Posts under ‘Philippine Society’

Have you heard about Groupon Philippines (Beeconomic), Ensogo and Deal Grocer? How about Buyanihan and eBay Kuponan? These are group-buying sites that are currently gaining popularity here in the country. These group-buying sites bank on the power of collecting buying. Each site offers very tempting discounts on so many things ranging from donuts to an [...]

These two go hand in hand. Rainy season and brownouts. Our country, the Philippines, suffer from some of the worse typhoons. When there is a typhoon, even if it’s only the wind that’s causing havoc, expect power outages to happen. It’s already a given that when the wind or the rain is showing its might, [...]

The queue for passport new application and renewal is unbelievable! My friend applied for passport renewal. When she went online to schedule an appearance, she found out that the schedule is already on the last week of November! And that’s two weeks ago. I think schedule for appearance is already in the December 2010-January 2011 [...]

It is obvious that President Benigno “Noynoy” S. Aquino III or P-Noy to the masses will veer away from the holiday economics implemented by the previous president. GMA loved long weekends. Actually, it is one of the very few things that she did that I liked. Long weekends meant longer time with the family and [...]

Because of the positive response to President Noynoy Aquino, the peso is gaining strength the past few days. When I did a withdrawal in Paypal two days ago, the US Dollar-Peso exchange rate was US$1 : Php43.6870. Before that, peso was in the 44-something range. A strong peso is bad for bloggers like me who [...]

Electricity, water, dial tone, cellphone signal, cable tv, and internet connection? Apart from water which I can’t live without, I realized that I can but it’s hard and life is just plain boring! You can talk to every one at home but when you feel like shutting up, you don’t have anything else to do [...]

I have a suggestion to P-Noy. Why not after the Wang-Wang campaign, go after those who are violating traffic laws? Beating the red light, driving under the influence of alcohol or prohibited drugs, driving without plate numbers, driving without driver’s license, counterflowing, swerving, etc. Don’t focus on the superficial alone. There are so many other [...]

Last year, when we started hearing, reading and digesting the recession happening in neighboring countries, we were still confident that we were somehow “safe” from it. I mean, considering there are small businesses in this country and there are so many call center companies even hiring last quarter of 2008. But a few days ago, [...]

People here in the Philippines are debating whether to allow schools to teach sex education to really young kids. A council was even created to spearhead this endeavor by the Department of Education. The modules that educators would adhere to contains the following: Pre-marital sex, commercial sex, abortion and homosexuality.