Typhoon KOPPU/Lando is already near and upgraded to Cat.2. PAGASA sees it 510 km off the coast of Aurora. The strong winds and heavy rainfalls have begun. Moving west at 15 km/h. The satellite picture...
Typhoon KOPPU/Lando brings the first heavy rains to the Philippines. Winds on the north-east coast are now stronger than 30 knots (55 km/h). Big danger of landslides all over northern Luzon. Cyclone KOPPU/Lando has...
Tropical Storm KOPPU/Lando advanced a bit slower than forecasts predicted. While still moving westward it gained a bit of strength. The circular motion is not yet stable. The winds around the centre are now...
Tropical Storm KOPPU/Lando continues on its westward track. It has slightly slowed down the forward speed from 25 to 20 km/h. It has maintained wind speed (strength). Forecast Tropical Storm KOPPU/Lando will continue to...
The two Cyclones KOPPU and CHAMPI have both been upgraded to Tropical Storms. KOPPU/Lando is moving fast at 25 k/h while CHAMPI still hovers at 15 km/h. Both cyclones move west towards the Philippines. The two...
Red Alert – Typhoon KOPPU/Lando is approaching. The Tropical Depression is not yet a typhoon and we still have enough time to prepare. GDACS issues Red Alert for the Philippines. The typhoon will hit...
Two Tropical Depressions in a row are approaching the Philippines. The nearer one at 142° E, is moving westward at 15 km/h. The second one at 161° E, moves northwest at 10 km/h. Up...
With the theme, “Kinaiyahan Atong Amping Kalamboan Alang Sa Tanan”, meaning “Take care of our nature, our future depends on it”, the Camiguin Lanzones Festival 2015 will formally kick off on October 18, 2015 but there are...
Camiguin Ferries do have a simple principle – either they sail or they do not. Now it seems that the Philippine Coast Guard has intensified their supervision of the ferry operations. The result should...
No it isn’t a Filipino who won the Nobel Prize in medicine, but this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is very important for the Philippines. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine...
Passengers flying from and to Manila’s NAIA encounter every day Flight Delays. After the Cebu Pacific disaster during Christmas season 2014, the House Committee on Transportation has passed the Air Passenger Bill of Rights (APBR)...
International airline passengers need no longer scramble for pens to fill up immigration cards at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) with the Bureau of Immigration setting up e-counters to speed up the process next...
Manila’s International Airport, NAIA, has created a new kind of sport: Figure Skating in the Sky. Due to permanent lack of capacity and non redundancy of equipment at the nations first airport, airlines loose...
ABS-CBN reported early this morning that the Bureau of Customs on Monday had seized 571 card skimming devices from a checked-in baggage at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). The bureau said the skimming devices were...
Philippines’ negative image got worse this week. After last week’s abduction of three foreign tourists on Samal island, the “Planted Bullets scam” made it through the press worldwide. And now an Australian surf professional...
Does Transportation Security staff ‘plant’ bullets in passenger’s luggage at Manila’s airport? One might think so. The Inquirer reported two Planted Bullets incidents this morning. The Inquirer writes: An American missionary has accused security personnel...
CAMTECO is the local telephone and internet service provider of Camiguin island. Their interpretation of the word “broadband” is very strange. And now we do not have access to the internet already for 4...
Diving & Flying do not match. After 2 dives down to 25 meters maximum, you must not fly during the next 18 hours. This safety note is known by every diver. The Diving part of...
Yesterday an important part of the Manila-Legazpi railway also known as Metro Pacific or SMC has been reopened. You may remember the famous Bicol Express, it isn’t yet reestablished. After only 9 months of...
Since 2011 we record all the earthquakes in the Philippines. Every year we encounter about 2000 earthquakes. Most of them are weak, but about 12% are felt and about 5 or 6 are very...
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