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Airlines are now either decreasing or removing free check-in luggage allowance. Philippine Airlines has announced that effective 01 July 2008, based on ticket issuance or reissuance, transpacific luggage allowance will be decreased from 70lbs per piece to just 50lbs per piece. China Airlines and EVA Airways have already implemented a similar luggage allowance limit effective June 2008. Other Airlines, including, but not limited to, United Airlines, American Airlines and ...

This is post was taken from the Arab News. Imagine a world without Filipinos Abdullah Al-Maghlooth | Al-Watan, almaghlooth@alwatan.com.sa   Muhammad Al-Maghrabi became handicapped and shut down his flower and gifts shop business in Jeddah after his Filipino workers insisted on leaving and returning home. He says: “When they left, I felt as if I had lost my arms. I was so sad that I lost my appetite.”Al-Maghrabi then flew to Manila ...

I first heard about Camiguin from Manang Miggy. She told us stories about how beautiful Camiguin is, how she climbed the tall coconut trees and how much she loves swimming and making sandcastles in the amazing Great White Island. All along all these are stories until i visited Camiguin Island last summer for my Biyaheng Mindanao, Summer Road Trip 2008. Camiguin can be reached from Manila , you ...

That is the Kadayawan 2008 theme for this year which means “Flourishing Indigenous Heritage, Protecting Ancestral Nations” The Kadayawan celebration this years is from August 17, 24, 2008. Aside from the annual Floral parade and Indak indak sa dalan, other events are the : Agro-Industrial Trade Fair & Floral Exhibit August 8-31, 2008, SM City Grounds Ka-an Dawet Food Festival of the Food & Beverage Industry of Davao City ...

Seattle can be reached two hours driving from Vancouver going through the Peace Arch Border. By plane, its only a 45minutes flight and 2 hours and half commuting using travel bus or tour buses. Seattle Airport or SEATAC which is also know as the Port of Seattle. There are many shuttle buses that can take you to Seattle and elsewhere in the region, or you can rent a car, ...

Geno was giving Charle Dalde directions to get to the Mall of Asia, a massive mall that has become an icon in the Philippines. Dalde and his family were planning to leave yesterday (Friday) for a vacation in the Philippines where the Dalde family is originally from. Those plans have since been cancelled. Charle Dalde had been doing what any responsible, respectful and caring young man would do ...

Ok payn its ober aym bak to the bangkober! Hay naku, my short bakayson in the byutipol islands of my native land the Philippines and some other parts of the  world was short lived but sweet. Imaginin mo yan i was able to be in three countries in three weeks hahaha! Bonggacious diba? Since walang Jollibee ditech sa Vancouver, may i take home talaga ang byuti ko ng 6 pieces chicken ...

OF COURSE, you are called a Filipino if you are born in the Philippines. But what if you are living already in a foreign land? Or, if one of your parents is not a Filipino and you reside in the United States or Australia or Europe? The question is: How will you know if you are really a Filipino -- or still having some traits of a Filipino? This ...

The blood compact or sandugo means that "since the same blood now flowed in their veins, they had become members of the same family, bound to observe to one another (Arcila, pp. 36-37, 2001)." In other words, Sikatuna and Legazpi became blood brothers by virtue of the rite. click here for more

Marami sa mga Filipino ang nagbabasakaling nasa ibang bansa ang katuparan ng kanilang mga pangarap. Ilan sa kanila ang tinalikuran ang magagandang trabaho at posisyon sa Pilipinas maka pag abroad lamang. Ang iba naman ay kumuha ng ibang kurso tulad ng nursing or care giver program sa pagnanais mas mapadali at mas mapabilis ang makapagtrabaho sa ibang bansa. Kamakailan nabasa ko sa isang pahayagan dito sa amin ang tungkol ...