The Camiguin Action Geckos have a new dive-boat. It’s name: Kinabuhi. Kinabuhi means Life in Visayan language. For those who know the “Geckos”, this name symbolizes the past, the present and the future. The past we...
Old banknotes good up to December 31, 2015. It is time to check your wallets and your secret hiding places. The old Philippine banknotes will loose their value in 18 months. Bangko Sentral ng...
About a week ago we wrote about the grounding of SKYJET and SEAIR-I. We rated the action as: “Everything looks like an emergency operation of the CAAP top management”. See here. Since then we followed...
CAAP, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines grounded two airlines yesterday. SkyJet Airlines and South East Asian Airlines (SEAIR) were forced to suspend operations. Everything looks like an emergency operation of the CAAP top...
Concrete Madness in Camiguin – For now over two years a big construction activity can be observed in Camiguin. It is to be said that Camiguin has the best maintained roads of all the...
Tigerair Philippines, the wholly owned subsidiary of Cebu Pacific Air, now operates as Cebgo. Its new logo utilizes CEB colors, to further reflect the airline’s relationship with its parent company. “The new Cebgo brand...
Heavy rains and strong winds flattened houses on coastal areas as Typhoon NOUL/Dodong crashed into Cagayan, killing two people and prompting more than 3,000 residents to move to shelters. This typhoon left the Philippines...
You may remember our storm report from May 8. We then reported a strange guy developing around Palikir, Micronesia. This strange guy now has turned and is heading west. The system also go much...
Super Typhoon Typhoon NOUL/Dodong has gained extreme strength. Central pressure fell down to 918 hPa and wind speed near the center is up to 240 km/h. Gusts are almost 300 km/h. This is a...
Typhoon NOUL/Dodong is now off the coast of Bicol and has been upgraded to a Category 3 Typhoon. The cyclone has gained a little bit of strength when it moved on a generally northwesterly track. Here in...
Typhoon NOUL/Dodong has continued its approach to the Philippine islands as predicted. The cyclone got stronger but a bit smaller. Its current diameter is estimated at 640 km. Upgrade to category 3 will happen...
Typhoon NOUL/Dodong is developing now quiet fast. It is already a Cat.2 Typhoon at a central pressure of 956 hPa. Its forward speed has also increase to 24 km/h. All forecast tracks have been...
Typhoon NOUL/Dodong has gained strength and has entered PAR. The cyclone has turned northwest and has increased forward speed to 15 – 19 km/h. GDACS has issued a RED ALERT. Global Disaster Alert and Coordination...
As predicted, Cyclone NOUL will be upgraded to a Typhoon Category 1 today. This might even happen a bit earlier. Central pressure went down from 985 hPa to 976 hPa. Wind speed near the...
Tropical Storm NOUL is currently moving slowly westward. Japan Meteorological Agency predicts that Tropical Storm NOUL will become a typhoon category 1 tomorrow. Tropical Storm NOUL is gaining strength. The central pressure went down from...
NAIA Expressway worsens traffic around airport ABS-CBN writes: Traffic around the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) has worsened due to road constraints brought about by the ongoing NAIA Expressway project. Taxi drivers have been...
Feasibility Study for Mindanao Railway? Since I live in the Philippines I’ve seen many of these studies. It seems that they have to occupy the staff at NEDA (National Economic and Development Authority). MRT...
The Tropical Depression seen end of last week got stronger and better organized. Tropical Storm NOUL is currently moving slowly west-northwest. Japan Meteorological Agency predicts that Tropical Storm NOUL will become a typhoon category 1 within the...
A Topical Depression is approaching the south of the Philippine islands. The depression is still out of PAR (the Philippine Area of Responsibility) and everybody is more interested in Pacquiao vs. Mayweather. But this Topical...
With a little help from my friends – who does not know this song by the Beatles and wonderfully performed by Joe Cocker. We from Silent Gardens help a bit almost every day. Today had...
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