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Forever 21 is the authority on fashion & the go-to retailer for the latest trends, must-have styles & the hottest deals.
American brand Forever 21 opened its branch at SM City Clark on Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Forever 21 was awarded the Best Foreign Retailer Large Category by the Philippine Retailers Association
Fields Avenue and Walking Street are located in Balibago, a locality in Angeles City, Pampanga. This is situated very near to the the Clark Freeport Zone, where the old US Airforce base was. It is about 1 or 2 hours north of Manila by the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX).
Fields Avenue and Walking Street in Balibago are home to many Bars and Hotels that cater for many International Tourists, with many arriving from Korea, America, Japan and Australia.
Many reports refer to these tourists as “Sex Tourists”, a very apt name, as there are many girls working in these bars who need to earn money, to send back home to their families in the Provinces. These are often very poor families who live on very low incomes.
A girl in these bars may be paid about 200 pesos for an 8 hour shift, but will also get a bonus for every drink that a customer buys them. many girls are happy to chat to customers and drink with them, and can earn another 500 or 600 per night just doing that. Some bars pay about 100 pesos per drink to the girl. So, if she can get 5 drinks, then she earns 700 pesos for the night.
Some other girls go further and can earn another 1,000 pesos or more by being “barfined” or “getting an early work release” [EWR]. This entails the customer paying the bar for the girl to leave early, and go with the customer. Where she goes, or what she does, is of no real concern to the bar management. Some girls just want to go bar hopping, but most customers expect more, and some offer breakfast the next morning.
A website that discusses this in detail is: Philippines Nightlife Travel Forum. This can be very detailed, and not for everyone.
The part of Angeles City that is really considered the “Entertainment area” is shown below, in the small rectangle:
Margaret Simons, a Melbourne based Journalist, has written story about Angeles City being a red-light Filipino slum filled with children fathered by Australian sex trade tourists.
After visiting Walking Street, Balibago, with her Photographer, she decided that Angeles City, with a population of about 350,000 – is a brothel, and its support system.
www.dailymail.co.uk News: Fact or Fiction… Who cares
Quote from the Daily Mail:
The only people who visit here are sex tourists and, in our case, those who report on them – my 55-year-old self and 39-year-old photographer Dave Tacon. The entire town – with a population of about 350,000 – is a brothel, and its support system.
No mention that Balibago, the location she visited a small part of, does NOT cover ALL of Angeles City.
It is commonly known that the areas of Fields Avenue, Raymond Street, Perimeter Street and Santos Street are the “entertainment” areas of Clark and Angeles City. Some reports say that 12,000 work in that small area. Hotel Staff, Waitresses, etc and yes, Bargirls too.
Balibago has a population of 50,734, living in 9,250 households. www.angelescity.gov.ph
About 16% of the total Angeles City population are females between 15 and 29, therefore about 52,000 females in that age group.
Not all of these work in the bars etc. The Call Centers in Clark and other local areas, The SM Shopping Mall, Robinsons Mall, Marquee Mall and many other shops and businesses also employ people.
The same author also writes in www.news.com.au
Margaret Simons said Australian men are looking for underage women. That’s the reason they go.
With the constant Police raids on Balibago bars looking for underage girls, most men seem to avoid anyone under 18 anyway, as the time they will spend in prison is not conducive to a good holiday. The risk factor is too much. Most girls carry official ID with their age anyway.
Maybe this reporter, Margaret Simons, thought the 18-21 year old girls looked younger and assumed they are all are. Then quoted it to the world as FACT.
Margaret Simons is saying that AUSTRALIANS are the problem, and she quotes another website that says: Angeles City’s red light district has fast become a top destination for sex tourism. Male travellers from Asia, Australia, the US, Europe and the Middle East constitute the bulk of the arrivals at Clark Airport, a former US military airbase. From there, many flock to the bars and clubs of Fields Avenue – and to the impoverished young women who work there.
Note: Angeles City’s red light district is mainly Fields Avenue. It is NOT all of Angeles City as Margaret Simons says. Margaret Simons is insulting the decent Filipino population of Angeles City that are NOT involved in the red light district.
Her attack on Australians ?
Take a look at the flight schedule INTO Clark and see where these flights originate. Many from Korea.
And look at the numbers of visitors to the Philippines:
1,175,472 South Korea
722,750 United States
463,744 Japan
394,951 China
224,784 Australia
179,099 Singapore
143,899 Canada
142,973 New Zealand
139,245 Malaysia
133,665 United Kingdom
Australia comprises just 7.5% of total visitors, but according to Margaret Simons, the Australians are THE problem ?
Take a walk down Walking Street (Fields avenue) where all the bars are, and you will see plenty of Koreans, Americans, Japanese and then the Australian/British/Canadian/New Zealand mix.
A few bars are Australian owned, but many are Korean and American owned.
A quote from wikipedia:
In many Angeles City bars the girls will specifically target Koreans because they know he is a smaller build, represents less wear and tear and they do not have to become emotionally involved. For the Angeles City bar girls the Korean customers are seen as “easy money”.
The cleanest and most “normal” places are the shopping malls, where the beggars are kept away by guards carrying pump-action shotguns or military assault rifles, and sometimes a pistol strapped to their hip for good measure.
They are like that at the Banks, Yes… But, military assault rifles? I’ll take a look next time.
Revenue reports from the Clark Airport Annual Reports.
Aeronautical Revenue
Landing and Take off fees, Aircraft Parking Fees, Terminal and Security Fees
2012: 354.3m (pesos)
2013: 293.4m
2014: 255.8m
Non Aeronautical Revenue
Rental Income, Car Parking Fees, Check in Counter Fees etc.
2012: 161.7m
2013: 275.7m
2014: 297.5m
Profits
2012: -7.9m (loss)
2013: 37.8m
2014: 45.5m
Aeronautical Operations and Revenue are dropping, but profits are rising. Maybe due to higher prices being charged ?
Will this drive more Airline Operators away and back to Manila?
Calculations:
Using Flight Statistics data from www.in-philippines.com/clark-airport-2007-to-2015 I have calculated the average income for each flight for each year.
2012 : 12,814 flights with Aeronautical Revenue of 354.3m = average fees of 27,649 per flight
2013 : 10,336 flights with Aeronautical Revenue of 293.4m = average fees of 28,386 per flight
2014 : 6,651 flights with Aeronautical Revenue of 255.8m = average fees of 38,460 per flight
Source: http://crk.clarkairport.com/downloads/annual-report/annual-report-2014.pdf
27th June 2007
PAL president Jaime Bautista is quoted as saying: “Clark will become the premiere airport in the country in the next five years,”
A total of 126 flights are now being recorded each week (2007): 45 international flights, 21 domestic flight, and 60 international and domestic cargo flights.
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/net/2007/06/27/clark.airport.to.post.millionth.int.l.passenger.html
29th June 2007
The one millionth international passenger came through The Diosdado Macapagal International Airport [DMIA] (Clark Airport).
The arrival of DMIA’s millionth passenger coincided with the announcement of local carriers Philippine Air Lines (PAL) and Cebu Pacific to make Clark as their hub.
And now, the latest official figures available in 2015 are:
International
2010 : 607,659
2011 : 725,023
2012 : 1,015,319
2013 : 985,419
2014 : 786,809
Domestic
2010 : 46,525
2011 : 42,118
2012 : 300,438
2013 : 215,173
2014 : 90,948
Combined International and Domestic
2010 : 654,184
2011 : 767,141
2012 : 1,315,757
2013 : 1,200,592
2014 : 877,757
Air Traffic Movements
2010 : 6,076 ( 117 ) per week
2011 : 7,580 ( 146 ) per week
2012 : 12,814 ( 246 ) per week
2013 : 10,336 ( 199 ) per week
2014 : 6,651 ( 128 ) per week
Looking at these figures we can see that the Air Traffic Movements were 126 per week in 2007, and is now 128 per week in 2014.
After 2007 things appeared to drop, but then rise again to peak in 2012, but then begin to drop again, with 2014 hitting a low of a similar number of flights to 2007.
2010 to 2012 figures from: http://crk.clarkairport.com/downloads/annual-report/annual-report-2012.pdf
2012 to 2014 figures from: http://crk.clarkairport.com/downloads/annual-report/annual-report-2014.pdf
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Pasay City
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The Sea Residences by Redbloom Hotels is located very near to the Mall of Asia, either walking distance or a minimum Taxi fare. I paid 70 pesos for that trip.
Sea Residences by Redbloom Hotels is situated 500 metres from SM Mall of Asia and 500 metres from the SMX Convention Centre. It features a large outdoor pool, a fitness centre, and self-catering accommodation with free WiFi access.
The property is 2 km from World Trade Centre Manila and 4 km from the Manila International Airport.
Apartments feature living and dining areas and a fully equipped kitchen. Bathrooms offer bath or shower facilities. Other amenities include a flat-screen TV with cable channels, a wardrobe and a sofa.
Guests can use the meeting/banquet spaces, or head to the mini market. Other facilities include a children’s playground and a barber/beauty shop.
Manila, Philippines—The Bureau of Immigration (BI) will issue ACR I-Cards (Alien Certificate of Registration Identity Cards) with the new, color-coded design. These shall be issued beginning Thursday, July 16, 2015.
The new design, with specific colors designated for particular visa types, shall be microchip-embedded, and with added security features to protect against fraud.
Pursuant to Operations Order No. SBM-2015-017, the new ACR I-Cards will be issued in ten different colors to represent the various visa categories issued by the BI, i.e.,
Visa Category and Assigned Color
Permanent Resident – Light Yellow
Native Born – Bronze
Special Non-Immigrant – Dark Purple
Worker – Blue
Probationary Resident – Light Purple
Voluntary Registrant – Red
Tourist – White
Student – Aqua Blue
Treaty Trader – Gray
Gratis – Green
BI Commissioner Siegfred Mison said that the new design intends to facilitate immigration processing, both at the airports and the BI offices.
The color codes will help identify various types of visas even from afar. All information encoded in the cards will likewise be accessible at the airports (initially at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport) through the updated Border Control Information System (BCIS).
With the new design, visa holders need not bring along the documents to support the issuance of the ACR I-Cards because all information shall be encoded in the microchip.
The design will also state additional, key information such as the name of the school (for student visa), the name of the company (for work visa), and the Special Security Registration Number (SSRN)—a unique number assigned to every registered foreign national.
Following more changes to the Immigration Website www.immi.gov.au and www.border.gov.au, we have changed our links for some relevant Visa Classes.
273 B, MacArthur Highway
Balibago
Angeles City
Pampanga 2009
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Law Office
Unit 1, 2nd Floor, 4384 Mendoza Building.,
McArthur Highway
Balibago
Angeles City
Pampanga, 2009
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Acacia Avenue
Ususan
Taguig City
Metro Manila
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Royal Palm Residences, Taguig City, is a Thai-influenced, tropical resort-inspired residential community composed of eight mid-rise and two-high rise buildings, spread across more than 4 hectares of sprawling land.
Royal Palm boasts many amenities; 2 pools, basketball court; gym; function rooms; coffee shop and restaurant. It is also ideally located just minutes away from SM Aura; Market Market; Bonifacio High Street; St Lukes Global City and more locally, and within walking distance there is a large Savemore supermarket and other convenience shops spa; restaurant; delicatessen; hairdresser and food and drinks bar.
Typical Unit Sizes:
Studio unit : approx. 53.5 SQ.M. with balcony and service area
2-BR Typical Mid unit : approx. 57.0 – 59.0 SQ.M. with balcony and service area
2-BR Typical Mid unit : 60.0 SQ.M. with service area
3-BR Typical End unit : approx. 81.5 – 100 SQ.M. with two (2) balconies and service area
3-BR Typical Mid unit : approx. 85.5 SQ.M. with service area
3-BR Typical Mid unit : approx. 86.0 SQ.M. with balcony and service area
3-BR Typical Tandem unit : approx. 120.0 SQ.M. with service area
(formerly Medgar Hotel)
146 Narciso Ave
Malabanias
Angeles City
Pampanga
Philippines
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Also: Kokomos Hotel, Fields Avenue, Angeles City
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Kokomo’s Suites Hotel (formerly Medgar Executive Apartelle) strive to provide you a room that is clean and comfortable, with friendly attentive service at a value conscious price.
The professional and friendly staff at Kokomo’s Suites Hotel are committed to making your stay both enjoyable and comfortable.
Located in Angeles, 6 km from Grand Palazzo Royale, Kokomo’s Suites Hotel provides accommodation with free WiFi and free private parking.
All rooms feature a kitchenette, a flat-screen TV with cable channels, and a private bathroom.
The accommodation offers a 24-hour front desk, luggage storage space and currency exchange for guests.
At the hotel, each room is fitted with a wardrobe. Guest rooms at Kokomos Suites Hotel include air conditioning and a desk.
146 Narciso Ave
Malabanias
Angeles City
Pampanga
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Also: Kokomos Hotel, Fields Avenue, Angeles City
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Kokomo’s Suites Hotel (formerly Medgar Executive Apartelle) strive to provide you a room that is clean and comfortable, with friendly attentive service at a value conscious price.
The professional and friendly staff at Kokomo’s Suites Hotel are committed to making your stay both enjoyable and comfortable.
May 2015:
Medgar Hotel would like to inform valued guests that Medgar Hotel is under new management. During this transition, the hotel will be re-branding Medgar Hotel to Kokomo’s Suites Hotel, as it is part of Kokomo’s Group. http://medgarinac.com/ga
The call center industry in the Angeles City area near Clark is still expanding, with more and more of the young people working in Call Centers here.
There is even a training center here called Clark Polytecnic, (Preparatory Call Center Agent Training)
Clark Polytecnic. Jose Abad Santos Ave, Clark, Pampanga. (045) 599 6074
It has been estimated that as many as 1.3 million people will be employed in this sector by 2016, and that the Industry will generate as much as US$ 25 billion for the Philippines.
Join our team of Nurses and Allied Graduates and be one of our Health Care Call Center Agents and earn an all-in 15,000 Pesos monthly!…
At least 6 months experience as a call center agent is our requirement. Hiring Call Center Agents18k to 20k starting Salary Package
At least has 3 months Call Center Experience. EARN 12k – 16k per month + daily incentives + monthly incentives
I began to prepare a full list of Call Centers in this area, but soon realised that there were so many more than I expected, however, this is the list that I reached after a quick search:
Aerospace Products International
Alorica – Mexico
AOL Member Services Philippines, Inc.
AusPhilSolution Corporation – Clark Freeport Zone
Berthaphil Business Park
Blue Exigo – Clark Freeport Zone
BOS Outsourcing Solutions – Pampanga
Cekor Technologies Group
Cloudstaff – Angeles
Complus Corporation
Cyber City Teleservices
Data Info Core
DevCo Philippines Inc.
Digital Telecommunications Phils., Inc.
East West Technology Solutions Inc. – Pampanga
e-GlobalVoice Corporation
EGS Mortgage Services – Clark Freeport Zone
Elcell Philippines
Electronic on Ramp, Inc. (EOR)
Expert Global Solutions, Inc. – Clark Freeport Zone
First H&R Manpower Solutions Inc. – Angeles
iQor – Clark Freeport Zone
Jenkins/Gales & Martinez Inc.
Kybotech Philippines – Clark Freeport Zone
Laus Group
Leading Edge Services
Metier Call Center
NCO Group
Pacific Rim Consulting Services
Pink Trumpet Global Staffing Inc. – Clark Freeport Zone
Shore 360 – Pampanga
Startek – Angeles
Stream for Convergys – Clark Freeport Zone
Sutherland Global Services
T4S, Inc.
Telepro Global Commections – Pampanga
Top Sellers Plus Inc. – Clark Freeport Zone
US Healthmark Global Corp – Angeles
WellForm Human Resources Trading Corporation – Angeles City, PampangaAngeles City, Pampanga
Joy Luck Blg 1,, McArthur Highway, Balibago, Angeles City, Pampanga
chuaeyecenter.com
(045) 322 3501
66 Mc Arthur Highway, Balibago, Angeles City, Pampanga
clinicahenson.com
(045) 322 6832
Manuel Roxas St, Angeles City, Pampanga
www.aufmc.org
045 625 2999
2416 Santo Entierro Street, Angeles City, Pampanga
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(045) 888 7919
648 Rizal Street, Angeles City, Pampanga
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(045) 322 0165
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(045) 323 1333
The Philippines Consulate General in Los Angeles advises that Prospective applicants for dual citizenship under R.A. 9225 are advised to visit and read the contents of www.travel.state.gov/…/citizenship_778.html, the website of the U.S. Department of State which contains information about current U.S. government policy on dual nationality, or to seek legal advice from a U.S. immigration lawyer.
A natural born Filipino CAN hold Dual Citizenship with other countries, as far as the Philippine Law is concerned.
There is at leasat one case where a US Citizen had renounced US Citizenship when taking another Nationality, but was still treated as a US Citizen by US Authorities.
This appears to say that US Citizenship is not lost even after renouncing it.
Kawakita v. United States, 1952, 343 U.S. 717
To bring your pet into the Philippines you will need the following:
National Veterinary Quarantine Service
Visayas Ave.,
Diliman,
Quezon City
Metro Manila
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Tel. No. (63) 02 925 4343
Fax No. (63) 02 928 2429
7644 Guijo Street
San Antonio Village
Makati City
Manila
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Guijo Suites is 2 minutes’ drive from Makati City’s Central Business District. A 5-minute taxi ride from shopping malls like Glorietta and Greenbelt, it offers a restaurant and free internet.
Local and American dishes are served at the restaurant and bar. Guests can also order room service.
5660 Don Pedro St.
Barangay Poblacion
Makati City
Manila 1210
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Z hostel provides you with the most comfortable accommodations to give you that good night’s sleep.
With 30 rooms and 128 beds, this is the biggest and only luxury hostel in the philippines.
99 Urban Avenue
Ayala
Makati City
Manila 1200
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Strategically located in Makati City, Red Planet Amorsolo offers simple yet modern accommodation with free WiFi access throughout the property. Operating a 24-hour front desk, it features free parking on site and provides daily housekeeping service.
