Typhoon HAIMA/Lawin has been upgraded to cyclone category 4. JMA has already attributed their highest category: VIOLENT Typhoon HAIMA/Lawin has further intensified as it continues to move fast across the eastern part of the Central...
Two typhoons SARIKA/Karen and HAIMA/Lawin in a row and 200 cancelled flights today make air and sea trips difficult. Typhoon SARIKA/Karen crossed over northern Luzon last night and is now leaving from La Union. The...
This week we travelled Camiguin – Bohol with Super Shuttle Ferry 21. The ferry’s schedule is unchanged Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Like many other ferries swimming between the Philippines Islands, the Shuttle Ferry 21...
The Camiguin Lanzones Festival is one of the festivals in the Philippines you should visit at least once in your life. The Legend of the Camiguin Lanzones Festival It is believed that the celebration...
Seaglass – glass washed, shaped and polished by the sea. Waste recycled and transformed into really beautiful necklace pendants and rings. A bottle or any other glass product intentionally thrown or fallen by mishap in the...
Marina – the Maritime Industry Authority – wants to phase out all steel-hulled vessels that are 35 years and older. A total of 365 steel-hulled vessels that serve routes from Cebu to the different parts of...
This year’s Strongest Earthquake hit the region of Mati in south-eastern Mindanao. A series of aftershocks is still rocking Davao Oriental. A Magnitude 6.5 earthquake shook Mati this morning 6:53 a.m. In Mati and...
Parts of the NAIA Expressway have been opened today. This expensive project, PHP 17.9 Billion | USD 374.76 Million, will decongest the roads around Manila’s NAIA airport. Travel time between the 4 terminals should be...
Good News from the Philippines Ferries: Cokaliong has christened their latest RoRo ferry, the M/V Filipinas Jagna. Silent Gardens has improved the Philippines Ferry Database. Cokaliong first Welcome in the Bohol Sea M/V Filipinas Jagna...
Some Philippines Tourism Killers are well known NAIA delays, public transportation network, not sailing ferries and cancelled flights. But there is one big killer around: MISSING SERVICE! Tiwi Bonachita posted an interesting article on...
Strong Earthquakes shook yesterday and still shake Agusan del Sur. The vicinity of Talacogon is trembling of aftershocks after the first Magnitude 6.0 quake yesterday. At 10:36 a.m. yesterday, Sunday morning, a strong M 6.0 earthquake...
MindaRail, the Mindanao Railway System is said to start construction in 2017. I have already written about this project. The first article from May 2015 looks at the Feasibility Study. The last article from...
Philippine Airlines transfers several flights from Manila’s NAIA-2 airport (MNL) to Clark in Pampanga province (CRK). The transfer will be effective as from September 1, 2016. It is known that Manila International Airport (MNL) is almost...
More Cash – The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) increases the amount of cash that can be carried when arriving or leaving. Those travelling to and from the Philippines would be allowed to carry...
White Island the moving sandbar of Camiguin fascinates indigenous people and tourists. When you go to White Island, you feel that its shape has changed. Each time you go there, you find one or two islands...
Typhoon Lionrock is a really strange guy out over the Pacific. The northwest Pacific weather is turbulent for several weeks now. The usual air streams from east (the Easterlies) are perturbed and fringe out towards...
Philippines Teen Pregnancy! CAUTION: This is a highly emotional article. I’ll attack and defend and I’ll write clear language. Filipinos and Filipinas are a hot blooded kind of folk. I have travelled on six...
Bicol Express : Tech-Movie needed much more time to be published. Sorry for the delay and thank you for waiting. Last year in November I published the first movie: Bicol Express – The Movie. In the...
Our new Philippines Bus & Taxi Fare Calculator is online. We are overhauling our “Philippines Islands Vacation & Travel Advice” website. Already in November 2014 we had created a first bus trip calculator. This first...
Pupuce had been there! The Swiss newspaper “24 heures” launched a series of 7 expedition to discover the effects of Global Warming on-site. CAUTION: This will be a “Pupuce” week. My youngest daughter “called...
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