author on September 3rd, 2010

There is no reason not to take this opportunity, a sample round trip ticket travelling on October 1–9  to the Philippines only cost S$164. Cebu Pacific has every reason to celebrate as we maintain our significant lead over other airlines when it comes to number of guests carried within the Philippines in the 1st half [...]

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Tiger Airways has been awarded rights to serve Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) from Singapore. This is in addition to Tiger’s current 9 weekly flights to Clark’s Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA). While both airports serve the metropolis of Manila, NAIA also serves as a major gateway to the rest of the Philippines. Rosalynn [...]

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Under Singapore laws, certain types of items are subject to the payment of duty before you can bring them into the country. Dutiable Goods Generally, there are 4 types of dutiable goods in Singapore as follows.   Intoxicating liquors, including spirits, wine, beer, ale and stout; Tobacco, including cigarettes and cigars; Motor spirit; and Motor cars [...]

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Duty and Tax Free Privileges in accordance with the provisions of Section 105 of the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines (TCCP), as amended by Executive Order No. 206 Who are entitled to Duty and Tax Free Privileges? Returning Residents Overseas Filipino Worker is a Filipino national who works in a foreign country under [...]

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Airphil Express is testing the Regional Market as it announces its first Regional flight to Singapore on October 27, 2010. It is getting its feet wet, trying to follow the success of Cebu Pacific. The announcement was timed to take advantage of the coming Christmas season where thousands of Filipinos are expected to go back [...]

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The travel tax is a levy imposed by the Philippine government on the following individuals: Philippine Citizens Permanent resident aliens on-resident aliens who have stayed in the Philippines for more than one(1) year who are leaving the country irrespective of the place where the air ticket is issued and the form or place of payment, [...]

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The Philippine Embassy have started issuing ePassport since June 28, 2010. An ePassport is a passport which features microchip technology. An integrated circuit (chip) within its pages contains the data that are essential in verifying the identity of the passport holder. These data include the personal data found on the data page of the passport, [...]

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By the end of this months, retail outlets like McDonalds and Old Chang Kee, which accept ez-link cards for payment, will also become automatic top-up points. EZ-Link, which makes the cards that are widely used for payment on the public transport system here, is consolidating its top-up service under a new name EZ-Reload. Now, people [...]

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Anthony Bourdain is a 28-year veteran professional chefs, author of the book Kitchen Confidential and host of the popular Travel Channel show “No Reservations”. Kitchen Confidential became an unlikely, but enduring, international bestseller. He has since milked that lucky break for everything it’s worth. No Reservations (now entering its fifth season), he travels the globe [...]

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Cebu Pacific (CEB), the Philippines low-cost carrier will, mount additional frequencies to its international and domestic leisure destinations in anticipation of strong demand during the summer season.   According to Cebu Pacific, We’re adding four weekly mid-day flights to our Manila-Singapore service, and grab our promo fares for only P1799. It gets more exciting because [...]

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