Mindanao no man’s land for Australians

THE Australian government issued a travel advisory prohibiting their embassy staff in the Philippines to travel to three cities-Davao City, Cotabato City and Zamboanga City-in Mindanao (south of Manila) because of “security reasons.”

In the advisory issued by Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, it said that travel to these three cities by embassy officials and personnel are cancelled “until further notice.”