• MTA Awards Contracts for East Side Access Manhattan Tunnels and Caverns

    The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) today announced that it has awarded two contracts valued at $627.79 million to contractors who will line more than 10,000 linear feet of newly excavated tunnels with permanent structural concrete walls, and install complex communications …

  • MTA Metro-North Railroad Names Three to Top Operating Posts

    MTA Metro-North Railroad has named three veterans of the railroad industry to top leadership positions. The railroad’s new President, Joseph Giulietti, announced the appointment of Glen Hayden as Vice President of Engineering, Michael J. Yaeger as Chief Mechanical Officer and …

  • Nigerian capital rocked by blast, 71 killed and 124 inured

    At least 71 people were killed and 124 others sustained injuries in a morning explosion which rocked a large motor park in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, Monday, the Nigerian emergency authority and police said.   Nigerian Police Spokesman Frank Mba said …

  • Berlin to host breathtaking ILA Air Show

    If you are an aviation enthusiast, be sure not to miss the ILA Berlin Air Show. From 23 to 25 May, between 10am and 6pm, you’ll be able to see well over 200 aircraft, from historical planes to state-of-the art …

  • Mombasa Tourism Association Urge Western Embassies to Revoke Travel Advisories

    The Mombasa and Coast Tourism Association have urged Western embassies to cancel travel advisories to their citizens against visiting Mombasa, because the advisories have affected negatively on tourism in the region. Mohammed Hersi, MCTA chairman dismissed the directives saying Mombasa …

  • Seven more countries granted visa-free privilege by Philippines

    The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), announced that nationals of Belize, Croatia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan will enjoy visa-free privileges to enter the Philippines for a period of 30 days effective today (Tuesday). The DFA said in a …

  • China’s Sanya to Host 14th Global Travel and Tourism Summit

    The organizers announced on Wednesday that from April 23 to 25, 14th Global Travel and Tourism Summit will take place in Sanya of south China’s Hainan Province, and the Summit will draw together 876 senior executives from important tourism organizations …

  • Ecuador’s Tungurahua volcano spews ash after loud explosion

    Ecuador’s Tungurahua volcano spewed 5-km column of ash after a loud explosion due to an increase in its eruptive activity, but no one was injured, authorities said Monday. The blast occurred at 8:30 p.m. local time (1330 GMT) and was …

  • Visa-free Travel to Japan Could Enhance Japan’s Tourism Industry

    According to Philippine ambassador to Japan, Manolo Lopez, once Japan lifts the visa requirements of Filipinos, Indonesians, and Vietnamese, the tourism industry of Japan could boost up, especially in the advent of the 2020 Summer Olympics. He also said that …

  • Fatal bus accident in Peru kills 10 people, another 16 injured

    At least 10 people were killed and another 16 injured in Peru after a passenger bus plummeted off a steep cliff in the country’s central Andean region, the Highway Police (Polcar) said Monday. The accident occurred at 2:30 am local …


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