According to Pinoy Spy Reporter Playboy is to launch a Philippine edition of the iconic mens magazine. What’s the catch, and joke of the day you ask? Call the Philippine’s version Playboy Lite, it will contain no nudity says Playboy Philippines editor Beting Laygo Dolor. “No, Playboy Philippines will not be more daring than FHM,” [...]
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The Philippine Joke of the Day is…
Posted in Ex-pat in the Philippines, Pinoy Business, tagged FHM Philippines, Maxim Philippines, Philippines, Playboy Philippines on March 26, 2008 | 10 Comments »
Bribing Your Way to Security
Posted in Lifetime War -Terrorism, Pinoy Business on May 25, 2005 |
US company admits bribing Philippine airport officials. An American firm, GE InVision, admitted bribing Philippine officials when it sold explosives detection machines to an airport here, Newsbreak magazine reported in its latest issue, which came off the press Monday. InVision said that its Filipino sales agent paid US$108,000 “to make gifts or pay cash to [...]
How Can This Be ?
Posted in Pinoy Business on May 12, 2005 |
Isn’t the country run by a President that holds a PHD in economics? The Philippines’ finances are in worse shape than Argentina’s before the South American nation defaulted on its bonds in December 2001, Bloomberg reported. The government’s debt, now at $75 billion, was equivalent to 525 percent of its revenue last year, almost double [...]
Arroyo is Slippery With Big Oil
Posted in Philippine Politics, Pinoy Business on April 20, 2005 | 1 Comment »
uring the last two US presidential elections two of the most common meme’s retailed by leftists, Democrats and moonbats of many stripes were the “No War for Oil” and the Cheney/Halliburton connections. Bare with me a minute and imagine this scenario for a moment: What if Bush had made television, radio or newspaper advertisments for [...]
A New Math
Posted in Ex-pat in the Philippines, Pinoy Business on March 31, 2005 | 3 Comments »
As the rest of the world, the Philippines labors under the thumb of the oil ticks that run OPEC. As a result of the recent spike in the price of crude the Arroyo Government has a plan. A scheme. Ah…, well… something, and press reports claim it will save $2.6 million dollars. Philippines President Gloria [...]
Philippine Call Centers
Posted in Ex-pat in the Philippines, Pinoy Business on March 19, 2005 |
he last few years there has been a dramatic increase in the number of call centers operating out of the Philippines. Adrian S Cristobal Jr director general of IPO Philippines has called it the fastest growing industry in the country. “The call center industry is one of the fastest-growing industries in the country, along with [...]
Just How Poor is the Philippine Military?
Posted in Ex-pat in the Philippines, Pinoy Business on February 24, 2005 |
Poor enough the government floats [no pun intended] the idea of leasing the Philippine Navy’s Headquarters. Defense officials plan to lease out to private investors several military properties, incuding the Philippine Navy’s own headquarters along Roxas Boulevard, to raise more money for modernizing the armed forces. Also to be leased out are the Navy golf [...]
Dumb as a Box of Rocks
Posted in Ex-pat in the Philippines, Pinoy Business on November 26, 2004 |
The last few months have been a struggle for many of the Philippine transportation companies and many independents due to raising world oil prices. This week has brought another protest in the form of a “transportation strike.” Transportation workers led by jeepney drivers held a nationwide strike yesterday [Thursday] to protest, among others, the successive [...]
How to “Labor” Under a Labor Secretary
Posted in Pinoy Business on August 4, 2004 |
As a result of the Angelo dela Cruz crisis the Philippine government placed a ban on allowing Filipinos to travel to Iraq in search of work. The ban also excluded Filipinos from seeking employment with companies that would require them to enter Iraq. According to this report there are plans to lift the ban this [...]
Dream on Purisima
Posted in Pinoy Business on June 21, 2004 |
File this under good idea, but clueless about automotive reality. “Purisima bats for smaller cars.” Trade and Industry Secretary Cesar Purisima is urging local automotive manufacturers to bring in cars with an engine displacement of 1,000 cc or less to help lessen the country’s fuel consumption and provide an alternative to cheap second hand imported [...]
