Para‘Sy’tic

“We did quite good. Slightly better than last year,” Mr. Robert Kwee, Executive Vice President of SM Hypermarket told the Business Mirror when asked recently about the local retail industry’s performance during the Christmas Holidays when shopping in the country is, traditionally, at its peak.
The SM exec’s positive assessment is likewise shared by one of [...]

Swerving Millions

Retail giant SM super malls is celebrating its 50th anniversary. To mark this special occasion, they decided to adapt the theme “Serving Millions” .
The PDI staff did an interesting short article on SM’s golden anniversary.
Want to know how many pairs of shoes were sold by the SM Department Stores in 2007? More than 21 million. [...]

Why should Roxas apologize?

Putang ina naman talaga ang cha-cha ni Gloria e.

Bush deserved the shoes

The Iraqi government has assailed Muntazer Al-Zaidi, the TV reporter who made headlines recently after he threw his pair of shoes at US President George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki.
“This is a farewell kiss, you dog!” the reporter shouted as he hurled both his size ten [...]

Retrenched OFWs duped by Malacaňang, says Migrante

D’JAY LAZARO, GMANews.TV
12/12/2008 | 07:43 PM

MANILA, Philippines — Filipino workers terminated in Taiwan who came to see President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on invitation of Malacaňang were allegedly duped into making them believe that there is a livelihood program for them to cushion the impact of the economic crisis.
In a press statement, Migrante International quoted some [...]

Arrogant

When I read today House Speaker Prospero Nograles’ remark that only members of Congress can decide on the fate of the charter change they so want to ram through our throats, I prayed that the ebola virus strain found recently on Philippine hogs infect only the kind of pork Congressmen like Nograles worship  – pork barrel.
“Only [...]

Sacrilege

“The church of San Agustin possesses exceptional universal value that deserves protection for the benefit of all humanity” – UNESCO
I’m not much of a church goer, but when I saw what has become of the oldest stone church in the country, the “mother of all churches,” the San Agustin Church in Intramuros Manila; I can’t [...]