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15 Weird Laws Filipinos Still Have To Live With

Just like the rest of the world, Philippines also has its very own set of laws that are strange, outdated or just sound outright wrong to modern ears.

While some of these laws are pretty self-explanatory, a good chunk require more than just a cursory glance for one to understand them. It’s even more surprising to know that most, if not all, of the laws listed below are still in effect today, so it’s probably a good idea to get to know more about them, lest…

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Super typhoon Yolanda (international name Haiyan), the world's strongest tropical cyclone of 2013, is packing winds in excess of 300 kilometers per hour, the US military said early Friday morning, just before the cyclone made landfall in the Visayas.

The US Navy and Air Force's Joint Typhoon Warning Center, in its Super Typhoon 31W Warning No. 19, said Yolanda has maximum sustained winds of 315 kph (170 knots) and gusts reaching 380 kph (205 knots).

The Hawaii-based weather center, which data is used by…

Many people have written me asking for updates on Ken’s status and condition. Regretfully, the news is not good.  The legal process here is so slow.  Staying in any hospital for 17 months is no pleasure but it is better than a stay in the City Jail.  It would take thousands of dollars to lift Ken out of the financial hole he is in.  Maybe folks can toss in 20 to 100 dollars.  As Ken says, any amount will help.

Kenneth Graham 3:00pm Aug 30

Dear Friends,

In the last letter of appeal in early may…

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Midnight Rock is now OPEN!!!!

At last I have been given the go ahead to open up today Tuesday August 2oth. It’s been a tough and interesting week for me to say the least. I haven’t been home since the closure notice was issued last week.

I have been in touch on a daily basis with the Mayors’ office at City Hall and everyone has been overly helpful. The closure notice contained new infringements which weren’t on the original report, however all was eventually ironed out.

The Mayor personally intervened…

I was at the bar early today in preparation for the worst. I texted the inspectors asking what time they would be coming to re-inspect. They informed me that they would be there mid-afternoon. They duly arrived and I was outside to meet them. They informed me that they were aware that we had already re-opened on Friday without their permission!  Further, they went on to say that they did not now want to re-inspect the bar.

I invited them inside the bar however to reassure them that the…

Today I had lengthy discussions with my legal advisers, and have made the somewhat precarious but contumacious decision to defy the inspectors and re-open Midnight Rock.

As I sat today in Midnight Rock listening to my favourite rock & roll, and whilst watching customers being turned away one by one made me extremely dejected and infuriated.

In my view, the inspectors acted illegally and above their station, amounting to extortion and intimidation. They decided in their ultimate wisdom to close…

 On Wednesday evening, Midnight Rock was the latest in a line of bars to be hit by City Hall. Late in the evening saw city inspectors enter the club and swiftly began checking for infractions. Once all the usual possibilities had been eliminated, they began a more in depth inspection. Eventually, they discovered a slightly faulty waste water pipe and a broken hinge on the door of a kitchen cabinet. – A cabinet, I might add, that wasn’t even in use. These gross infringements were sufficient for City…