Pray for us

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1 hour ago, payxibka said:

But yet so many found themselves stranded

Because everyone booked every ferry, flight, etc etc as fast as they could. 
 

if it’s me, I would do what @Adventinesaid and send her now for a few weeks to Manila. 

[LU SEE FURR 14]

11 hours ago, payxibka said:

But yet so many found themselves stranded

Yet there are many who wait till the last minute, As they say there are two type of people in the world, the smart and the not so smart.

[Joe Kano 327]

15 hours ago, payxibka said:

But yet so many found themselves stranded

But Yet the announcement so so many days ahead:

 

Metro Manila still under week-long GCQ, to shift to ECQ starting August 6 (cnnphilippines.com)

 

 

[PWB 213]

For what it is worth I think it would be to your benefit to get as close to the Embassy as possible while you can still travel.  We talk to family in the Philippines every day  and it does not look promising due to the Delta strain of Covid.  For what it is worth the word on the street is pending lockdown the first week of August.   Eighteen months of this mess and counting.   Sincere Best Wishes.

[Joe Kano 327]

21 hours ago, Commish10 said:

Interview is August 12. Please pray they don't shut down Manila before that. 

What the plan now?

 

 

[Girandola 52]

6 hours ago, PWB said:

For what it is worth I think it would be to your benefit to get as close to the Embassy as possible while you can still travel.  We talk to family in the Philippines every day  and it does not look promising due to the Delta strain of Covid.  For what it is worth the word on the street is pending lockdown the first week of August.   Eighteen months of this mess and counting.   Sincere Best Wishes.

Best wishes as well. Don't know all your details since there is a child involved, but my plan would be to get into Manila before the lockdown and be prepared to go straight to US if at all possible. It may be easier get to the US instead of going back to Cebu.

Edited July 30, 2021 by Girandola

[Joe Kano 327]

7 minutes ago, Girandola said:

Best wishes as well. Don't know all your details since there is a child involved, but my plan would be to get into Manila before the lockdown and be prepared to go straight to US if at all possible. It may be easier get to the US instead of going back to Cebu.

That could be a very true statement, it maybe much easier to get to USA vs back to Cebu.

 

Have next of kin ship anything needed by Fed Ex or Balikbayan Box just depending on how important or how needed it is.

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2 hours ago, Joe Kano said:

That could be a very true statement, it maybe much easier to get to USA vs back to Cebu.

 

Have next of kin ship anything needed by Fed Ex or Balikbayan Box just depending on how important or how needed it is.

There is balikbayan box service from Philippines to USA?

[Joe Kano 327]

35 minutes ago, payxibka said:

There is balikbayan box service from Philippines to USA?

Yes

[payxibka 10,044]

3 minutes ago, Joe Kano said:

Yes

I don't believe it,  got any information on said services?

[Skyman 289]

On 7/29/2021 at 2:58 PM, Joe Kano said:

They would give a day they are shuting down, like they did the first time.  People had plenty of time to go wherever they wanted to go. It's not like they shut it down like a light switch.

Which was quite stupid.  The airport was packed with people spreading it among themselves and then dispersing to all corners of the country.  Lunacy.

[Skyman 289]

1 hour ago, payxibka said:

There is balikbayan box service from Philippines to USA?

No. You can ship stuff but you will pay by the pound.

[Joe Kano 327]

1 hour ago, payxibka said:

I don't believe it,  got any information on said services?

Not recently, Had some who moved back to USA and they shipped there stuff back thru balikbayan boxes.

[Joe Kano 327]

1 hour ago, Skyman said:

No. You can ship stuff but you will pay by the pound.

Correct

[payxibka 10,044]

41 minutes ago, Joe Kano said:

Correct

Then it's not balikbayan,  it is regular sea cargo