How an ordinary Filipino, especially with a big family could handle this? This is a classic example of a domino effect. 1. Fare hike (taxi, railway transits, and public utility jeep— more?) 2. Water rate increase (beginning next month, consumers of Maynilad and Manila Water will be billed with P2 to P60 increase every month— …
News about former Secretary Angelo Reyes’ apparent suicide is all over the internet, television networks, radio stations and expected to monopolize the tomorrow’s newspaper headlines. Some people judged him as guilty after apparently committing suicide. Others presumed that maybe Reyes failed to carry on with the political pressures which leads to his decision to end …
A hoax? I got frustrated again with Cebu Pacific Air. The airline company is deceiving or confusing their potential customers or just favoring some clients? Why did I say so? Yesterday (February 3), I read on abs-cbnnews.com about the PISO seat sale offer of Cebu Pacific. The news said, quoting the airline’s vice president for …
Four people were killed and 14 others injured when an “big bomb” went off inside a passenger bus travelling along Edsa in Makati City today. Police said the bomb was so powerful that it created a hole on the Newman Gold Liner bus’ floor and body and also damaged its side windows. The explosion occurred …
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III tasked the Department of Energy to soften the impact of recent oil price increases on the public. The chief executive was bothered with continued hikes in the world prices of oil. Diesel retail prices had shoot up to P40.25 per liter. The Palace also reminded the oil companies not to …
Authorities in the Philippines believed that the syndicated criminals now targets car dealers. This is inline with the recent killings of young Venson Evangelista and the son of Marcos loyalist lawyer Oliver Lozano, Emerson Lozano and his co-worker Ernani Sensil. Such murders renewed the call for the re-imposition of death penalty. A business like selling …
How sure are we that no other people can read our emails? Of course, with the existence and continuously improving technology, it is very possible. Any one of us could be a target of cyber hijacking and identity theft thus steal money or sensitive information. A blogger could be bold about his personal information, …
It is not a good way to start a new year. A failed service from Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT Co.)…again. Just few days before a month of subscribing from PLDT, I almost lost my patience. First, I got myDSL connection activated only after eight days of waiting since installation last December 8, 2010. …
About 93% of Filipinos are hopeful of the coming New Year, said Social Weather Stations (SWS). Whew, that’s big. The figure is a little higher from 2009’s 89% and just two points off the 95% peak hit in December 2002. Seven percent of the respondents feared the coming year, but it’s down from 11% in …