Danger signs - Philippines puts 42 airports on alert due to bomb threat (update)

MANILA: The Philippines on Friday placed 42 airports on "heightened alert” following a bomb threat, its civil aviation authority said.

The Air Traffic Service received a warning via email that bombs could be set off in airplanes from Manila bound for the tourism hubs of Puerto Princesa, Cebu, Bicol, and Davao, the aviation authority said in a statement.