The problems in Iligan seems to be true.
It's not easy to get good informations on it's country from abroad, but you have to look in several newspapers to correlate the infos.
Here are some links:
Manila Times: www.manilatimes.net
Daily Inquirer: www.inquirer.net
Philippines Star: www.philstar.com
Sun Star: http://sunstar.com.ph/
Manila Bulletin: www.mb.com.ph
Mindanao Times: www.mindanaotimes.com.ph
You may subscribe to internet Filipino TV on http://now.abs-cbn.com/
or there too: www.gmanews.tv
You have more news and newspaper links on the left menu of Phil News: www.philnews.com
On the Philippines Star web site, you have links to some local newspapers (like Cebu Freeman), as well as Sun Star web site.