Best overlap: 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM in Lisbon is 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Manila.
Schedule calls for 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM in Lisbon — your colleagues in Manila will be online from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM. With 3 hours of overlap, 8:00 AM in Lisbon (3:00 PM in Manila) is a comfortable, repeatable slot for both sides. These times hold for most of the year, but Lisbon's daylight saving (which Manila doesn't use) shifts them by an hour twice annually.
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