Palawan was first targeted by the Abu Sayyaf in 2001 with a daring kidnap of some 20 foreigners and Filipinos from a high-end resort in Honda Bay, a security crisis that led to the beheading in ...

THE MUNICIPALITY of Bataraza in Palawan, an island southwest of the Philippines, is studying the feasibility of offering mangrove forest tours to the public. The municipality has 16 of the 50 known ...

A 90-MINUTE drive from Puerto Princesa International Airport via the North National Highway, Astoria Palawan is an 8-hectare ...

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY—A 4.54-meter (14.9 feet) long saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) died of suspected drowning after residents captured it in the waters off Bataraza town in Palawan ...