Manilablog.com

Expat Manila, that site would probably provide help for you in relocating to Metro Manila. I suggest that you explore the Manila Hot Jobs and Manila Apartments in the middle part of the site’s page.

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I read a news on Inquirer about a businesswoman who got “robbed” by Metro Manila policemen.
Read it more below.
4 cops accused of taking P345,000 from businesswoman
By Marlon Ramos
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:41:00 03/18/2008
MANILA, Philippines – Four Quezon City policemen were relieved from active duty Monday after they were accused of taking P345,000 from a businesswoman […]

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There are a lot of options in getting to my destinations around Metro Manila. One way that i discovered that’s  quicker is from C-5 Pasig City to Ayala Avenue in Makati City.
Just go to the C-5 highway in the inner Pasig City. Wait for an Toyota FX with a sign plate “Ayala.”  The ride would […]

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While i was inside a jeepney in Alabang last Saturday i caught a pickpocketer doing his thing to an oblivious woman. I wanted to notify the woman, but decided not to or the thief and his cohorts would gang up on me or worse stab me with a deadly weapon. I just looked at the […]

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When riding a bus, FX or jeepney, please be suspicious. It’s for your own good. Don’t trust any person you are sitting beside with especially men or women with knapsack or little backpacks. I myself has been indirectly suspected as a pickpocket many times by other passengers, i should not get insulted because i do […]

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A bomb rocked Glorietta 2 in Makati City on October 19, 2007. Three people died on the spot. About 67 people were treated at the hospital.
It was earlier reported that it was an LPG explosion, but cops say it was a bomb.
Here’s an article i wrote previously: Terror Watch, to guide you when you’re in […]

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A suspected bomber was just caught carrying explosives while inside the Super Ferry at the seaport of Cebu City last Friday August 24, 2007. The suspect is only 18 years of age.
According to the investigation the suspect came from Cotabato City and will be heading to Metro Manila. The suspect admitted to have been given […]

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Everyone in Metro Manila is advised to be careful every time the Philippine government is in the offensive against the Islamic extremists such as the Abu Sayyaf. These terrorists would do “diversionary tactics” by planting bombs in places frequented by a number of people.
The possible targets by these terrorists are shopping malls, churches, restaurants, transport […]

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Indications of a text scam:
1. The sender’s number is 11 digits, a number from any Philippine telecom such as Globe, Smart, Touch Mobile, Talk and Text and Sun Mobile.
Example:
Globe: 09171234567
Smart: 09181234567
Telecoms when holding a promotion sends out using four digit number or even lesser.
Example:
Globe: 2307
2. The text message receiver is proclaimed a winner, though he […]

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Beware of a trick by people usually ladies carrying a baby or tagging along a kid asking (with a well acted sad face) for money for their trip going home.
I first encountered this in Cebu. A 30 something lady with a little child and a young girl, they were decently dressed. They asked me if […]

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