Authorities urged all divers to “exercise heightened vigilance” in the area, especially in places known to have strong currents and active marine life. Photo courtesy of the Philippine Coast Guard Feb ...

MANILA -- A Chinese national drowned during scuba diving on Thursday in the waters off Mabini town in Batangas province, south of Manila, the Chinese embassy in the Philippines said on Friday. The ...

CEBU, Philippines - Miss Scuba Philippines 2014 will be crowned on September 26 in Lapu-Lapu City amidst pomp and pageantry as the country selects a new darling of the oceans, ready to promote marine ...

Feb. 28 (UPI) --Two men from Russia have died after a strong current in the Philippines swept them out to sea, the country's coast guard confirmed on Friday. The bodies of the two men were found ...

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MANILA, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Two foreigners died while scuba diving in the waters off Verde Island in Batangas province, south of Manila, on Thursday, local authorities and media said. A staff of the ...

I’d always wanted to scuba dive, but my distrust of water after a near-drowning in childhood relegated the goal to my “someday” list. That someday arrived when I had time to kill in Dauin-Zamboanguita ...

A Chinese tourist has apologised for closing the valves on two divers’ scuba tanks while they were diving on a group trip to the Philippines, saying it was “just a prank”. But one of the divers, who ...

A prison boss in the Philippines has denied that a huge tunnel dug beside his house was to assist prisoners in escaping. Gerald Bantag has instead insisted that the tunnel was for scuba diving. Bantag ...