Category: Current Events

Oh my. I can’t believe that aside from paying for our hosting fees, we also need to pay P6,300 just to get a license to blog? What would they think of next…

Layoffs. Paycuts. Salary Freeze. Contract termination. Financial Crisis. Shut downs.
These are the words we dread to hear from the company we work for. With the recent announcement from Intel of shutting down in the Philippines, I became temporarily addicted into reading the news, especially in the financial and IT section. I want to know what [...]

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News just out, Intel announces RP operations shutdown
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/infotech/view/20090121-184664/Intel-announces-RP-operations-shutdown
I feel bad for all those employees that will lose their job. This is worse than a lay-off. I used to complain a lot last year but it makes me glad we only have a freeze on salary increases.

Watch Barack Obama’s Inauguration Live Streaming Online
Well, he is the new US president and since the United States of America is somehow, a mother country for a lot of us, I guess, people would be interested in Barack Obama’s Inauguration. This is history in the making!
I would like to post more of the details here [...]

Iloilo | Dinagyang | Ati atihan
The city of Iloilo will be in a state of celebration again when the drums start beating and the tribes start running around the city. Every January, the citizens of Iloilo celebrate the feast of Sto. Nino through the event called Dinagyang.
| dinagyang costumes | iloilo sound | costume for [...]

Hi everyone,
I would like to share this article to everyone especially to bloggers who have blogged and expressed their sentiments on the Valley Golf Brawl Issue.
http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/letterstotheeditor/view/20090112-182768/Call-for-justice-becomes-injustice
Update: Personal Reaction

Dela Pazes | Pangandamans | Valley Golf Brawl
Last week, I posted the account of the daughter who got her father and brother beat up by a politician. By spreading the news, I hope that people will become aware of issues such as this.

Earlier today, I was just browsing through the recent stuff in my multiply account I read about this. A politician and his body guards beat up (ganged up) a 56 yr old father and his pleading 14yr old son in a golf course.

I’m late on the news but let me copy paste a comment left on my Eraserheads concert update. Eraserheads concert will push through but is not sponsored by Philip Morris anymore. I repeat, Philip Morris is not sponsoring the event anymore. We have a new sponsor.
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I’ve been reading some news and I recently found out that Michelle Obama recently gave a speech. Well, to those who are like me who wasn’t able to hear it, let us just settle for excerpts of her speech which you will find here.

We only have five days on the date of the EraserHeads concert and I believe, I have not made any updates about this event on this blog. So now, I’d like to give you some updates on the this anticipated reunion concert by the Eraserheads, how to get eraserheads concert tickets, and more concert updates.

Eraserheads Concert | Malboro | CCP Complex | August 30 | Free tickets Eraserheads concert
One month to go and the people of the Philippines will be able to see the Eraserheads reuniting back together to host an Eraserheads one-night concert at the CCP grounds in Pasay.
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Juseleeno Nobulega DaRoose predicted an earthquake on July 18, 2008 and here I am, sitting comfortably in my bed typing this post.
| JUSELEENO NOBULEGA | Juseleeno Nobulega Daroose hoax?

Juseleeno Nobulega DaRoose. Have you heard of this name or guy? Have you heard of the latest email that has been circulating around email addresses everywhere? Well, they are connected because there has been an email that says, Juseleeno Nobulega DaRoose predicts an earthquake to hit the Philippines on July 18, 2008 and the magnitude [...]

We all know that Typhoon Frank lashed out in the Visayas and damaged was pretty bad in Iloilo City. Based on the testimonial of this comment by Redlan, the water level rose very fast that it shocked a lot of people. The water dam in Maasin was damaged, river beside jaro overflowed, and high tide [...]