Again the Philippines are lucky. The Tropical Storm “NURI” announced this morning is running north. Still some regions of Luzon might encounter light rainfall. JMA, the Japan Meteorological Agency is – as always – distributing very exact weather...
A Tropical Depression is approaching from Guam. The TD is moving slowly but steadily towards Bicol / Quezon region. Bicol as well as Central and Eastern Visayas will have cloudy skies with light to moderate rains...
Manila Airport (NAIA) will encounter much more traffic than usual this weekend of Halloween. Airline bookings make us expect some 40’000 passengers this Halloween weekend. Especially the roads and highways in the red rectangle...
This is Camiguin – an outstanding video about this little island in the Bohol Sea. Take 5 minutes, lean back and enjoy! And if you like the movie, share it. This movie should go viral...
The Philippines Bureau of Immigration has a new website. We just got a tricky visa question out of Africa. So we had a look at the Bureau of Immigration. And WOW – they have a...
Last week I wrote about Chinese spammers and hackers. After the first shock I decided to install a Honeypot for Spammers. It worked wonderfully. The definition of a Honeypot “A server that is configured to...
A new hyperbaric chamber in Cebu had been inaugurated by the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA) in their building located in front of Mandaue City Hospital. A hyperbaric chamber is medical equipment used to treat...
Cebu Pacific Air confuses travelers. Friends wanted to come to Camiguin. They wanted to come on Thursday and leave next Tuesday. Cebu Pacific Air is the only company flying to Camiguin. So they tried to...
Yesterday I had a really bad day. After several months I did re-open the feedback form of the Silent Gardens website. I had to close it earlier this year because of heavy spam abuse and...
Oceanjet resumes service to Camiguin from tomorrow, October 22, 2014. They will again ply the route Cagayan de Oro – Benoni – Jagna in the morning and vise-versa in the afternoon. 8:00 AM...
Mayon Volcano – After one week, a new lava flow was observed at restive Mayon Volcano this morning. The lava flow was observed short after 6 a.m.this morning. It might be longer than the 350 meters flow of...
The Super Constellation decorating Manila NAIA’s bone-yard has been sold to Qantas. The most beautiful plane ever built will be transferred to Australia. The MIAA and the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines decided to...
Today begun the annual Lanzones Festival in Camiguin. Since early this morning it is raining. A local depression brings bad weather to north-east Mindanao and the Bohol Sea. The full program and schedule of...
Abducted Germans, Stefan Victor Okonek and Henrike Diesen, are free. After a race against the clock, the 2 hostages were freed yesterday evening. Read the first two articles to see what got known end...
This morning at 8:12 a.m. available bells rang all over Bohol remembering the big Bohol Earthquake a year ago. This magnitude 7.2 earthquake destroyed all the century old churches, many houses and roads. Bohol still suffers...
Philippines Weather News – The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) has successfully launched Himawari-8. The new weather satellite is in orbit since October 7, 2014. JMA also has modified their 3 hourly isobar maps. We have updated...
Camiguin, the little volcanic island between Bohol and Mindanao is always good for a surprise. Dolphins can often be seen when on a ferry between Camiguin and Mindanao or Camiguin and Bohol. At this...
Mayon Volcano today had a lava flow. During the last weeks the volcano was rather quiet, but this morning, the volcanologists spotted a lava flow of about 350 meters from the summit. Photos courtesy of Joey...
Typhoon VONGFONG / Ompong has reached Japan. Although it weakened to Category 2 and did not replace its eyewall, it is still a strong storm. Central pressure is currently 965 hPa, up from 920...
Mactan Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA) wants to increase the terminal fee for all passengers. For domestic passengers, the proposed rate is PHP 300, from the present rate of PHP 200. For departing passengers of...
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