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Before I start this article please let me state that it is not really anything to do with the Philippines but I am sure that a huge amount of people here sat and watched the event live on TV. I, being British am really a very Royalist especially with me being ex military so I take a [...]
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In 2003, I bought my Mazda Pickup second-hand in Davao. I was about 9 years old at the time and ever since it came into my possession it has really had a hard life and has been abused most horribly. On many occasions it has been well over loaded with not only dive gear but [...]
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Ever since the late 1980′s, London Beach was probably the best of all the Gen San Resorts but unfortunately, the owners lost interest in it and allowed it to run down and a couple of years ago it was sold off to a Korean Company who were supposedly going to turn the area into a [...]
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As I get older, every now and then I feel the odd new ache or pain that did not use to be there so now, every year I have my check up courtesy of my local Medical insurance Company, Caritas Health Shield. I am also a member of Phil Health so I am covered for the not [...]
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On March the 17th each year many areas of the world tend to act a bit strange to say the least in order to celebrate the Irish Patron Saint, even though he was from Wales, Saint Patrick who is most famous for removing the Snakes from the Irish Mainland. For what reason he did that [...]
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As many people who either visit or live here in the Philippines know, what ever business you start, no matter how good or how bad the business is, one thing is for sure and that is that the business will get copied all over the place, even right next door to you. General Santos is [...]
Over the last few years Myself and other diving enthusiasts have taken the 90 minute journey from General Santos to Kiamba where there are two reefs, one, Bakud Reef is situated about 7km off shore while the other, Tuka Reef is just a short 10 minute boat ride round the coast. Over the last few years [...]
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In the past, it was common practice for poor families all over the world to sell their children into slavery in order to get a little money to keep the rest of the family in food etc. This cannot happen at this point in time as the world is much more educated and such practices [...]
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On Monday Evening on the 1st of February 2011, PADI, the Professional Association of Diving Instructors held its Annual Update Meeting for Dive Professionals in Davao City at the Waterfront Insular Hotel at 7pm. PADI is the leader in SCUBA Training around the world, last year alone 960,000 divers were certified by Padi, thats a [...]
This is just a small story which could relate to others, it will be interesting to see if other people have similar medical problems like the ones that I have. I will reach my 60th Birthday in August and over the last few years I have noticed a few differences in my body so I [...]
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A huge business all over the world is the illegal movement of goods both legal or prohibited in order to prevent paying revenue to authorities. This happens a lot all over the Philippines and most of this smuggling is done quite openly and with small payments here and there it is usually overlooked. Most of [...]
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Since the New Year I have been very busy especially during the evenings filling Scuba Tanks for customers. With people diving in the day time including myself its usually late afternoon or early evening before I get the chance to fill the tanks so I have been doing a lot of late shifts as I [...]
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One thing is for sure when you live in a part of the world like the Philippines, at some time or another, on land or in the sea, YOU WILL without a doubt run into a snake or two, I know I have. When you think of snakes, most people tend to see only the Nasty [...]
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I am sure that every one reading this has heard of many of the highly poisonous creatures which live on a typical coral reef. Many such creatures can be seen on any dive or when snorkeling in clear and shallow waters but are taken for granted and many …
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In the past, when I visited Davao on the odd occasions I have stayed in many of the small hotels as I do not like to spend lots of money on the high value type of hotels just to Shower, Shave, Sleep and Sh*t. Call me mean, I do not care. The Red Knight…
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At last, the Festive Season has come and gone and my life can get back to normal once again, if you can call my life normal that is! For me, the real Christmas Season starts at the beginning of December as this is usually the time when the Parties at t…
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In late November 2010 I was invited along with 4 others to attend a Specialty Diving Course in Davao by the Region 11 Department of Tourism. I am a great believer in doing training where and when you can so even at the tender age of 30 (for the second …
On the 19th of November 2010, the Green Peace Flag Ship the Rainbow Warrior 2 came into Makar Wharf in General Santos City in preparation to do a few things in order to raise awareness about the problems of Coal Powered Power Production in this very c…
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Over the last 25 years or so, Philippine Air Lines (PAL) has always been my carrier of choice and I have always had good service from them until now that is. I do not like to say things just because I had a bad experience but this time there were 250 of us who suffered the [...]
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Now, I am sure that ever reader has heard about Scuba Divers getting Decompression Sickness which is commonly known as the BENDS! What causes the Bends you might ask, I will try to explanation this in a manor which is understandable to everyone. As many people know, the Air that we breath consists of approximately 21% [...]
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In early October 2010, while on a Dive with others at Rocky Beach near Tinoto I noticed that some of the magnificent Table Corals instead of having the classic blue rim of new growth which is normal had in fact a white edge to them. I did not think too much of this fact until a few [...]
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I tend to drive around the area a lot on my way to different Dive Sites and the other day I noticed a couple of new items on the roadsides which made me think of the title of this article. I thought that I was seeing double but no I was not, there are many new [...]
I wrote an article about South Point Divers some months ago when it was just a small operation and now I am continuing the story because as of now, the difference is like chalk and cheese with all the new construction going on with the new expansion program. Before it had only 4 cottages for [...]
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Every year at about the 3rd week of September, all around the world many people get themselves involved in cleaning up the environment especially along the coast line and under the water and remove hundreds of tons of garbage that has been discarded mostly by people and it get distributed by the winds and the [...]
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When it comes to SCUBA “Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus” there is a lot of talk about what is the best age for people to start such a sport, hobby, call it what you will. Some say that the minimum age for a diver should be at least 15 years old while PADI, “Professional Association [...]
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