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There is an Android APP available for free. It is supposed to get you in contact with Emergency Services like the Dumaguete PNP, Rescue One, Fire Department NorecoII etc.
According to the description if you have an internet connection it can transmit your location.
I'm not in Dumaguete so I didn't download the APP but it sure sounds interesting.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...ohhFV4lLpdY3JiPjBitYV1y6trLY0qLOyHibl0efOjytg

Dumaguete Emergency Free Android App is a medical, fire, disaster, police, and public utility emergency android application for Dumaguete City.

It provides landline and mobile numbers of One Rescue EMS, SUMCFI Emergency Medical Services, Dumaguete PNP, Dumaguete Fire Department, NORECO II Customer Welfare Desk, and Dumaguete City CDRRMO.

This application includes the official Facebook page of these emergency departments.

It also has a messaging, picture, and location sending functions for more convenient use – however, these application features require an internet connection for successful transactions.

But in cases when you cannot access the internet for some reason, you can still use the app by clicking the numbers you need to contact.

It’s always better to be safe than sorry.

This application is a must-have in case of emergency and will help you feel safe wherever you go.

Just a few clicks and voila!

Everything you need is flashed on your screens.


Dumaguete Emergency App is a proposed emergency app for CDRRMO of Dumaguete City

 

The first time was in Roberson's Mall food court. This time it was Hipper Mart meat department. What did they do? They sold and charged me for ground BEEF when they really knowingly delivered ground PORK! Why would they do that? pesos of course. In doing so they make a bigger profit and destroy a very good meal. Seems to me DTI should be able to do some thing about this kind of eval profit taking. It's a shame there is no "Bate and Switch" law here. I am not against eating pork but when there is a very good recipe calling for ground BEEF, ground PORK is just going to completely change the taste and in this case not for the better. It angers me to think that retail businesses feel the need to CHEAT the public just for a few pesos. For you that do this kind of beef/pork switch-a-ru, be advised that my tung and my nose knows the difference. I will eat this recipe any way but I will also cuss Hipper Mart with every bit.

The next time you are in Hipper Mart watch out for the rats. That is another story.

 

I can't comment on all of the Philippines just what I see in my neighborhood.
I don't have a real answer on what is the biggest issue but I do have a gut feel. Overloaded transformer and small diameter wiring cause a lot of problems. Overloaded transformers or lengthy wires feeding 220 volts to the house cause low voltage.
Induction motors for pumps and refrigerators can burn out from under-voltage.
Electronics for televisions and computers usually have a switching type power supply which will tolerate a wide range of input voltages (90-265 volts).

 

Went to see Dr Florse at Silliman Medical Center was there at 7.30 picked up a ticket, went back at 9.30. Both ears were clogged up with earwax, Painless removed the wax. Before he cleared the wax he placed a cam into my ears showing me the wax and afterwards, only this time could see the eardrums. I will recommend Dr Florse, modern equipment, great service and only 800 pesos for both ears.

 

Your landlord is not being reasonable. If you require the customer to be wearing a face mask, and you use general common sense precautions and disinfect and clean when the delivery person returns, the risk is really very minimal. It would seem there would not be any more risk with delivering an order to a customer than there is to having the customer come in and pick up a take out order. Your landlord should recognize that you are performing a very valuable service by delivering your frozen meals during this time of quarantine and be supportive of your efforts, we are all in this together. Good luck.

 

Not quite on topic, however .... I am relatively new here but am amazed by this site for its mine of information, the positive attitude of 99.9% of members and I just don't know how Wyre83 gets the time to look after it. Great respect for you.

 

A skinny column (proper English), (pillar if you are Scottish) (post if you are a Texan) is only as thick as the wall. Cosmetically you cannot see them because they do not stick out from the wall. Concrete Hollow Blocks (CHB) used here are only 10 cm thick (4 inch).

Walls are weakest perpendicular to their length. Skinny columns do very little to resist the wall falling over because they are skinny

Your 32 cm column is three times as thick as a skinny column would be. Because of the way leverage works this is more than three times as strong. Furthermore because of the size of the larger column the concrete placed in it has a higher probability of consolidating correctly.

Because this has to do with horizontal loading, these issues have more to do with multi-story buildings. If you have a single story home with 32 cm columns you have nothing to worry about.

https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Concrete_frame

Its important to note that both wind and earthquake impose horizontal forces on the building, unlike the gravity forces it normally resists, which are vertical in direction.
http://www.understandconstruction.com/concrete-frame-structures.html

 

So wear a mask AND carry out all the other precautions necessary to protect yourself and your family.

Because money (along with all surfaces, including handles) is a strong potential source of infection, it does not mean that negates using a mask (in fact, as we touch our faces many times per hour, it makes a mask even more essential). Btw, all these potential sources of infection have always been so for a variety of viruses, bacteria and fungi (even free peanuts in bars were tested and showed about 20 different types of faecal bacteria and urine samples) - that fact has been given prominence now only because the virus circulating is so dangerous, but many types of infections are caused by what we handle and how we then touch our mouths and eyes.

I could list many ways to avoid getting infected (and I am a virologist) but they have been stated so many times by myself and many others that if people haven't got it by now, they never will. I am guessing that many foreigners see it as a weakness to wear a mask and other PPE, but if they take the virus back home and infect their families I think their regret will be almost unmanageable.