Palawan will soon be home to the Philippines’ largest micro-grid solar power plant, generating 1.3 megawatts of clean renewable energy. Costing PHP 325 million, the plant will have 5,000 solar panels that will provide...
I believe this is the hottest reading recommendation I have ever shared: Nathan Allen’s “I Dreamed Of This”. Click the banner above to go to one of the best readings about the Philippines. Nathan...
The “Earthquakes” and “Active Volcanoes” pages are back. While moving these pages from the old version of Silent Gardens to the new one, we encountered some problems. Adapting the graphics to responsive design hadn’t...
Furniture hauling, it’s more fun in the Philippines! This morning this furniture transport was ahead of us on the highway between Benoni and Mambajao on Camiguin island. Only 4 bamboo chairs and 1 driver
Today the President of the Philippines, Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III (aka. P-Noy), published next years official regular and special holidays in the Philippines 2014. A. Regular Holidays New Year’s Day – 1 January (Wednesday)...
There is a Tropical Disturbance (LPA 91W) west of Guam. It is still too early to know whether it will develop into a cyclone or not. The conditions for a cyclone are favorable, the...
Silent Gardens does not comment politics but this cartoon of Joseph Morong says too much about the Philippines in these days. In the midst of public anger over pork barrel abuses, Storm Maring arrives to...
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 Storm MAWAR / AMBO moves off the Philippines. Sorry for these late news. Here in Camiguin we had neither electricity nor Internet access today. No, there had not been heavy weather. It’s been...
The Philippines House of Representatives has approved, at a third and final reading, a bill which seeks to “rationalize” the taxes on international air carriers, to boost tourism and enable the country to honour...
A Tropical Depression north west of Guam is developing. There is no immediate danger for the Philippine islands. This tropical depression will move north before reaching PAR (the Philippines Area of Responsibility). It will...
The tensions between China and the Philippines get uncomfortable. China last week issued a travel safety alert for the Philippines. 1. China Southern Airlines will cut its normal two flights daily between Guangzhou and Manila...
Tensions between the Philippines and China were re-ignited last month when the Philippine Navy tried to prevent Chinese fishing vessels from fishing in the Scarborough Shoal (Panatag Shoal or Bajo de Masinloc). China thereafter...
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...
The diplomatic climate between China and the Philippines is again a rather high pressure area. Two views: The Philippines say the PCG vessel, carrying Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) personnel, was deployed...
Pinoys have a funny orthography. In their original indigenous languages – there are over 90 of them – Filipinos do not distinguish F an P. You can even read this on the banknotes: Rebublika...
The Philippines do have a problem. Thy expect 4.2 millions of tourists and want to achieve 12 million visitors in 2016. But there are 2 big competitors: Thailand and Malaysia. And above figures are...
This morning we were on the beach to watch the waves. Suddenly a big wave fell heavily on the beach. A short moment later we heard loud shouting of all the people on the...
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