The woman has been named as Meg Haugh. Tributes have been pouring in for a young Cork woman who died recently in the Philippines. Meg Haugh, who was 26 and from Ballintemple, died while canyoneering in Badian, southwest Cebu. Ms Haugh was canyoneering with a friend when she began struggling with chest pains and breathing […]

2 years ago

This is the second year in a row in which several people have died from lambanog poisoning. At least 11 people have died and hundreds of people have been hospitalised after drinking contaminated coconut wine, known as lambanog, in two provinces in the Philippines. The general public has been warned to carefully assess their liquor […]

6 years ago

The Philippines has confirmed an epidemic of Dengue fever. 146,000 cases have been confirmed so far this year, which is almost a 100% increase on the previous year. Deaths have begun to surge, with 622 people confirmed so far in 2019. The disease is transmitted through mosquito bites. Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs already advises […]

7 years ago

Best protest sign of 2017?

9 years ago

Step aside Trump, there is a new leader of soundbite outrage in town. In three months thousands of people have been murdered in the Philippines, an average of 36 people a day. They are often found dead in the streets with signs hung around their necks labelling them as ‘dealers’. The mass murders are the […]

10 years ago

This mass of cloud has caused such huge destruction in the Philippines, and from space you can clearly see its sheer size Our thoughts have been with the people of the Philippines in recent days as they have been hit by one of the worst tropical storms in living memory, with the death toll possibly […]

13 years ago