Two senators from the bloodline of Ninoy Aquino are going against the old saying that “Blood is thicker than water”. It started off with Noynoy Aquino releasing a statement that he’s very disappointed that the country hasn’t moved forward since former President Marcos was removed from office. Instead of progress, our country has been on a slump. Former Senator Tessie Oreta, a well-known administration ally, countered by saying that Noynoy shouldn’t say that since his mother was actually President and also ran the country after Marcos.
Just like love - age doesn’t matter for call centers. LOL. One of e-Telecare’s star agents is actually a 57 Year old grandmother named Patricia Salvant. She lived in the US for 20 years and when she came back to the Philippines, she decided to go for a rather late career in the call center industry. Seriously though, watch the interview below and I’m sure you’ll understand why she’s good at what’s she’s doing. Her work philosophy is great and her English is just superb.
Every Sunday I go to Victory Christian Fellowship over at the Music Museum in Greenhills. This week, the speaker was former basketball MVP Alex Compton. Initially I was a bit worried since I didn’t have a clue as to what a basketball player had to say about spirituality. However, I was really floored after hearing him speak. His talk was one of the most powerful messages I’ve ever heard in my life and I can’t help but blog about the experience.
Singer, Actor, and Producer Francis Magalona confirmed that he’s ill with Leukemia a few days ago. It’s really sad things like this happen because it’s a brutal truth that will forever haunt human life - we are all prone to sickness regardless of our job, color, build, or education. The best we can do is to try to live life as much as we can and in the process try to lower the chances of getting sick. I would like to take this chance to offer a silent prayer to one of my favorite Pinoy rappers.
The CBCP, led by Archbishop Lagdameo, renewed their opposition against Charter Change before 2010. This is exactly my sentiments as I explained in my previous post. The timing is just too fishy and it really looks like PGMA and her gang are up to no good. Let’s do Cha-cha when we have a new President with a fresh mandate. Let’s do it in the right environment, not when it’s clouted with doubt and possibly ill-intent. There’s nothing wrong with shifting to Federalism - but not now. Read the rest of this entry »
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has finally revealed the true motive behind the Bangsamoro GRP-MILF deal that her administration has been pursuing secretly for the past few months. The main reason? It’s to lay down a precedent to an eventual move to amend the Philippine Constitution to change the form of government into Federalism. While I am not 100% against Federalism, I am just really concerned that this is just a ploy to extend her term in power. I’m not an expert political analyst, so I’ll try to talk about this issue as much as I can without political jargon. Why do I think this is just a ploy for her to extend her term? Find out after the jump. By the way, I also embedded video interviews of Senators Pimental, Pangilinan, Legarda, and Zubiri.
Here’s a video of Inquirer.Net’s multi-media reporter Alex Villafania with Senator Chiz Escudero on online political campaigns. It’s fascinating that the current breed of Senators we have are actually internet savvy.
TEAM UNITY Senatorial Candidate and former Presidential Chief-of-Staff Mike Defensor is under fire from various senators and NGOs for his recent involvement in the closing of deals between his company and various Chinese investors. This came about when President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo herself was present during the signing of the contract. Her presence alone is an endorsement of the company which is owned by a key political ally and former cabinet secretary. It’s like saying to potential investors - “Put your money here, the President is backing me up.” Read the rest of this entry »
Today is 8-8-8 day! The Beijing Olympics opens today and I just wanted to make this short post to wish everyone in Team Philippines good luck! Give it your all guys! Everyone here is praying and cheering for you. While it would be great if they could bring home some medals, we should still be all proud of them because they really are the best athletes in our country. You never know - we might even win a gold medal someday, lol. Malamang sa boxing pa yun! Hahaha! Remember Onyok?
From Olympic boxer to ballroom dancer celebrity! O diba? Winner.
Here’s something very interesting for everyone. In the recent event with the bloggers, Senator Roxas also did a soft launch of a new web project which is pushing for the removal of VAT on oil. It’s called the Virtual Rally and here you can voice out your frustrations with the high gas prices without having to go to the streets. It’s actually very simple - you go to http://virtualrally.net, create a character, and you’re embedded in the virtually reconstructed EDSA. It’s a fresh take on online petitions.
The MMDA made another blunder when they took out several U-Turn slots in Katipunan. I know that they mean well but sometimes mistakes like this can really irritate people. It almost took me an hour just to get from Blue Ridge to Quezon Avenue because of the ridiculous slow down in Katipunan. It’s bad enough that gas prices are soaring, but now we also have to contend with longer travel time and higher gas consumption because of the removal of quicker U-Turn slots. If Bayani is really serious in running for the Presidency, then he needs to re-evaluate his projects for the MMDA. Read the rest of this entry »
Yes, I’m not kidding. Apparently Globe has decided to really jack up the prices of the highly anticipated Apple 3G iPhone. According to Abe, the official prices released shows that the 8G version will cost P40,889 while the 16G version will cost P48,889. Each unit comes with 50 hours of free mobile internet as well as P200 free load for 6 months. It’ll get a bit more affordable if you get it through postpaid plans. Rates after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
This is the best example to illustrate how big the impact is of the VAT on oil on government revenues. Because of the 12% interest rate on the growing oil prices, the government’s revenue for the first half of this year is 22% higher than that of 2007. Normally this would be a good thing - however the fundamental problem with this administration is the lack of trust. We don’t believe in our President’s capability to efficiently implement projects without giving majority of the funds to Congressmen and other cronies. Out of the 22% increase, how much do you think went to corruption? How many went to actual long-term reform? Read the rest of this entry »
Oh man. I just have to re-post this here. I was reading Jayvee’s blog and I followed the links to Gabe Mercado’s multiply site. Apparently they made a Facebook group called “I’m Watching Rick Astley and I Want Roderick Paulate to be the Opening Act.” Little did they know that the producers of Rick Astley’s concert heard of this group and actually contacted Paulate to do a live number during the concert! OMG! The power of Facebook (LOL!) Here’s the video from Youtube:
Carlo S. Ople is the grandson of the late Senator Blas F. Ople. He currently serves as the Marketing Manager for the leading online gaming company in the Philippines - Level Up! Games. He is also a freelance consultant for various clients specializing in Online Marketing and New Media.
