However, the excitement has been dampened by renewed fears over the controversial tanim-bala (bullet planting) scam, which has previously plagued Philippine airports and tarnished travel ...

“We don’t believe that tanim-bala is back and these three instances showed that,” Dizon said in a briefing on Friday, referring to three recent interceptions at the country’s airports. The ...

CEBU, Philippines — The Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA) strongly denied any incidents of “tanim bala” or “laglag bala” at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA).