A new airline is comming to Calbayog. Cebu Pacific Airlines has already opened it’s ticketing office in Calbayog, and is scheduled to start service, between Calbayog’s Sabang Airport, and Manila, on Feburary 18, 2009. According to Cebu Pacific’s local representative, Analyn S. Amoguez, the flights will be Monday, Wednessday, and Friday mornings.
Currently Zest Airways (formerly [...]
Posted in Flights, News, Travel | Tagged airlines, Calbayog, Cebu Pacific, Manila, President Arroyo, Sabang Airport, samar
Northern Samar has now been declared in a State of Calamity, due to heavy flooding, earlier this month. According to an ABS-CBN News Article, dated Jan. 25, 2009, 10 peole died, and 114,836 individuals were displaced.
Wow, I knew we had a lot of rain, but I didn’t know it was that bad. I have not [...]
Posted in Disaster, Eastern Samar, Northern Samar | Tagged ABS-CBN, Eastern Samar, flooding, News, Northern Samar, rain, State of Calamity
I have recieved an update from Tara Alverson, the American artist who wrote the Pagpipinta sa Pulo newsletters. If you remember, she spent most of 2008 in the Philippines, helping International Care Ministries with their Feeding, Medical, Precious Women’s, and Children’s Outreach Programs. You can still read her newsletters here.
While she was in the Philippines, [...]
Posted in Art, Helping, Poverty | Tagged Art Show, children, International Care Ministries, pagpipinta sa pulo, Tara Alverson, tax deductable
In America, they have a saying about the 3 most important factors, in buying Real Estate. They are: Location, Location, and Location.
When I was a kid, I remember hearing stories of people selling “great deals” in Florida. They would sell the land, sight unseen, to some unsuspecting northerner, who just wanted to go south for [...]
Posted in Calbayog, Real Estate | Tagged Calbayog City, island, land
I have been getting a lot of questions, lately, about buying land in Samar. Before I proceed, let me remind you that I am not a Real Estate Agent. Any thing I say should not be taken as legal advice.
In the Philippines, there are at least 4 ways a foreigner can buy land.
First, as is [...]
Posted in Calbayog, Real Estate | Tagged condo, corporation, development, foreigner, government, Immigration, land, married, philippines, subdivision
Ok folks, we got our dsl internet problem solved, thanks to Norman at West Samar Telecoms and Calbayog Online. He really did a great effort. You know that is the good part of being with a local provider, you can get someone local to help, when there is a problem. Thanks again Norman!
Posted in Calbayog, Technology | Tagged Calbayog Online, dsl, ISP, local, West Samar Telecoms
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