Philippines Bureau of Immigrations - Are they Butt Hurt still? (merged)

[Allovertheworld 355]

American Imperialist's? 

 

Really

 

This is from the BI Facebook page:

 

[Cody&Razely 134]

lol, maybe they preferred the Japanese Imperialists using them for target practice?

[Just Paul 4,595]

Any reason for another day off.

[flicks1998 1,044]

I loved all the holidays when working there.   The problem is that throughout the year, they will just add holidays but they are done only a week or two in advance so you dont have time to plan vacations etc.  But one of the best things there is all the holidays we got.

 

I remember when the Pope flew into Manila in 2015, we got 3 days off of work for that so there was less traffic so the Pope could move around easily. The problem though was the security.  I was at an expats house in Forbes at the time the Pope was flying in.  They shut down the entire mobile phone network about 1 hour before he arrived and then while he transferred to Malacanang where he was staying.  He must have arrived around 4pm or so and made it impossible for me to do my job so we had to go back the next day.  Plus for the 3 days, whenever the Pope traveled around the mobile network was shut off for security purposes......for HIS security purposes, not for anyone else in all of Manila that had an emergency.

 

Also when APEC was going on, we were given all those days off so the delegates could move around more easily.  

 

There were a ton of holidays but as long as you are getting them off work, I wasnt going to complain   However they can be a hassle if people need to get something done quickly.  

[Allovertheworld 355]

4 hours ago, Cody&Razely said:

lol, maybe they preferred the Japanese Imperialists using them for target practice?

Man that just gets me pretty angry to see them put that type of stuff on a Facebook.

 

I think there are another 17,000 American Imperialists' buried in US Military Graveyard in Manila, defending their country.  Talk about some ungrateful people.  

[Hank_ 9,174]

There are 8,600 more GIs buried in the Clark Veterans Cemetery  ... the forgotten cemetery.

[Allovertheworld 355]

12 hours ago, Hank_ said:

There are 8,600 more GIs buried in the Clark Veterans Cemetery  ... the forgotten cemetery.

I wasn't aware of that one

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

On 9/1/2020 at 6:03 PM, Hank_ said:

There are 8,600 more GIs buried in the Clark Veterans Cemetery  ... the forgotten cemetery.

 

On 9/2/2020 at 6:04 AM, Allovertheworld said:

I wasn't aware of that one

There is a US Federal job that in charge of maintenance for those cemeteries. 

[John & Rose 7,239]

I have visited the American Cemetery in Manila but didn't know about Clark.  The Manila cemetery is beautiful.  It is very much worth the visit.

[Allovertheworld 355]

4 hours ago, John & Rose said:

I have visited the American Cemetery in Manila but didn't know about Clark.  The Manila cemetery is beautiful.  It is very much worth the visit.

Agreed, it is stunning

 

 

[John & Rose 7,239]

Just now, Allovertheworld said:

Agreed, it is stunning

 

 

They say part of the reason the lawn looks so good is they use some Mt. Pinatubo ash in the fertilizer.  Keeping it that green in that climate takes some serious work.  I am impressed every time I visit there.

[angeljolie 188]

Does anyone ever remember the Treaty of Paris, though?

[payxibka 10,047]

3 hours ago, angeljolie said:

Does anyone ever remember the Treaty of Paris, though?

Were you present for the signing?

[angeljolie 188]

8 hours ago, payxibka said:

Were you present for the signing?

What does it matter? 

[Allovertheworld 355]

On 9/1/2020 at 12:02 PM, Cody&Razely said:

lol, maybe they preferred the Japanese Imperialists using them for target practice?

I have chatted with some elderly people in Cebu area, I have heard stories about Japanese soldier carrying baby down the street on the end of their bayonets during their occupation.