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UK tourist drowns in Philippines - standard.co.uk - Philippines - Britain - city Manila

UK tourist drowns in Philippines

ABritish tourist drowned after being swept away by a strong current at a popular tourist spot in the Philippines.Richard Kidd, from Gateshead, died on Saturday while swimming at Bataan's Dunsulan Falls, west of the capital, Manila.A Foreign Office spokesman said the 56-year-old was visiting the falls with his British girlfriend and her father, who are residents of Bataan.He was swept away as he swam alone below the waterfall, which was swollen from rain.Local police said Mr Kidd, an artist, was in the country to paint a luxury ship in Bataan.The Philippine archipelago in south east Asia is made up of more than 7,000 islands.

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Oxygen cylinder link to jet blast - standard.co.uk - Philippines - Usa - Australia - city Manila - city London - city Melbourne, Australia

Oxygen cylinder link to jet blast

Australian investigators are exploring the possibility that an oxygen cylinder could have exploded mid-flight on the Qantas jumbo jet from London that was forced to plunge 20,000 feet and make an emergency landing in the Philippines.The Boeing 747-400 was cruising at 29,000 feet on Friday with 346 passengers aboard when it was shaken by what passengers described as an explosion. Oxygen masks dropped from the ceiling as the plane descended rapidly and debris flew through the cabin from a hole that suddenly appeared in the floor.The plane, en route to Melbourne, Australia, managed to land safely minutes later at the Manila airport.

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Michael Jackson - FBI’s 10-year bid to build Michael Jackson 'molesting' case - standard.co.uk - Philippines - Usa - New York - county Miami - Jordan - city Manila - city London

FBI’s 10-year bid to build Michael Jackson 'molesting' case

The FBI tried for more than a decade to build a case against Michael Jackson over allegations of molesting young boys including having him under surveillance while he was in London, newly-released documents reveal.Details of the extraordinary efforts made by US authorities emerged in a 333-page FBI file made public under the Freedom of Information.An FBI special agent travelled to Manila in the Philippines to interview former workers at the singer's Neverland ranch. Officials believed the man and woman had witnessed him molesting boys when they worked at the ranch from 1988 to 1990.The file states that a legal attache for the US embassy in London was sending back information regarding alleged sexual misconduct by Jackson in England — specifically a phone call to a teenage boy.

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Terror as plane plunges 20,000ft - standard.co.uk - Philippines - Australia - Hong Kong - city Manila - city London - city Lima

Terror as plane plunges 20,000ft

Passengers on a packed jumbo jet flight from London have spoken of their terror after a gaping hole appeared in the plane as it headed for Australia.Some passengers vomited when oxygen masks had to be used as the Melbourne-bound Qantas Boeing 747 plane prepared to make an emergency landing at Manila in the Philippines.Passengers spoke of hearing a loud bang and debris flying into the first class cabin as the plane's flooring gave way, part of the ceiling collapsed and the plane reportedly plunged 20,000ft.The aircraft touched down safely at Manila at 11.15am local time and all 346 passengers and 19 crew disembarked normally.Manila airport operations officer Ding Lima told local radio the plane lost cabin pressure shortly after take-off on the Hong Kong to Melbourne leg of its journey and the pilot radioed for an emergency landing.He said: «There is a big hole in the belly of the aircraft near the right wing, about three metres in diameter.»Upon disembarkation, there were some passengers who vomited. You can see in their faces that they were really scared."Dr June Kane, from Melbourne, said: «There was a terrific boom and bits of wood and debris just flew forward into first (class) and the oxygen masks dropped down.»On the left-hand side, just forward of the wing, there's a gaping hole from the wing to the underbody.

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Passengers tell of mid-air drama - standard.co.uk - Philippines - Hong Kong - city Manila - city London - city Melbourne

Passengers tell of mid-air drama

Shaken but relieved airline passengers were continuing their journeys after surviving a terrifying ordeal in which a gaping hole appeared in their jumbo jet 30,000ft up.Flooring gave way, part of the ceiling collapsed and debris flew into the first class cabin on the Qantas Boeing 747 which was flying from London to Melbourne.Scared passengers, some of whom were woken up by a loud bang, had to don oxygen masks as the plane descended after losing cabin pressure on the Hong Kong-Melbourne leg of the flight.Film shot by passengers and displayed on websites showed the scenes on board the plane as the captain announced that he was making for Manila in the Philippines for an emergency landing.Passengers spoke of «part of the ceiling» flying past them, while others told how children were crying. Some aboard vomited after the plane managed to land safely at Manila, with all 346 passengers and 19 crew able to disembark normally.

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Jobs threat at mobile phone company - standard.co.uk - Philippines - Britain - city Manila

Jobs threat at mobile phone company

Hundreds of call centre jobs are at risk after mobile phone giant T-Mobile announced plans to move work to the Philippines.More than 500 workers who are employed by firm Telecom Service Centres (TSC) are affected by the decision.Around 300 staff out of 500 at a TSC call centre in Larbert, near Falkirk, 118 at a centre in Greenock, Renfrewshire, and around 100 at a TSC call centre in Yorkshire are at risk.A spokesman for TSC, which provides contact centre services and technology support to T-Mobile, said the company had started a 90-day consultation period with staff.The mobile phone company confirmed plans are under way to transfer work from TSC to a new centre in Manila, in the Philippines, known as T-Mobile Dela Rosa.A TSC spokesman said: «One of our clients has decided that certain services we currently perform for them will be moved to an offshore supplier. Sadly, that puts at risk a number of jobs in our Falkirk site — hence the beginning of the consultation period.»But he stressed the company was «working very hard» to attract new business to the call centre.

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'Scab' driver burned in his lorry as European protests against high fuel prices turn violent - standard.co.uk - Philippines - Thailand - Spain - Portugal - France - Britain - city Manila - city London

'Scab' driver burned in his lorry as European protests against high fuel prices turn violent

Violence has flared across Europe as hauliers, fishermen and taxi drivers protest against rising fuel prices they say are crippling their industries. Some of the worst outbreaks were seen in Spain where prime minister José Luis Rodriguez pledged 'zero tolerance' of any disruption by 90,000 striking lorry drivers. His warning came after a driver breaking the strike was burned when his lorry was set on fire.

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Red Cross - 800 feared dead as ferry capsizes in typhoon which has devastated the Phillippines - standard.co.uk - Philippines - county Island

800 feared dead as ferry capsizes in typhoon which has devastated the Phillippines

Fears are growing for more than 700 passengers and crew on board a ferry which capsized during a typhoon in the Philippines. Rescue teams last night tried to reach the stricken MV Princess of Stars but their efforts were hampered by high winds and heavy rain.

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