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Well we have made the move from Mactan to Valencia and we are so pleased to have made this change, I have yet to find out where things are situated here but enjoying the adventure.
We shopped in Hypermarket yesterday and I was surprised that some of the items we get on a regular basis are more expensive here, one example is; Hereford C/beef P155 in Mactan and 269 here perhaps a mistake? also 1ltr Tanduay Rum P97 but P110 here,
Tricycles are more expensive here also I believe, in Mactan they cannot get away with overcharging as you can compare their fares to Taxi fares over the same journey, Hypermart to Valencia P150 seems expensive to me?

Anyway having said all of the above I'd rather be here than in Mactan, one really good thing I have observed here and had never thought about before, it was heavy rain on the Tuesday night when we arrived here but next morning there was no sign that it rained the night before, in Mactan we would have been wading through puddles for days after, so living on a hill in the Philippines is a definite advantage as long as you are not in an area that is susceptible to landslides.

Hope to meet some of you soon,

Dave

 

Demolition of illegal structures at Boracay resort starts
the Duterte government is starting to implement the existing law and tears down all illegal buildings / structures in the beach areas at Boracay, Panglao in Bohol and also at Palawan - when do they start here in this area? specially in Bacong, so many seawalls that make it impossible to have a nice beach walk, so many illegal houses in the environmental protection zone directly at the beach - not to mention waste water management... it is simply annoying when the foreign expat tries to fulfill all the laws in respect to the guest country and so many people do what they want without any consequences. any opinions? is this a lawless island?

 

Cebu - Founder and CEO of "Home for Girls - Sunny Life e.V." was arrested on Tuesday, January 16, in Frankfurt, Germany, for child sexual abuse. - klajoo.com - The 52-year-old father of a child lived for several years as the "Sunny Delgado" in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental Province, before moving to Cebu in 2017 to found an organization to help street children in the Philippines. At the end of the year, Sunny returned to his hometown of Frankfurt am Main to do business. In February, Sunny, who wanted to be photographed with little Filipino girls, wanted to return to the Philippines. According to the Attorney General Frankfurt, Sunny has made an appointment to pay for the serious sexual abuse of children in the Philippines, through a messenger service. According to the prosecutor's office, the man had it, aimed at nine to twelve-year-old girls. The decisive clue was provided by the FBI, the US authority had encountered in their investigations on the Germans and had passed their information to the Federal Criminal Police Office in Wiesbaden. While searching his home, his computers and numerous data carriers were secured. The prosecutor says he e-mailed more than 1,900 child pornography and video files depicting the most serious forms of child sexual abuse. The website of Sunny was taken off the web, while in Facebook the group "Home for Girls - Sunny Life e.V.", at the time of publication of this article was still online.

 

MERRY CHRISTMAS
to
EVERYONE

(or turkey, duck, goose etc.)

 

Hi All

If anyone has any issues with bees and want them collected from your place, feel free to PM me and we will do our best to come and get them out for you, no charge.

Please do not kill them, the world bee population is declining rapidly due to poisons, we will give them a good home ..

Something a little unique that you might encounter is a very small bee .. these are usually stingless and will not hurt you at all, and if they are not destroying anything, you can leave them alone and watch their activities, their honey is absolutely delicious , if you have a hive and decide to keep it, I will point you to some material on line that will help you ..

If anyone wants any help or advice on Bees and Bee removal, please free free to PM me here or drop an email to pangitpilot@gmail.com. Photos of the location, and a closeup of the bee in question will help a lot, especially if we have to travel a long way ..

Cheers

 

by Executive Optical in the Mall. Seems that they have thrown bare rabbit in the brier bush. d*mn that is SOOOO painful. It started on 11/02/17. I went to them to replace my 19 year old proscription glasses. Got the exam and told them to order. After I paid they gave me a sales invoice # 0329 showing that I paid the full amount, signed by the manager and me. In doing so said sales invoice # 0329 became a legal and binding contract. The glasses would be ready for pick-up on or before 11/10/17. On 11/09/17 I stopped in and they told me that they had NOT ORDERED my glasses! They said that they will not order them until I paid an additional 1500.oo. showed then THEIR contract dated and signed on 11/02/17 clearly marked "PAID IN FULL". Now I assure you that 1500 would have made no difference in my monthly budget, or my dissection to get these badly needed proscription glasses. I did take offense to their "breach of their own contract". I took it to "DTI" and through DTI we settled our differences. I assumed that it was over, I should have known better, knowing that they are willing to breach their own contract. Wife was talking to one of their employees last week and she was told that Executive Optical had black listed me and that I was never to inter their business again. When I received that news I almost broke down and cried.
Imagine that, bare fox done threw bare rabbit in the brier bush.
Tomorrow I will pick-up my new proscription glasses from a honest retailer. Nothing like getting black listed from a retailer that breaches their own contracts. Buyer beware!

 

The grandson asked his grandfather what he thought about the shootings at schools, the computer age, and just things in general..
The Grandfather replied, "Well, let me think a minute, I was born before:
' television
' penicillin
' polio shots
' frozen foods
' Xerox
' contact lenses
' Frisbees and
' the pill
There were no:
' credit cards
' laser beams or
' ball-point pens
Man had not invented :
' pantyhose
' air conditioners
' dishwashers
' clothes dryers
' and the clothes were hung out to dry in the fresh air and space travel was only in Flash Gordon books.
Your Grandmother and I got married first,.. and then lived together..
Every family had a father and a mother. Until I was 25, I called every woman older than me, "mam". And after I turned 25, I still called
policemen and every man with a title, "Sir."
We were before gay-rights, computer-dating, dual careers, daycare centers, and group therapy.
Our lives were governed by the Bible, good judgment, and common sense. We were taught to know the difference between right and wrong and to stand up and take responsibility for our actions.
Serving your country was a privilege; living in this country was a bigger
privilege... We thought fast food was eating half a biscuit while running to catch the school bus.
Having a meaningful relationship meant getting along with your cousins.
Draft dodgers were those who closed front doors as the evening breeze started.
Time-sharing meant time the family spent together in the evenings and weekends-not purchasing condominiums.
We never heard of FM radios, tape decks, CDs, electric typewriters, yogurt, or guys wearing earrings.
We listened to Big Bands, Jack Benny, and the President's speeches on our radios. And I don't ever remember any kid blowing his brains out listening to Tommy Dorsey.
If you saw anything with 'Made in Japan' on it, it was junk.
The term 'making out' referred to how you did on your school exam....
Pizza Hut, McDonald's, and instant coffee were unheard of.
We had 5 &10-cent stores where you could actually buy things for 5 and 10 cents. Ice-cream cones, phone calls, rides on a streetcar, and a Pepsi were all a nickel. And if you didn't want to splurge, you could spend your nickel on enough stamps to mail 1 letter and 2 postcards.
You could buy a new Ford Coupe for $600,... but who could afford one? Too bad, because gas was 11 cents a gallon.
In my day:
' "grass" was mowed,
' "coke" was a cold drink,
' "pot" was something your mother cooked in and "rock music" was your grandmother's lullaby. "Aids" were helpers in the Principal's office, ' "chip" meant a piece of wood, "hardware" was found in a hardware store and
' "software" wasn't even a word.
And we were the last generation to actually believe that a lady needed a husband to have a baby.
No wonder people call us "old and confused" and say there is a generation gap.
How old do you think I am?
I bet you have this old man in mind....you are in for a shock!
Read on to see -- pretty scary if you think about it and pretty sad at the same time .
Are you ready ?????
This Man Would Be Only 70 Years Old Today.
... PASS THIS ON TO THE OLD ONES, THE YOUNG ONES WOULDN'T BELIEVE IT.

 

With so many times searching Google looking for advice regarding Government Offices here in Dumaguete, I thought I would post the following link that lists the majority of Dumaguete City Government Offices including a link for Philhealth...

Dumaguete City Government Offices:
http://google.com/government-offices/

Dumaguete Philhealth:
http://google.com/philhealth-dumaguete/

Government Offices Capitol Area: (Negros Oriental)
http://google.com/government-offices-negros-oriental/

Dumaguete Department of Foreign Affairs: (DFA)
http://google.com/dfa-office-dumaguete/

Offices covered in the Dumaguete City Government Offices include the following;

Dumaguete Mayor & Vice Mayor
City Administrator
City Accountant
City Treasurer
City Planning and Development
Dumaguete Tourism Office
City Environment and Natural Resources
City Population Commission
Public Information
Sports and Games Office
Human Resources
Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office
City Dumpsite Ecological Park
General Services Office (GSO)
City Assessor
City Budget
Office of the Senior Citizens Affair
City Livelihood and Home Industry Development Office
City Health Office
City Civil Registrar
City Legal Office
Public Library
City Engineer
City Livelihood and Home Industries Development Office
Funeral Services
City Nutrition Office
City Veterinarian
Dumaguete (PESO) Public Employment Service Office
Dumaguete Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Office
City Economic Enterprise (Public Market)
City Agriculture Office
Dumaguete City Traffic Management Office
Dumaguete City Social Welfare and Development Office (DSWD)
Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR)
Dumaguete Water District