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Published: 29 Oct 2008 10:23:00 PST

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Philippines

Traveling

Entry requirements

Passport and visa service
Visa information of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Passports Information of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Visa HQ
Diplomatic representations

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Organizing your trip

Means of transport recommended in town

Maps of urban networks
Maporama
UT Library on line
Mapblast

Means of transport recommended in the rest of the country

Rail companies
 

Airlines

Name Type Domestic flights International flights

Traveling by yourself

Road maps
Find an itinerary

Visiting

Different forms of tourism

 
Top 10 highlights of the capital city
Top 10 highlights of the country
 
Tourism organizations
Philippine Convention and Visitors Corporation

Living conditions

Health and safety

For further information on sanitary conditions
For further information on safety conditions
 

Emergency numbers

 

Time difference and climate

Time and time difference
It is %T:%M %A in Manila (GMT+8 )
Summer time period
Any.
 

Map of the time zone

Fuseau(x) horaire

Type of climate
For further information

Average annual temperatures and rainfall

Climate

 

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Eating

Culinary specialties
Kare-kare: kind of beef stew (ox tail), it is served with a spicy hot peanuts and bagoong sauce.
Sinigang: meat or fish broth.
Drinks
Dietary taboos

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Paying

Domestic currency
Philippine Peso
ISO Code
PHP
To obtain domestic currency
The currency is the Philippine Peso (PHP).
Possible means of payment

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Speaking

Official language
Filipino (which originally comes from the Tagolog language) and English.
Other languages spoken
Business language
English. However some Spanish-speakers can be found.
Getting some knowledge
Free translation tools
Tranexp - Free English-Filipino-English translator of texts and web pages

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Useful resources

To find an accommodation
To find an apartment

To find a job

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