The Low Pressure Area LPA 92W brings heavy rains, floods and landslides all over the southern islands of the Visayas. PAGASA informed that the LPA is over Mindanao, but the cloudiness is concentrated over...
One of the Sky Pasada planes servicing Batanes was almost pushed off the island’s unpaved runway by unusually strong winds on Thursday. The plane flew from Basco, Batanes capital town, to Itbayat (see map)....
Last Monday the DoTC (the Department of Transportation and Communications ) published their list of priority projects. Somehow it sounds like a big bang. Transportation Secretary Mar Roxas presented these projects in a briefing...
European airline companies would immediately resume their flights to Manila provided the government is persuaded to remove the common carriers tax (CCT). Remember, KLM, the Royal Dutch Airline, flew for over 60 years nonstop...
The earth continues to shake around Tayasan and Guihulngan in Negros Oriental. Every day since the initial shock on February 6, 2012 we count up to 20 earthquakes. The magnitudes range from 1.9 up to 5.2....
The earth still shakes in Negros and the southern Visayas. Most of the aftershocks can be felt even in northern Mindanao (Camiguin). The latest aftershock happened this morning at 7:47 AM. The epicenter was...
As reported earlier, a swarm of heavy earthquakes with magnitudes 6.9 hits the central Philippines today. The epicenters of the earthquakes are between Negros and Cebu islands. The aftershocks with magnitudes up to 6.2...
Since this morning the earth shakes between Negros and Cebu Island in the Philippines. Affter a heavy initial shock of magnitude 6.9 several earthquakes hit the southern Visayas. The latest earthquake happened just 15...
U R G E N T Just now at 06:11 PM we felt again a strong earthquake in Camiguin. We presume that its origins were again between Negros and Cebu. No damages so far...
After the initial magnitude 6.9 earthquake a strong aftershock with magnitude 5.3 shook the southern Visayas again. At 12.20 PM the earth shook again near Tayasan in Negros Oriental. It was felt with Intensity...
The very rainy weather of the last 2 days brought a lot of water to the southern Visayas and northern Mindanao. This rainy weather will persist for some more days. This is why PAGASA...
A few minutes ago a strong earthquake shook us. The Quake happened at 11:46 AM this morning between Cebu and Negros. It had a magnitude of 6.9. We felt the quake with intensity IV...
On January 27 we reported under the title “CAAP: the Week of the Truth” about the FAA audit. An FAA team had been in Manila to conduct a technical audit on CAAP. The Philippines...
A swarm of earthquakes shook Eastern Samar last night. The initial shock south east of San Policarpo had a magnitude of 5.9. It was followed by 8 after-shocks with magnitudes between 1.9 and 5.0. No damages were...
When we speak with friends about trains in the Philippines, they look at us as if we told them a story out of 1001 nights. Do trains really exist in the Philippines? Yes, they...
These days the local press is full of PAL stories. Is PAL (Philippine Airlines) for sale or not for sale? A few days ago, Philippines broadcaster (in American hands) announced: Lucio Tan confirms PAL...
After nine years, the arbitration case between the Philippine government and the Philippine International Air Terminals Co. (Piatco) and its main-investor Fraport is finally over. Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) general manager Jose Angel...
This week CAAP (the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines) is undergoing an audit by the FAA (the US Federal Aviation Administration). Since Monday, January 23 until today a team headed by Jacques Astre with Beverly...
Silent Gardens wishes all the Chinese and Korean visitors in the Philippines a Happy New Year ???? . This year is the year of the dragon: Believe in the dragon. It will bring you forward...
European travelers to the Philippines loose their last direct connection. KLM, the Royal Dutch Airline, will stop their direct flights from Amsterdam to Manila in March 2012. The new connection will be: Amsterdam ETD:...
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