Monthly Archive: June 2014
Volcano monitoring – the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) is set to install two more seismic stations near General Santos City. The two stations will monitor the activity of Mount Matutum and Mount...
Diver’s Depression – do not to confound with diver’s decompression – can occur when encountering human made destruction under water. It happened to me yesterday. OK, it hadn’t been a sunny day yesterday. Heavy...
Sleep inside NAIA-1? Yes you can! There are 12 (twelve) air-conditioned “day rooms” inside NAIA’s terminal-1 and nobody knows. Fortunately Philstar’s reporter Rudy Santos has good sources. Today he wrote an article about this almost unknown...
Revised traffic violation fines takes effect today, June 19. Motorists and drivers especially in Metro Manila, Cebu and Davao, beware. The Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) implements today, June 19, the new traffic violation penalties...
Low Cost Carriers offer extremely cheap flights – and some surprises. But why can’t they offer clear and transparent fares? A sample: Today Cebu Pacific Air offers promo flights from Manila to Kuwait for...
Terminal Fee is a magic word in the Fee-lippines. For any shack or shelter in a port or airport one has to pay the famous Terminal Fee. Some small progresses had been made in...
I do not have an iPad, but since yesterday I have my PADI Open Water. I had been snorkeling since I had been 12 years old. It’s always been funny, but the summer season in...
No Ferry to Camiguin – Jagna (Bohol) and Cagayan de Oro are off line. OceanJet has stopped their services from Cagayan de Oro to Camiguin and Camiguin to Bohol. Super Shuttle Ferry has stopped...
Today the Rainy Season Philippines has officially started. But this belongs only to the northern part of the country – mainly Luzon. The winds are finally turning. PAGASA has officially declared the onset of rainy season....
Singing Diplomat – Switzerland Embassy’s number two is not only an excellent diplomat but also an astonishing entertainer. The new Counselor and Deputy Head of Mission, Mr. Raoul Imbach, started his new mission in...
The Diver’s Log is a log-book where every diver notes technical data and observations of each dive. I got mine yesterday! This little story wouldn’t be worth to be written if the book weren’t so...
Earthquakes Philippines page is updated and enhanced. The recent earthquake swarm in the sea off Cortes in Surigao del Sur and an interesting feedback from Juerg in Makato motivated us to make these changes. Since 2011 we...
Our website had been hacked and abused. A hacker from the Ukraine found a back-door in our spam protection. He got inside and used our server to send spam messages. The same hacker seems...
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