Tag: tourism

Wake-skating video in the Banaue Rice Terraces: will it wake Filipinos up?

October 29, 2013October 29, 2013 FallenAngel 10 Comments

One of the videos recently making waves among Filipino netizens is this one of two professional wake-skaters Brian Grubb and Dominik Preisner. Apparently, the location they used was that of the Banaue Rice Terraces in Ifugao. According to the video caption: Respect for the environment was a priority from the beginning of this project! The…

Development, Lifestyle, Media, Society

Three-peat! NAIA is the World’s Worst Airport for 2013!

October 28, 2013 FallenAngel 28 Comments

Actually, this wasn’t really much of a surprise if you think about it. I called it last year; considering how lethargic Philippine government officials and agencies are, and how the Philippine bureaucracy is an absolute hindrance to progress, I would have been slightly miffed if we weren’t at the top or near the top of…

Development, Media

Why Filipino tourists are most likely to get bad reputations abroad

April 16, 2013July 25, 2013 FallenAngel 34 Comments

We often harp on and on about Filipinos and the things they do and do not do in their own country. We also contrast this to Filipinos abroad, and how strikingly meek, compliant, and law-abiding most of them suddenly become when they live or work in foreign lands. Somewhere in between these two groups, is…

Culture, Lifestyle, Society

AirAsia Philippines in spotlight as Sabah insurgency rages

March 15, 2013March 15, 2013 benign0 2 Comments

Fledgling entry into budget travel business in the Philippines, AirAsia Philippines is currently feeling the heat as Filipino Tausugs wage a guerrilla war in the Malaysian state of Sabah. This is in the aftermath of the spread of publicity shots depicting its planes transporting Malaysian troops to the battle front in early March. The online…

Lifestyle, Money Talks, The South

It’s more gun in the Philippines!

February 5, 2013 benign0 15 Comments

Funny, I always thought it was national snack chicharon, a renowned tolerance for obvious road killers like jeepneys, the corrosive lead-laced gaseous mix that passes off for air in their capital city, toxic in-laws, and their aversion to exercise that kills the most Fillipinos. All true, perhaps. But the biggest challenge to Filipinos living to…

Crime, Culture, Lifestyle, Society

Travelers out of NAIA in 25 minutes? DOT misses the point in less!

January 4, 2013August 23, 2013 FallenAngel 102 Comments

Perhaps as an attempt by the Department of Tourism (DOT) to start off the 2013 tourism campaign on the right note, Tourism Assistant Secretary Benito Bengzon Jr. reportedly claimed that it takes passengers arriving at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) – dig this – only 25 minutes to complete the airport process-from disembarkation to…

Development, Economy, Government

NAIA bags title of ‘Worst Airport in Asia’ for 2012

October 22, 2012October 28, 2013 FallenAngel 64 Comments

Pinoy pride fans, rejoice! The Philippines can add another achievement to its ever growing list! Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1 has brushed off competition to once again bag the title of “Worst Airport”! This makes it two (2) years in a row! PINOY PRIDE YEAH! Let’s go for three-peat in 2013! The difference,…

Development, Media

Tito Sotto threatens to stop funding for Ph government ad placements in CNN over pagpag feature

May 5, 2012July 24, 2013 benign0 21 Comments

Philippine Senator Vicente “Tito” Sotto III of Tito Vic and Sotto comedy fame in the yesteryears of Philippine cinema is apparently unhappy with with what he perceives to be a negative return on investment on the Philippine government’s ad placements in international news organisation Cable News Network (CNN). Sotto is reportedly convinced that CNN has…

Development, Economy, Government, Media