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First and foremost, let me give a little background of myself. I was born in Bulacan, studied college in Manila for five years, graduated in  2007, moved to Cebu the same year and stayed in the city for about nine years now. Every year, I travel to Manila and Davao at least twice. I'm also a long time user of Waze App. What I'm trying to establish here is: I know what I'm saying. Driving in Cebu. So, there's this latest buzz about a report from Waze tagging Cebu City (or likely Metro Cebu) as the worst city to drive at. Looking closely at the published report, the famous Google traffic app uses the following indices to rank the cities: Traffic – Density and severity Quality – Road quality and infrastructure  Road Safety – Density of accidents, road hazards and weather  Driver Services – Access to gas stations and easy parking  Socio Economic – Access to cars and impact of gas prices  Wazeyness - Happiness and helpfulness of the Waze community (as...

This article will give you basic information on how to apply for a Korean visa. Korean Visa Stamp - Image by Wikipedia Commons Where is the Korean Embassy/Consulate? In Metro Manila, here's the address of the embassy: 122 Upper McKinley Road, McKinley Town Center, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig city 1634, Philippines In Cebu City, here's the address of the consulate: 12th Floor Chinabank Corporate Center, Lot 2, Samar Loop Cor. Road 5, Cebu Business Park, Mabolo, Cebu City Phone numbers and email addresses can be found here: Korean Embassy Contact Information How Much is the Visa?  59 days (or less) stay in Korea -- GRATIS (FREE) 60 to 90 days stay in Korea --1800 Pesos So if you just want to tour Korea in 59 days or less, you can have a visa for FREE!

Love audiobooks? Well, I do. As a busy person, I can't find time to sit down and read a good book. With audiobooks though, I can enjoy a book while I'm doing other routine tasks such as cleaning or just riding a vehicle to and from work. Audiobooks, though, are not cheap. A regular novel will cost you about 30 USD (1500 Pesos). That's what? twice the price of the hard cover edition? And four times the paper back edition? Might be too expensive of a hobby for many. Now, one of the leading audiobook provider is Audible.com. If you sign up for a premium account, the price will be slashed down to half (about 15 USD or 750 Pesos). But did you know you can have at least four free novels from Audible.com? But before telling you how, let me assure you that this is purely legal. We are not stealing in here and I think Audible is okay with this. So without further ado, here's how:

EON Visa Debit Card is a product of Unionbank of the Philippines that allows you to transact online. Simply put, it's an internet-based deposit account. It also offers zero maintaining balance, just pay 350 pesos annual maintenance fee and your card is up. But many are attracted to this product because it's one of the very few bank accounts that allows withdrawal of your PayPal funds. With the advent of internet home-based jobs, EON has become very popular. How to Apply for EON Visa Debit Card Living to its name as an internet-based debit card, applying for it can be done online. Just to the link below (or visit unionbank website). EON Debit Card Application Form

Cebu Pacific announced a piso fare promo for flights July 1, 2016 to March 31, 2017 on all Philippine and international destinations. But the largest airline in the country failed to prepare for the surge of internet traffic. Or was it intentional to curb the demand? Whatever the reason is, the website is down right now.

Time is gold especially to busy people. And some essential activities are simply isn't efficient and waste a lot of your time. That's true with paying your PLDT bill. Whether  it's phone, internet or others, going to PLDT office requires some at least 30 minutes to accomplish. That is if there's no long line or traffic along the way. But that's usually the case here in the Philippines. Anyway, the good news is that you can pay your PLDT bill online using BPI Express Online. That said, you need to have a BPI account as well as an BPI Express Online account too. Here 's some information to help you with that. [Read:  How to Enroll An Account to BPI Express Online Banking? ] Now, here's the step by step procedure on how to enroll your PLDT Bill to your BPI Express online. 1. Log-in to  BPI Express Online . 2. In the menu bar, select  Payments and Reloading  >>  Bills Payment  >>  Enroll All Other Bills 3. Fill up the form...

This season, and especially this year, Cebu City will be very busy accommodating lots of foreign tourists. To help them find cheap lodgings and accommodations, I wrote the article:   List of Cheap Inns, Hostels, Pension Houses and Hotels in Cebu City . Now to help them even further, I am writing this article to locate foreign banks' ATMs where they can withdraw money at a minimal charge. Yes, minimal or even no charge at all.  In contrast, when they withdraw from local banks, they will be charged around 5 dollars. Might be a small amount but for about five or more withdrawals, that would be a considerable amount. All Foreign Bank's ATM are in Cebu Business Park Ayala Area Here's an interesting fact: all foreign banks' ATM are located in the vicinity Ayala Center Cebu, Cebu Business Park. Check out the map below: For those who can't see the picture above, please see the following details: