Cebu Pacific Promo Fares to Tawi-Tawi

Last Wednesday (June 22), I received an e-mail from Cebu Pacific. The message goes like this “Fly to our newest destination Tawi-Tawi for only P488!”

I said, “Wow!” because I am thinking that I can reach Tawi-Tawi from my Manila on a single flight because of Cebu Pacific promo fares to Tawi-Tawi.

Reading the e-mail made me realize that I am celebrating too early. The 488 pesos Cebu Pacific promo fares are for flights between Zamboanga City and Tawi-Tawi and not between Manila and Tawi-Tawi. So, this means that I need to go to Zamboanga City first before I can avail those Cebu Pacific promo fares.

The seat sale price  for the Zamboanga to Tawi-Tawi route is 25% less than the lowest year-round fare for this route. Tawi-Tawi is the 50th destination and the 77th route of Cebu Pacific Airline. The Zamboanga – Tawi-Tawi route will operate daily starting October 14 this year.

Another new route is the Cagayan de Oro – Iloilo route, which also start operating on October 14 and have scheduled flights every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.


Also announced in the e-mail is the Cebu Pacific promo fares of 688 pesos for travel from Zamboanga City to Davao and Cebu, Manila to Cagayan de Oro, and Cagayan de Oro to Iloilo.

Manila to Zamboanga and Davao flights are also on seat sale for 888 pesos for travels on August 1 to September 30 for the year 2011.

So, are traveling to Tawi-Tawi, Davao, Cagayan de Oro and Zamboanga? What are you waiting for? Avail of the Cebu Pacific promo fares by visiting the Cebu Pacific website.

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What is WTO DSU?

One day, I encountered the acronym WTO DSU. I am familiar with the acronym WTO but I don't know what DSU means. According to Wikipedia, WTO DSU means World Trade Organization Dispute Settlement Understanding.

World Trade Organization or WTO  is an international organization that aims to improve trade between member nations by developing policies that are advantageous for all member nations. Because WTO is composed various nations, then it is normal that disputes arise between member nations. 

The acronym DSU from the WTO DSU stands for Dispute Settlement Understanding.  The WTO DSU was developed to settle disputes between member nations and ensure the stability of global economy. Disputes arises when a member nation adopted a policy or policies that deprive another nation of benefits that it is so entitled according to existing trade agreements. The aggrieved nation is allowed to file a formal complaint to the World Trade Organization regarding the said policy or policies. After the complaint was filed, the WTO DSU will be used to settle the dispute.

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The whole process of WTO DSU can last approximately around 1 year to 3 months, that is if the member nation that has raised the questionable policy appealed before the WTO Dispute Settlement Board.

For more information regarding the WTO DSU, I suggest that you visit the World Trade Organization website.

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Trainspotters - Who are They?

The Metro Rail Transit (MRT), Light Rail Transit (LRT) and the Philippine National Railway Corporation (PNRC) are the three train companies that are operating in the Philippines. I already rode the trains of MRT and LRT. I am yet to ride the train of PNRC and I want to experience riding on PNRC's sleeper coach on a travel from Manila to Bicolandia.

Riding a train is just a normal and boring experience for people like me. I climb the train station, pay the ticket and then board the train. On ordinary days, a typical train rider has to experience a scene like this:
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(source: Before the Eastern Sunset)

The photo above shows what is inside a MRT coach during rush hours. It is crowded and you will be crushed if you stand near the train doors.

Riding a train is just normal experience and I never thought that there are groups of people who enjoyed seeing, photographing and reading about railways and trains. These people are usually called as trainspotters. According to Wikipedia, trainspotters are different from railfans though both of them are interested on trains and other things related to the operation of the railway network.

Trainspotters are people who aims to “spot” (hence the name trainspotters) trains or any type of rolling stocks depending on the interest of the trainspotter. Some trainspotters spot trains of particular type, or of particular railway company, etc.

Trainspotters, for me, have a unique kind of hobby and only few people have such kind of hobby. I am yet to meet a Filipino trainspotter. However, I had a friend in Facebook who is part of a society of railfans and are interested with the railway system of the Philippines.

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