Archive for August 20th, 2008

1st Asia-Pacific CBR Congress

Posted by on Wednesday, August 20th, 2008 @ 6:59 pm in Lifestyle, Miscellaneous.

1st Asia-Pacific Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR) Congress

When & Where
9-11 December 2008
Bangkok, Thailand

Theme: “Community-based Inclusive Development: Persons with disabilities and their families”

The World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) and the Royal Thai Government welcome you to the 1st Asia-Pacific CBR Congress, 9-11 December 2008, at the United Nations Conference Center in Bangkok.

This will be the first opportunity for CBR implementers, policy-makers and representatives of disabled people’s organizations (DPOs) from all over the Asia-Pacific region to share the experiences, to form a network and to be updated with the new trends in CBR within the context of the Asia and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons (2003-2012) and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).

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It’s ZERO Fare Once Again (International Destinations)

Posted by on Wednesday, August 20th, 2008 @ 5:35 am in Personal - Philippines.

I don’t blog anymore fare promotions for domestic destinations here in the Philippines as almost every week or biweekly there is a seat sale from one of the airlines. But now, it is worthy of my time to blog this news as low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific brings back the ZERO fare for all of its international destinations.

The promotional seat sale starts today up to August 27 and is valid for travel from September 16 to December 17, 2008.

As usual with all other airlines when having a seat sale, the Zero fare scheme does not include taxes and fuel surcharges which range from $46 to $90 depending on the destination. I am just dumbfounded after learning that only 35,000+ were allocated for this particular promotion. I’m just used to hearing that Cebu Pacific allocates for than 100,000 seats for its seat sales. I’m trying to make dummy bookings just to know how much the fares costs for my targeted destinations but I’m having difficulty searching for the dates that I want as not all flights display the ZERO fare promo. On the bright side, this particular seat sale made travelling outside the Philippines still more affordable even if the price of petroleum products are not yet stable.

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