Swiss cop helps children in CdO
Thomas Oliver Kellenberger was an ordinary policeman in Switzerland. But not to children working in the garbage dumps in Cagayan de Oro. Thomas Kellenberger when he still had been a policeman Kellenberger, 27, quit...
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Still learning – Papaya
It’s really more fun in the Philippines. (Sorry, brown-out just at this moment, I’ll continue later. Tomorrow maybe!) Beautiful Papayas grow in our garden. We don’t know where they come from, but the 3...
Incredible – possible only in the Philippines
Silent Gardens is known to answer to any request or inquiry. If we can help, we do it – with pleasure, of course. This morning we got the following story in our inbox: Good...
Airline Rebooking Fees – maybe soon unlawful
The Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) has circulated the second draft of Economic Regulation No. 7 concerning “Boarding Priority and Compensation for Denied Boarding, Delayed and Cancelled Flights” for comments. Airlines should refund...
It’s more fun in China
He Jia, an anchor on China’s state-run television network has accidentally declared the Philippines a part of China, in an embarrassing gaffe as tensions between the two nations run high. “We all know that the...
Terminal fee – I can’t believe it
Over years I had railed against this silly terminal fee in the Philippines. Anywhere in the world all the airport taxes are included in the flight-ticket – but not in the Philippines. You had...
Tulfo vs. Santiago
Filipinos have a really creative manner to handle social events. Everybody in the world now knows the “It’s more fun in the Philippines” campaign because the creative virus produces lots of funny new pictures....
C U in Panglao
See you in Panglao – that’s OK. But “C U” in Panglao is one of the best restaurants in the Philippines and it is in Alona on Panglao island. There are some good restaurants...
The Philippines photo site
We are pleased to inform you that we have integrated the former www.philpho.com site into Silent Gardens. Here it is: Photos Silent Gardens is growing. Our photographers, programmers and scouts live and work on...
“It’s more fun” in London
No, no, the British are not copying the Pinoy slogan but the DOT campaign “It’s more fun in the Philippines” has reached the City of London. The tourism department’s new slogan, “It’s more fun...
Brown-out, rotating ones and others
For now over a month we experience at least two daily brown-outs in Camiguin. The rotating brown-outs are 1 hour around noon and 1 hour around 6 o’clock in the evening. With these brown-outs...
Plan enough reserves
Yesterday we wrote about the air-traffic congestion in manila’s NAIA airport (see here). This morning we got another complaint: Hi There, Kindly assist. Our Cebu Pacific Flight 5J – 392 domestic flight CGY-MNL was delayed...
Manila Airport – queue up, please!
Transportation Secretary Mar Roxas was right when he blamed over the weekend the tight scheduling of airlines as cause for delays in passenger flights currently experienced by NAIA passengers. Roxas claimed that the normal...
Cyberwar in the Philippines
In relation with the Scarborough Shoal dispute, alleged Chinese hackers defaced the website of the University of the Philippines on April 20. Filipino hackers retaliated on April 22 and the cyber-war has persisted and spread until now. We...
Tridacna Superstar in Camiguin
“Tridacna crocea” is one of the giant clams growing in the waters around Camiguin island. The giant clams nursery at Kabila White Beach in Cantaan is breeding this astonishing clam in basins and protect...
Fire in Iloilo’s new international airport
Two dry NOTAMs informed pilots yesterday about an incident in ILO/RPVI (IloIlo International Airport). The first NOTAM says that the Precision Approach Path Indicator on Runway 02 has resumed service and that the same...
Free-diving in Camiguin
Free-diving is diving down without the use of heavy scuba equipment. Just by holding your breath. With special training and preparation nearly everybody can learn how to hold his breath. And it doesn’t take long....
Good news – only 2 volcanoes with Alert Level 1
In their bulletin from April 24, 2011, PHIVOLCS informs that they lowered Bulusan Volcano’s status from Alert Level 1 (abnormal) to Alert Level 0 (normal). Mount Bulusan in Sorsogon had shown increased activity since...
New Philippines Earthquake Maps
We had to create new Earthquake Maps because Google had published a new maps application interface (maps api v3) and disabled the old version. The new maps are a bit different. You now can...
2GO or not to go?
We recently informed our readers about the mergers and the new common brand and Internet portal of 2GO Travel. See here: 2GO – why not? And now we get more and more complaints, saying...
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