up a fight.   “I have been telling you (authorities) don’t let them (drug suspects) outsmart you,” the President said in Visayan.   It was not the first time that Duterte denied ordering authorities to just kill drug suspects, although he underscored the need for them to stay alive during anti-drug operations.   He also pledged to stand by policemen or soldiers, who would face charges in line with the performance of Read More …

Another foreign vessel runs aground in coral reef

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Jun 142013
 
Another foreign vessel runs aground in coral reef

By Joey GabietaInquirer Visayas 3:27 am | Saturday, June 15th, 2013 TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines—A foreign commercial vessel loaded with more than 1,600 pieces of lumber ran aground off Maripipi Island in Biliran province on Thursday night. The Japan-bound MV Unicorn Logger, with a crew of 18 headed by Capt. Nguyen Anh Tuan, ran aground on Sambawan Islet at around 7:10 p.m., Maripipi town local government operations head Ritchie Peñaflor said in a phone interview. The 5,691-ton Panama-registered vessel was loaded with 1,607 pieces of lumber  weighing 836.06 metric tons, Peñaflor said. He identified the vessel’s operator as Wisdom Marine Lines, based in Panama. The vessel departed from Sandakan, Malaysia, on June 11 around 9 a.m. and was sailing to Japan when it ran aground on Sambawan islet off the island town of Maripipi.   Reef damage The vessel hit about 270 square meters of coral reef, Peñaflor said. “This is now our concern. The incident has resulted in the destruction of our coral reefs covering 270 square meters, according to the initial assessment of our local fishery and agriculture office,” he said. The fishery office was also looking for possible oil leaks but so far had found none, he said. Peñaflor said the Maripipi municipal government was studying the possibility of seeking damages for the destruction of coral reefs from the owner of the commercial vessel. The site of the incident is about 50 to 60 meters away from a beach resort maintained by the municipal government, he said. Maripipi Read More …