Lost camera found six years later
An American tourist lost her underwater camera six years ago in Hawaii. Photo: AFP Lindsay Crumbley Scallan lost her underwater camera when diving off Maui in Hawaii six years ago. The camera has been...
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Low Pressure Area brings rainy Easter
A Low Pressure Area (LPA 90W), currently hovering between Palao and Yap, is approaching the Philippines. This LPA has only a small potential to develop into a tropical cyclone. The Low Pressure Area will approach...
Tubbataha Reef – USS Guardian removal is delayed
The US Navy has decided to extend the deadline to complete salvaging operations on the American minesweeper USS Guardian that ran aground on the Tubbataha Reef last January. The US Navy is now eyeing to finish...
Cokaliong opens new route between Cebu and Mindanao
Cokaliong Shipping Lines Inc. (CSLI) will begin trips from Cebu to Nasipit, Agusan del Norte with its latest acquisition, the MV Filipinas Butuan. Its maiden voyage will be on March 16. Refurbished from Japan,...
AirAsia buys into ZestAir Group
Philippines’ AirAsia Inc. (PAA), the local arm of Malaysia’s low cost carrier AirAsia Group, today entered into a share swap deal with Zest Airways Group of former ambassador and juice magnate Alfredo Yao. ...
Awful Qmiles – will Qatar Airways be again the airline of the year
Qmiles is the often-flyer program of Qatar Airways. Our crew often flies with Qatar Airways because their in-flight service is good and their arrival time in Europe meets our needs. The Oryx Lounge in...
CAAP fails again – Philippines still Cat.2
The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) has again failed to pass the audit of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) conducted from February 18 to 22. The ICAO team informed the CAAP...
Cebu Pacific Air soon flying to Camiguin
Cebu Pacific Air announced that they will fly 3 times per week (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) from Cebu to Camiguin and back. The planned schedule is: Cebu (CEB) to Camiguin (CGM) 5J 833 /...
Shark sighting in Camiguin
The Thresher-shark Last Saturday a jumping Thresher-shark was sighted in Agoho and Naasag. Thresher-sharks grow to more than 5m and, and are fish and squid eater. They are not considered to be dangerous to humans. Photos courtesy...
IKEA – living Pinoy style in Sweden – or reverse?
Is Swedish furniture giant IKEA coming to the Philippines? Very likely, said Christian Rojkjaer, managing director for Ikano Retail Asia, an IKEA franchisee in the region. IKEA in the Philippines -too late, at least for...
Tropical Depression “CRISING” – update 8:30 a.m.
The Tropical Depression “CRISING” is moving west-northwest at 15 km/h. Palawan risks heavy rains today. The situation in northern Mindanao is still critical. Flights from and to Cagayan de Oro are cancelled. At this...
Tropical Depression “CRISING” – update 8:00 p.m.
The Tropical Depression “CRISING” is still moving northwest at 22 km/h. Now also the Central Visayas are getting rain and Palawan risks heavy rains tonight and tomorrow morning. The situation in Mindanao has calmed...
Tropical Depression “CRISING” – update 3:30 p.m.
The Tropical Depression “CRISING” is moving west to northwest at 22 km/h. The biggest quantity of rain went down in northern Mindanao, Camiguin and Bohol (violet color in the map below). The center...
CAAP under very high pressure
Yesterday started the ICAO assessment of CAAP. During 10 days the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) will audit the Philippines’ aviation capabilities regarding Safety Standards and Recommended Practices. CAAP, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines had...
Tropical Depression “CRISING” – Mindanao under Signal 1
The tropical depression south-east of Mindanao has intensified and accelerated. It was given the name “Crising”. PAGASA put 18 provinces in Mindanao under storm signal 1. In Camiguin it is raining now for over...
Book your underground trip on-line
Tourists who went to Palawan to visit the the world-famous Puerto Princesa Underground River (PPUR) often were frustrated by long waiting time for a boat trip or even being refused because all trips were fully...
Low Pressure Area upgraded to Tropical Depression
The Tropical Disturbance LPA 98W has been upgraded to Tropical Depression by the Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA). This Tropical Depression unloads big quantities of water (aka. rain). In Mindanao and the southern Visayas there...
Tubbataha Reef – US are ready to disassemble wrecked minesweeper
As announced on February 11, the pipe-lay crane ship JASCON 25 has arrived at Tubbataha Reef. The JASCON 25, a dynamic positioning crane, does not need to anchor, so it is expected to be able to...
Royal Sultanate of Sulu – Sultanate of Sulu Darul Islam
An armed group calling itself “The Royal Security Forces of the Sultanate of Sulu and North Borneo” is holed up in the seaside village of Tanduao in Lahad Datu town, where they landed in...
Rainy week ahead
A Tropical Disturbance LPA 98W brings rainy weather to the south of the Philippines. After a sunny weekend it raining now since early morning. Current rainfall in Camiguin is 20 millimeters per hour. This rainy weather...
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