Category Archives: Current Events

Alcohol will flow tonight; 80% flunk the Bar exams in the Philippines

Would-be lawyers all over the county will have sleepless nights in the next few days. The Philippine 2009 bar exam results should have been released last Friday, March 19, 2010. It was delayed and the Office of the Bar Confidant … Continue reading

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The ABS-CBN HARAPAN Vice-Presidential Forum

As I’m typing this blog post, I’m currently watching the ABS-CBN Harapan Vice-Presidential Forum. Let me just say that I’m very impressed with what ABS-CBN did in terms of the format. It wasn’t your typical debate like the previous forums … Continue reading

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Getting to know QC Vice-Mayor Herbert Bautista

We got our chance to sit down, have dinner, and talk with Quezon City Vice-Mayor Herbert Bautista last night. I took the initiative in trying to organize the meeting since I felt that it was unfair to only publish Mike … Continue reading

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Vice-Mayor Herbert Bautista Blogger Event in the works

Eversince Mike Defensor raised his concerns and issues against Vice-Mayor Herbert Bautista during his blogger event, I’ve been trying to organize and set-up another event with Vice-Mayor Bistek so he can answer and clarify the allegations thrown by his rival … Continue reading

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My Tax goes to… Condoms?

I’ve been a “corporate slave” for well over 6 years now. One of the things I hate the most is seeing the amount of money deducted from my monthly salary due to the withholding tax (around 30%). This money goes … Continue reading

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Winnie Monsod denies writing “Why I will vote for Noynoy” e-mail article

A few weeks ago, an article started to circulate around e-mail and social networks. It was an article supposedly written by Winnie Monsod and it pretty much laid out a bunch of reasons why she will vote for Liberal Party … Continue reading

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Jovit Baldivino – big discovery in Pilipinas Got Talent

Jovit Baldivino is a 16-year old high school student from Batangas who wowed the country with his stellar performance of “Faithfully” during the auditions for Pilipinas Got Talent. I was just able to watch him yesterday and this guy makes … Continue reading

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Tsunami Alert raised in the Philippines (Updated)

(Author’s Note: Latest news article from Inquirer.Net says that there’s no need to worry anymore. Thank God.) An 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck Chile‘s second most populated city and this has sent ripples all over the world. Not just because the … Continue reading

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QC Vice-Mayor Herbert Bautista should answer Mike Defensor’s allegations

In a recent blogger event, QC Mayor candidate Mike Defensor laid out a strong challenge to Vice-Mayor Herbert Bautista. He shared with us official documents showing that Herbert spent 30% of his 750M budget on food and drinks in the … Continue reading

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COMELEC needs a Marketing Director

Just some thoughts I wanted to share re: the poll automation and COMELEC. In the past few months, the COMELEC has been taking a beating on the problems with poll automation. This issue has been at the spotlight of traditional … Continue reading

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