Did you think Erap betrayed Binay for not voting his running mate for the position of Vice President?

Now who’s winning? Erap is still on the second place for the Presidential position (Filipino’s can’t just move on!) and Binay is leading for Vice Presidential race!

What can you say?

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Grabbed this from Ms. Chuva!

What would you do if this just happened to us!?

I just can’t imagine! To think I am working in the heart of the Marikina fault line… Eastwood Freakin’ City!

Eastwood City is just a river away from Marikina. With the fault line running the entire city, imagine the damage it will give to a small section of Quezon City that is jammed with both business and residential buildings. I’m sure investors and family are aware of this and I hope that they are thinking ahead of time with some safety precautions, life and business insurances.

It is so sad to know that Manila is not yet ready to face some challenges like this but I hope this won’t happen to us. We’ve just had Ondoy and Pepeng.. the next thing we need is a better place to live in and a government who can provide us what we need.

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This is a very shocking post from Ms. Chuvaness…. sad but true… we also have the same dilemma on this. Boo to you Meralco!

Dear kind reader,

I’ve been very depressed since Thursday upon receiving my Meralco bill for one month worth PHP 41,902.95 pesos. I have lost sleep and energy to do anything trying to make sense of this.
When we moved into our new house here in Pasig, our first bill on August 13, 2003 was Php 15,494.10. Consumption was pegged at 2228 x Php 3.4.

in March 2004 our bill was PHP 17,000. Consumption was 2480 kwh priced at PHP 3.18
March 2005 – PHP 19,691. Consumption 2280 at PHP 4.52
March 2006 – PHP 23,204. Consumption 2280 at PHP 4.99
March 2007 – PHP 20,491. Consumption 2040 at PHP 4.42
March 2008 – PHP 22,609. Consumption 2160 at PHP 4.9
March 2009 – PHP 21,361. Consumption 2000 at PHP 5.02
March 2010 – PHP 41,902. Consumption 3120 at PHP 6.67

Can somebody please tell me, how can a household that has ran a bill of an average of PHP 21,471 for the last six years suddenly have double of that now without even a subtle increase??

One of Jay’s friends from Meralco said, “42 thousand? Ano yan, ice factory?”

Nope. Bahay po ito.
It doesn’t make sense to me.
Jeroen and I were in Tokyo for 6 days last month. Even though the kids were home, there were only two window-type aircons running at night.
I am an environmentalist. I bring eco-bags everywhere. Our house is completely white.
We have an eco garden on top.
There are ceiling fans in all rooms that are used to save on aircon. Only two aircons run at night. We recently removed the kids’ split type aircon and replaced it with a window type. We rarely watch TV. We use a gas stove. We recently switch to a gas dryer which only runs twice a week anyway. And the majority of our clothes are hung up to dry.

WHAT IS GOING ON???

I asked some of my friends about their bills.
G’s bill is up from a regular of PHP 25k to this month’s PHP 35K.
C’s last bill was PHP 29k. This month it is PHP 38K.
V’s last bill was PHP 8. This month, 13 K.

If you are living in the Philippines, kindly leave a comment below stating your location, last month’s bill and this month.
If you live in another country, please tell us how much is your regular electric bill.

I have called Meralco and spoken to persons called Raiza and Susan. I told them this billing is oppressive. How can our bill be higher than people in the US, Netherlands, Australia, where people earn much, much more?

How can the government allow this? I cannot understand why we have a president who doesn’t care about the people. I am hoping that the next president will address this problem of oppression. Electricity isn’t like PLDT and Globe where you can just switch if you’re unhappy with the service. People need electricity to survive. Our kids need aircon in this heat.

This is why foreign investors don’t want to come here. This bill feels like making me pack up and move to Holland. Merlaco and the government have to realize that when they have these brownouts and high electric rates, investors are gonna pack up and move somewhere else. What is going to happen to the thousands of call center employees that contribute to our economy?

I want to know who is getting rich at our expense because I’m SO MAD AND I’M NOT GONNA TAKE THIS ANYMORE.
I want to know which president Meralco is supoorting. I want to know which presidential and senatorial candidates are willing to make a stand.
Please retweet this post and share on your sites. Good luck to us all.

I don’t understand why Filipino celebrities or known personalities do not request for verification on their Twitter account.

Twitter verification is placed to avoid identity confusion or impersonation of celebrities. This will also help to avoid potential lawsuit on whatever it is that may actually lead to miscommunication. Some known personalities in the US have been contacted by twitter to verify that it is really them who is using the account.

With this kind of tweet, do you think Presidential candidate Noyonoy posted this tweet on his account? Or someone else is using his account on his behalf?

Photo Credit: Chuvaness

After few minutes, Noynoy apologizes on the post.

With this little tweet, do you think that Manny Villar will benefit more on this false tweet now that he is said to be leading on the survey?

Tsk Tsk I am not after any houses but I love Kris Aquino and definitely ayaw kong maligo sa dagat ng basura!

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While some of us are busy working last night, sleeping, partying, etc, our friends in Chile were suffering from severe fright, sorrow and devastation of an 8.8 Magnitude earthquake!

The epicenter of the earthquake was located in a city near Concepcion (Chile’s second largest city). It has been reported that the population reaches at 200,000 and it was confirmed that the death toll reaches 214 and over 2 Million were affected.

Buildings were crashed, bridges were toppled and roads were damaged. A lot of people in Chile right now are homeless due to the massive quake last Saturday. I just hope that most of them have arranged home insurance to help them rebuild their lives.

Meanwhile, due to this earthquake wherein a few miles away from the epicenter of the largest earthquake recorded in the history last May 1960, several countries have been warned for a possible Tsunami across the Pacific, including the Philippines.

Updates: Pacific Tsunami Center have canceled the warning for all countries listed except for Russia and Japan.

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