Philippine Airlines has cancelled an order for five Airbus A330-300 aircraft that was part of a multi-billion dollar order announced in 2012 involving the acquisition of 64 new aircraft from Airbus. Although Airbus recorded cancellations...
A leak has developed in the Agus VI hydroelectric power plant intake in Maria Cristina Falls in Iligan City. Since last February 27, when Mindanao suffered a total power blackout, rotating brownouts of 3 to...
Cotabato Airport in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) should have gotten some improvements. A PHP 55.6 million project should have brought the widening of the taxiway and construction of a perimeter fence...
The orphan airport project in Laguindingan (CGY/RPMY) between Cagayan de Oro and Iligan runs into more problems. AirAsia Zest announced that they cease operation in CGY/RPMY by end of March 2014. At present, there...
It seems that the clean-up in the Philippines sky is progressing faster than expected. During the last weeks all domestic airlines continued flooding potential customers with promos. Any trick had been right to get...
President Benigno Aquino wants to make the tourism sector one of the key drivers of the economy. In the air: The Philippine government plans to upgrade 12 airports, including Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport...
Tourism establishments in Subic Bay were directed by officials of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) to start collecting Environment and Tourism Administrative Fee (ETAF) from tourists as the new policy was officially implemented...
Silent Gardens is beautiful – no, I am not writing about the website but about the office. Our entrance had been white, beautifully white – but a bit too white. Already for a long...
You may have discovered that Silent Gardens is more and more using solar power. Today we discovered a dragonfly getting energy on one of our solar outlets … … but there is a big...
Today Mindanao is lacking 231 MW electric power. – No comment – [GARD]
I write this short blog entry with solar power, although the batteries are only 70% charged because of the cloudy skies. The power situation in Mindanao is not changing. It is 100% a political...
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) published today a 0-0-0 forecast for Mindanao’s electricity status. 0 production, 0 consumption, 0 difference. That’s the perfect way to keep people quiet. To be honest, I...
Today Mindanao is lacking only 147 Megawatt of electrical Power. If words could be transformed in to electricity – the Philippines would be the biggest exporter in the world. GMA News reports: Malacañang on...
A year ago the whispers about a bridge from Malay (northern Panay) to Boracay island started to filter into the press. On May 2, 2013, the Philstar wrote: The local government of Malay, to which...
Yesterday evening we got an e-mail from Asian Aerospace Corp. They wrote that they were interested to be listed in our Air Charter page. Within minutes after request, they sent us a copy of their...
Palawan will soon be home to the Philippines’ largest micro-grid solar power plant, generating 1.3 megawatts of clean renewable energy. Costing PHP 325 million, the plant will have 5,000 solar panels that will provide...
I am writing this article with solar power. All over Mindanao long rotational brownouts are making life a bit more difficult. 100-MW power barge moored at Brgy. San Roque, Maco, Compostela Valley in Mindanao...
A brownout is an intentional or unintentional drop in voltage in an electrical power supply system. Intentional brownouts are used for load reduction in an emergency. The reduction lasts for minutes or hours, as opposed to short-term voltage sag (or dip). The term...
Last night, around 03:00 a.m. it started to get warm in the bedroom. The fan didn’t work anymore. Reason: Brownout. The whole Mindanao Power Grid failed. Mindanao and associated islands were simply a black...
Has the big cleanup begun in the Philippines airline industry? A few hours after the CAB, the Civil Aeronautics Board, had approved the take-over of Tiger Air Philippines by Cebu Pacific Air, the industry reacts...
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