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MERS-Corona Virus UPDATE: Saturday, April 19, 2014: In a press conference on Saturday, DOH Secretary Enrique Ona said further tests on the Filipino male nurse showed he is not infected. The urged OFWs coming home from...
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Camiguin – Panaad 2014
Again, thousands of devotees have come to Camiguin for the Camiguin – Panaad 2014. The first have already started the 64 kilometers journey around the island. Many others are waiting for the cool shadows of the...
Philippines Customs – nothing to declare
The Philippines Bureau of Customs announced that there will now be two lanes at airports for incoming passengers, one for those who have “nothing to declare”, and one for those who have with them...
Swiss police pushes the Philippine post
Here in the Philippines, the postman does not ring twice because he does not come at all. But the Swiss police pushes the Philippine post. This morning the postman came and brought me a letter...
Tropical Depression PEIPAH/Domeng stalling
Tropical Depression PEIPAH/Domeng lost power and direction. The analysis of the different meteorological agencies are still divergent. Name (INTL. / local): PEIPAH /Domeng Class: Tropical Depression Time/Date of observation: 05:00 PM (PST) on April...
Goodbye Uli …
This afternoon, on White Island, we gave the ashes of our dear friend Uli to the sea. Some close friends and his whole staff accompanied him on his last dive. During our last longer...
Philippine Airlines – a tough lesson
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...
PEIPAH/Domeng – nobody knows
PEIPAH/Domeng – no useful forecast available. The depression/storm is playing tricks with forecasters while it has entered PAR (Philippines Area of Responsibility). Why is forecast so difficult? Weather forecast is based on two processes....
TS PEIPAH: Forecasts are converging
The forecasts for Tropical Storm PEIPAH are narrowing. The multi-agency forecasts now converge 0ver Misamis Oriental, Camiguin, Surigao del Norte and Bohol. The storm is still accelerating closer to Palau and is expected to enter...
Tropical Storm “Peipah” (05W)
Tropical Storm 05W is intensifying and got now the international name “Peipah”. If you check the multi-agency forecast below, you see that 3 out of 5 weather agencies predict the storm to run over...
Tropical Storm 05W
The Tropical Depression 05W has strengthened into a Tropical Storm and has accelerated its west-northwest movement towards Palau. This morning the storm had been southwest of Koror (Palau) at 4.3°N and 141.4°E. The winds have increased to 65...
Tropical Depression changes direction
The Tropical Depression (TD 05W ) still east of Palau moving west to northwest towards the Philippines. The forward speed is about 15 km/h. The wind speeds are 55 km/h near the center with gusts...
Tropical Depression approaching
There is a Tropical Depression (TD 05W ) east of Palau moving westwards. This tropical Depression is currently far in the south at about 2° north and moves at 11 km/h. In the following...
Balloon Festival Pampanga
This year’s Balloon Festival in Pampanga will be held next week from April 10 to April 13. More than 100 pilots from round the world will color the sky with their hot air balloons. This year’s...
Air Ambulance – not in the Philippines
Last Friday we had a medical emergency here in Camiguin and needed immediately an Air Ambulance. No problem I thought, because 8 out of 11 listed air charter companies offer “Air Ambulance”, “Patient Transport”,...
Our blog rediscovered
Our blog rediscovered a lost contact. A few days ago I reorganized our blog so it shows the article titles in the link instead of the page number. Yesterday evening I just had a...
Filipino Street Food – are you hungry?
A blog entry has gone viral in the Philippines: “I Would Rather Go Hungry Than Eat Filipino Street Food Again!” Agness and Cez, from Poland are currently traveling through Asia and are at this very...
Agus VI is leaking – electricity production drops
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...
Weather Station – interesting side effect
Five days ago, we informed you about our problems with our new Oregon Scientific LW301 weather station. Meanwhile we could resolve some of the problems with the help of our readers. A big “THANKS” goes...
Cotabato Airport still reduced traffic
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...
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