The Inquirer reported yesterday that House Bill 5069 or “Airline Passenger Bill of Rights Act” was filed by Pasig Representative Roman Romulo to strengthen the rights of airline passengers. The bill wants to impose liabilities...
Cebu Pacific Air has capacity problems in two ways. On the one hand they put world’s biggest number of seats in their Airbus A300-300. And on the other hand they have over-capacity in their...
This morning NAIA (Manila’s international airport had to declare “rien ne va plus”. The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) issued a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) effective 3:57 a.m. until 12 noon at the...
Philippines Internet – Fairy Tales. Quality and availability of Internet access in the Philippines is the worst all over South East Asia. The 3 big telecom companies invest billions in advertisement. They tell the...
Nasty weather in the south of the Philippines. The slowly approaching Tropical Depression (TD) hovers east of Mindanao and brings heavy rainfall to the southern islands. This Tropical Depression is moving very slowly towards...
Typhoon MATMO/Henry amplifies Habagat, the south-west monsoon. Here in Camiguin we had bad to nasty weather all day accompanied by the usual brown-out. Some minutes ago a twister passed over Agoho – our coconut...
Typhoon MATMO/Henry has turned north last night. Unfortunately we could not report these good news because we had a long lasting brownout. The storm is now 645 km east-southeast of Virac, Catanduanes. It moves very slowly...
Tropical Storm MATMO/Henry has again gotten stronger and has been upgraded. Depending on the sources it is now a Severe Tropical Storm (JMA) or even a Typhoon Category 1 (GDACS). Instead of turning north...
Tropical Storm MATMO/Henry continued on a nearly westward track and approached the Philippine islands during the last 24 hours. This morning the center was at 645 km east-northeast of Siargao Island. Tropical Storm MATMO/Henry is intensifying. Tropical Storm...
I just wrote that Politics is more fun in the Philippines. Then I got the information from WARC that the campaign “It’s more fun in the Philippines” landed on rank 3 out of 100...
The Bureau of Immigration is moving to electronic money transfer. To facilitate public service and boost convenience for foreigners who are transacting official business at the Bureau of Immigration offices, various fees and dues...
Diver’s Depression – do not to confound with diver’s decompression – can occur when encountering human made destruction under water. It happened to me yesterday. OK, it hadn’t been a sunny day yesterday. Heavy...
Revised traffic violation fines takes effect today, June 19. Motorists and drivers especially in Metro Manila, Cebu and Davao, beware. The Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) implements today, June 19, the new traffic violation penalties...
Low Cost Carriers offer extremely cheap flights – and some surprises. But why can’t they offer clear and transparent fares? A sample: Today Cebu Pacific Air offers promo flights from Manila to Kuwait for...
Terminal Fee is a magic word in the Fee-lippines. For any shack or shelter in a port or airport one has to pay the famous Terminal Fee. Some small progresses had been made in...
Our website had been hacked and abused. A hacker from the Ukraine found a back-door in our spam protection. He got inside and used our server to send spam messages. The same hacker seems...
A cochlear implant (CI) is a surgically implanted electronic device that provides a sense of sound to a person who is profoundly deaf or severely hard of hearing. I progressively lost my hearing ability...
Rosa’s Deli in Camiguin opened their doors a bit more than 6 months ago. This Deli shop in Upper Cogon in Agoho is a real trump card for Camiguin. Camiguin has 3 super markets downtown Mambajao....
Heath in the Philippines is raising and Mindanao lacks of electrical power for fans and air-conditioning. The electrical grid of Mindanao is lacking more and more power. Yesterday morning, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines...
The season of the wind change is here. Amihan is off – Habagat not yet active The northward migration of the Siberian High Pressure Area, and the establishment of the Ridge of North Pacific High...
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