Here’s something very interesting for everyone. In the recent event with the bloggers, Senator Roxas also did a soft launch of a new web project which is pushing for the removal of VAT on oil. It’s called the Virtual Rally and here you can voice out your frustrations with the high gas prices...
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Virtual Rally Against High Gas Prices
Friday, August 8th, 2008Insane Traffic at Katipunan
Friday, August 8th, 2008The MMDA made another blunder when they took out several U-Turn slots in Katipunan. I know that they mean well but sometimes mistakes like this can really irritate people. It almost took me an hour just to get from Blue Ridge to Quezon Avenue because of the ridiculous slow down in Katipunan. It’s...
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3G iPhone Debuts in the Philippines at P40,000+
Thursday, August 7th, 2008Yes, I’m not kidding. Apparently Globe has decided to really jack up the prices of the highly anticipated Apple 3G iPhone. According to Abe, the official prices released shows that the 8G version will cost P40,889 while the 16G version will cost P48,889. Each unit comes with 50 hours of free mobile...
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VAT Increases Gov Revenues by 22% vs ‘07
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008This is the best example to illustrate how big the impact is of the VAT on oil on government revenues. Because of the 12% interest rate on the growing oil prices, the government’s revenue for the first half of this year is 22% higher than that of 2007. Normally this would be a good thing –...
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Rick Astley and Roderick Paulate (OMGWTFBBQ)
Monday, August 4th, 2008Oh man. I just have to re-post this here. I was reading Jayvee’s blog and I followed the links to Gabe Mercado’s multiply site. Apparently they made a Facebook group called “I’m Watching Rick Astley and I Want Roderick Paulate to be the Opening Act.” Little did they know...
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