Mar Roxas vows to join protests vs. Gloria’s Cha-Cha
Senator Mar Roxas on Tuesday again reiterated he would do everything to stop an alleged “Gloria Forever” plot including joining protest activities in the streets.
We must support him in saying NO to a Charter Change (Cha-Cha) that would give us a “Gloria Forever” constitution.
Chinese MMO rips-off WoW, RO, MapleStory, etc.
Gamers of popular games World of Warcraft, Ragnarok Online, MapleStory, and others are accusing the developer of Aurora Blade for stealing artworks from their respective favorite MMORPGs. IGG, the publisher of the said game for International English market stressed that they are just the host of the game and not the developer.
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CCleaner 2.14.763
CCleaner Crap Cleaner) is a freeware system optimization weapon that eliminates inactive and perishalbe files from your system, granting Windows to run faster, more quickly and giving you more hard disk space. Read more..
Liverpool sits top of Premier League as Chelsea bows to Arsenal
For the second straight game, Liverpool failed to find the back of the net and settled for another 0-0 draw, this time against West Ham United. Still, it was good enough to put them ahead of rivals Chelsea for the leadership of the Barclays Premier League.
Despite going behind early, Arsenal managed to score two goals courtesy of Dutch striker Robin Van Persie and frustrate Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. That essentially ended the Gunners’ three-game losing skid in England. For Chelsea, the loss was only their second but a crucial one since Liverpool managed to gain a point against the Hammers.
It could have been worse for the Reds had Craig Bellamy made his 30-yard strike shortly before the end of the first half. Spanish striker Fernando Torres did not suit up for the Merseyside club while Captain Steven Gerrard and Xabi Alonso both were given but missed their chances to end the deadlock.
Liverpool will meet Blackburn Rovers on Saturday before their final Champions League group game against PSV Eindhoven on December the 9th.
Nathan Andrada
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‘Bonifacio weekend’ a huge lift for retail sales
It was the perfect weekend. Most Filipino families grabbed the opportunity to spend during the long weekend leading to Bonifacio Day. Although I do not think the government is tracking sales made by major retail stores in any given period of time, it was obvious by the volume of people who flocked the malls in the weekend, that it was a huge day for the Philippine retail industry.
Retail giants like SM, Robinsons, and Landmark made a big killing out of people’s high disposable income in the weekend since the latest payout coincided with the mandated 13th month pay. My wife and I, like many others, stormed the malls to buy items from shoes to tickets to the movie Twighlight. It was like the Filipino version of the Black Friday shopping spree in the US during weekend Thanksgiving weekend.
For the retail industry, it is a good opportunity to bolster their bottom line since the ongoing economic crisis is definitely going to change people’s spending patterns for a while. Because as the crisis grips the economy further, they may have to get used to giving more than 20 percent off the tag just to get people to shop.
Nathan Andrada
nathanandrada.wordpress.com
Philippine property sector appears headed for a slump
As I rode the bus along Ayala Avenue, I read the headline on the ticker tape screen in Insular Life Building saying the country’s property sector will endure the economic crisis. I tried to search on the Internet to see the full details of this news but I never found anything. Or maybe I am just not that good at searching.
But you see, I can not help but notice how many of the new high-rise residential condominiums built here in Manila especially in these last couple of years, are still unoccupied. Cement prices have also significantly dropped recently indicating slowdown in construction projects. Although the commercial space sector still continues to enjoy positive growth because of the foreign outsourcing companies, the residential property sector is becoming a huge question mark.
The property boom in the Philippines in the last few years saw property prices jump in astronomical levels. Buoyed up by speculative and foreign buying, property prices went up so high that many Filipino middle class families could no longer afford to own a home in the greater urban areas. Then the global financial and economic crisis struck out of nowhere, affecting most property sectors in most economies in Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific region.
Now, the paradigm has shifted and property owners are forced to significantly lower prices in order to attract buyers. In many cases, these developers, which made their projects through loans from banks, will find themselves in a bind since they will be unable to meet their projected sales. The economic crisis has caused a decline in appetite for home purchases and for those who are willing, the credit crunch has made it difficult for people to obtain loans to finance their mortgages.
I am not sure how the property sector will survive the crisis without falling hard and eventually deal with consolidation. With tremendous supply of space and demand quickly drying up, the property sector here in the Philippines is going to need a massive shot in the arm in order to avoid an impending collapse.
Nathan Andrada
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What is there to cheer about the 3Q GDP growth?
Surely, the Philippine economy did beat analysts’ expectations but other than that, nothing is worth rejoicing about a 4.6 percent GDP growth. I am still very much amazed of how this administration continues to allay public concern about the risks of global economic meltdown. Even the Press Secretary still regards this figure as ‘positive.’ Clearly, our leaders in Malacanang and Congress have been behind the curve all this time since the crisis began.
One thing is for sure is that we are currently in an economic slowdown and it is disconcerting that the government has not openly discussed the solutions nor prepared us of what to expect next year. When our neighbors are already talking about stimulus plans to cushion the possible hard fall that is expected because of the economic and financial turmoil, our leaders in Congress are busy killing an impeachment complaint against the President and preoccupied with their investigations of the ‘Euro generals’ scam and a former Agriculture undersecretary. Nothing wrong with these actions but their priorities are clearly skewed.
The jury is still out whether National Economic Planning Secretary Ralph Recto, who is a clear political appointee to the post, can steer the economy through an expected tumultuous 2009. The President’s economic team, are definitely going to have their hands full next year. Secretary Tevez of the Finance Department commands great respect from both the administration and the opposition in Congress and his experience is a huge plus. I am deeply concerned, however, with the liberal-minded Budget Secretary Rolando Andaya because of his inclination for high spending. For some reason, our filibuster-proof House of Representatives was more than willing to make sure government is paced for another record-breaking spending next year.
Nathan Andrada
nathanandrada.wordpress.com
What Everybody Ought to Know about Da Vinci’s
Da Vinci’s Pizza is a homegrown Cebu-based pizza parlor that reinvented the customary tomato-based pizzas and conquered Cebu one branch at a time.
What is the real deal?
Is it REALLY THAT DELICIOUS as most ISTORYANs are raving about?
Visit our food blog to know more about Da Vinci’s Pizza: Cebu Restaurants Review
Why buy a wordpress theme?
If you’re a blogger, I’m sure one of the first things you’d be concerned of is the layout or theme of your blog. We all know the design and layout of your blog is very important. Not just for your own sake of having to see a good design every time you visit your own blog, but also for your visitors as well. Nobody would want to even stay to any website with a crappy layout yet alone read whats inside it. Right? So the next thing you would do after installing Wordpress in your website would be looking for a good theme that would suit at least your liking.
Now, unless you plan on making/coding your own design, you would browse around the web to see some available themes both for sale and free. There are a lot of great free themes out there! Some of which actually look a lot better than those being sold. So why buy one in the first place!?
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NineBall Motion Pic: Film With Efren Reyes!
Here are some cool finds, friends!
It’s the full trailer of “NineBalll,” an official entry to
the 2007 Cinemalaya Film Festival.
The independent film, directed by Enrico Aragon,
stars Jonathan Borjal, Jonet Carpio, Joel Cruz,
and Efren Reyes!
But wait, there’s more! Also found a vid
on the match between the director
and Efren Reyes during shoot break!
Coolness! And I kid you not!
Much thanks for looking, everyone!
