This Week in Palawan (February 2 to 8, 2019)

It’s sunny all throughout the week except on Thursday and Friday, which will see morning showers and will require you to bring an umbrella [1]. With the sun at its fullest, this week is the best time to visit the beach and work on your tan or try out other fun-filled water adventures like chasing waterfalls or whitewater tubing. If you’re feeling more adventurous, you might want to go day hiking, which is gradually becoming a popular activity in Palawan. Day temperature, meanwhile, ranges from 27 °C to 29 °C, while at night it ranges from 23 °C to 26 °C.

Brooke’s Point, a first-class town in southern Palawan, stands to receive 50 units of eco-friendly tricycles worth PhP22 million this month [2]. Each e-trike fits nine people and runs for eight hours with an hour of charging. These come as donations from the Department of Energy, which selected Brooke’s Point as one of the pilot recipients of its Urban Green City Project. The town was chosen for its strong environmental advocacy. The use of e-trikes signals the town’s gradual transition towards green transportation that promotes patronage of emission-free, renewables-dependent vehicles. Less fortunate drivers will receive the e-trikes on a rent-to-own scheme.

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Reality television show Survivor Russia has set its filming in the world-famous tourist town of El Nido in northern Palawan [3]. The municipal government has granted the show a special permit to conduct filming from January 26 to March 5. The following locations that may be totally or partially closed for filming on varied dates are the following island and beach destinations: Sandbar, Pinagbuyutan, Cagbatang, Lagpan, Star Beach, Binangculan, Malapacao, Cadlao Lagoom, Pasandigan, Papaya Beach, North Beach and Lagen. This week, the general public specifically cannot have full access to the Sandbar from 7 am to 3 pm on Thursday, February 7.

Airline company Royal Air has set its Clark, Pampanga to Puerto Princesa City maiden flight on March 1 [4]. The Puerto Princesa City Tourism detailed that the maiden flight RW868 carries 97 passengers. It will land on Puerto Princesa International Airport at 1:45 pm and immediately head back to Clark International Airport at 2:35 pm on the same day. Royal Air will regularly fly to Puerto Princesa City four times a week, every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday. The city government, meanwhile, negotiates with the Royal Air management to consider moving the maiden flight in time for the Balayong Festival celebration, which is currently set at February 26 to March 5.

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