Archive for the 'Manila Tips and Tricks' Category

Sir, Your Money is Fake Scam!

Be careful of another twist of fake money scam around Metro Manila.
This time, the culprits are store owners or cashiers.
This is how these lowlifes do it. When you hand over your money to pay for the goods you intend to buy to the cashier, the cashier will switch your money with a fake money and [...]

Beware: Fake Priest

Beware of this fake priest when he see him around Metro Manila. He has been swindling a lot of people in Cebu, but was never apprehended. His photo is available below.
His modus operandi:
1. Would introduce himself as a priest or

Where to Get a Bus Ride Going to Cavite?

This a guide if you start from Metro Manila. This is all according to my experience. I have a brother who lives in Manggahan Cavite. He would invite me sometimes to visit him.
EDSA. There are a number of air conditioned buses that ply along EDSA.
Taft Avenue. Starting at Lawton, near the Manila City Hall.
Baclaran. But [...]

Be Careful along Roxas Boulevard

I’ve heard of not so good stories along Roxas Boulevard in Pasay City. Robbers frequent the area, even vehicle owners are not safe. Even if the drivers are inside their vehicles in the middle of the traffic in the street, thieves or robbers would forcibly open the car.
Just recently, i read in the news, a [...]

Report Erring Personnels of BFP and BJMP

Do you live in Metro Manila and is hounded by threat, extortion, harassment by personnel of  Bureau of Fire and Bureau of Jail Management and Penology?
I found this on the inquirer.net website:
Corpus appealed to the public to report their complaints or illegal acts of BFP and BJMP personnel directly to his Office at the DILG [...]

Expat Resources for those Planning to Relocate in Metro Manila

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.

Be Careful When Bringing Big Cash Around Metro Manila

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 [...]

From Pasig City to Makati City

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 [...]

Thief in Action Caught in the Eye!

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 [...]

Be Suspicious While Inside Public Transports in Metro Manila

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 [...]