No Power in Mindanao
Last night, around 03:00 a.m. it started to get warm in the bedroom. The fan didn’t work anymore. Reason: Brownout. The whole Mindanao Power Grid failed. Mindanao and associated islands were simply a black...
Monthly Archive: February 2014
New License Plates in April
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) will start issuing new license plates for registered motor vehicles and motorcycles this April. The release of the new plates will phase out the nine different license plate editions...
Blumentritt ? Not only an MRT/LRT station in Manila
Ferdinand Blumentritt born on September 10, 1853, in Litoměřice (Czech Republic), was a teacher and a close friend of José Rizal. Blumentritt became one of Rizal’s closest confidants although they met only once. He translated the latter’s...
The new maps are on-line
Comparing maps is mostly useful – but it is, no has been, a silly job. We have created a new page called Philippines Maps. On-line map providers have different data sources and styles. They also...
The Cebu Tiger – Customers pay the bill
Has the big cleanup begun in the Philippines airline industry? A few hours after the CAB, the Civil Aeronautics Board, had approved the take-over of Tiger Air Philippines by Cebu Pacific Air, the industry reacts...
NAIA eyes paperless, even ‘queueless’ system
NEW by March 1, 2014: Arriving Filipinos no longer have to fill out the new immigration arrival cards while foreigners, including Philippine passport holders with existing immigrant status, will be required to fill out...
Tourists get value for money
ABS-CBN titles in today’s business section: Tourists get value for money in the Philippines. According to an online survey by Huffington Post Travel 2014, the Philippines is a top pick for “bargain hunters, outdoorsy types...
New certified air charter company
We are pleased to inform you that we could accept a new certified air charter company in our list. Far East Aviation Services is an air charter company in Mactan Cebu. With their 8...
Earthquakes and Active Volcanoes
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...
Earthquake update
GDACS, the Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System has issued an Orange Earthquake Alert. Summary This earthquake is expected to have a medium humanitarian impact based on themagnitude and the affected population and their...
Magnitude 5.3 Earthquake in Ilocos Norte
On 17 February 2014 at 01:56:01 p.m. a magnitude 5.3 shook Ilocos Norte, 29 kilometers southwest of Burgos. Source: PHIVOLCS The earthquake was felt with these intensities: Intensity V – Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte Intensity...
Oups – something went wrong
Just a bit fun for Monday morning … More funny pictures are here: 25 Things That Will Piss Off Your Friends With OCD
Airbus in the mud
Saturday morning an Airbus A319 of Cebu Pacific Air got stuck in mud at the edge of the runaway at the Butuan Bancasi Airport (BXU/RPME). Flight 5J-220 failed to take off because its front...
CAAP – FAILED !
CAAP, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, failed again to bring the country’s aviation out of FAA Category 2. Last week, we had the feeling that something went wrong again. Now we have...
White Elephants and Black Holes
Last Thursday we wrote about the crippled airport project in Laguindingan. Today our friends in Panay found another outstanding project near Kalibo, the “Pook Ecological Tourism Development Project“. Hundred thousands of tourists land every year...
Have you packed your luggage, Mr. Andrews?
Last year, CAAP deputy director general, John Andrews, said that he would “resign” should the FAA upgrade to “Category 1” not come to pass by the end of 2013. “If this does not happen before the end of the...
Laguindingan airport – a crippled project
Laguindingan Internatinal Airport between Cagayn de Oro and Iligan got a new name: “Di Malandingan”. This local word means in plain English “Not clear for landing”. The CGY airport operates since its opening last year...
The new Cyclone Warning Page is now in Beta Test
We have created a new Cyclone Warning page. This page should display information about upcoming cyclones as soon as the US NAVY’s JTWC publishes a warning for the Philippines. The page is here! While...
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