Oil Price Hike

Looks like oil companies are loving the P1.50 increase in oil price. It’s in the news that by weekend, a new P1.50 increase is to be implemented by oil companies. That would bring the prices (in Davao city) to ~P55/liter for gas and diesel at ~P48/liter. Aaaw. Not to mention, the rice sky rocketed to 40s.. I was surprised when I got back from Surigao del Sur that high quality rice is now at P45-48/kilo.

As always, the villain is “presyo ng krudo sa pandaigdigang pamilihan,” the price of oil in the world market. The price of gasoline is just too much for Juan dela Cruz. What’s more alarming is that the oil companies seem to enjoy increasing gas price by more than a peso. Before they would increase it at most by 50 cents. But gone are those days.

The government should really act on this. I am very sure oil price will continue to rise. It’s inevitable because we have no control over the world market. What I wish the government would act on is how to compensate or help the Filipinos cope with this crisis. Removing the 12% VAT in gasoline would be a very big help. I heard from Senator Mar Roxas that the government has earned much than projected from the oil taxes. That’s why he wants the government to lift the VAT to at least decrease the price of gasoline. I am not a fan of a politician but I highly respect Mr. Roxas for citing and stating to the public this significant matter.

Enchanted River

So much for browsing over the web looking for Enchanted river photos. I finally have shots of my own! Yipee. Wish I had a high resolution camera (D SLR *sigh) for this. The images here are actual shots. I opted not to enhance the images in order to show what my eyes saw. *wink

Not the rocky road, mud, up hill could stop me and my travel pals from getting to the Enchanted River of Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur. Situated 11 kilometers from the main road (Barobo-Hinatuan road), the river stands for its name.

Cabuyao Massacre

The country was shattered with a terrible crime last May 16, 2008. Dubbed as “Cabuyao Massacre,” eight RCBC-Cabuyao employees, a security guard and a depositor’s representative where killed with bullets in the head. The robbers/killers/demons are still out in the wild.

A week ago I posted a tribute to the victims of Cabuyao Massacre in my other blog. Damn… Before this post, I saw the actual crime scene pictures. I was walking around a forum and I got the link from there. Poor victims, killed like animals. Anyone who see the pictures will surely be moved. More than being sorry for the victims, I felt a burst of anger to those who did the unforgivable crime.

My sister is working in a bank. She told me that the “SOP” or standard operating procedure during bank robbery is to give all the money and demands of the robbers. NEVER to engage against the robbers. And so I think it’s very unacceptable for the criminals to even kill-headshot the employees and everyone in the bank. That’s just a demonic act. Damn you fags!

I opted not to include the pictures in this post. If you wanna see the heart crushing pictures, here’s the link.

Blog Hopping

Blog hopping is one of the most effective and free way to gain traffic. Blog hopping is the act of visiting other blogs (“hopping from one blog to another”). As you hop around blogs, you leave comments either on the posts or on the tagboard/shoutbox, leaving your name and URL. By doing so, you hope or should I say “expect” them to visit your site in return.

Aside from this, blog hopping allows you to gain friends in the blogging community. More importantly, you get to explore other blogs and learn many bits and pieces from other bloggers. Here are some blog hopping tips.

1. Make a good impression.

• Before you blog hop, be sure you have an interesting post on your first page. Why? So that you get to attract the bloggers that will land on your page especially for the first time visitors. Having interesting contents will of course attract readers. Never expect blog hoppers to browse all your site pages and categories. You are lucky enough if they scroll down until the last post of your home page. Usually, hoppers only scroll down until they see the shoutbox or tagboard. With that said, it is very important that your first two or three posts be very striking. As they say, “first impression lasts.”

Gumasa White Sand Beach Resort

Can’t help but feature Gumasa White Sand Beach Resort once again. Boracay is of course the talk of the town when it comes to white sand beaches. But I tell you, if you are from Mindanao, better check out first this beautiful beach in Glan, Sarangani.

Cebu Pacific’s ZERO fares

Cebu Pacific makes noise this summer! This is for real. This promo got featured just last night at Studio 23’s News Central.

CEB offers ZERO fares to all domestic and international destinations; More than half a million seats available

Low-fare leader Cebu Pacific (CEB) is offering more than 500,000 domestic and international seats at zero fares. The promotional seat sale will run from May 15 to 18, 2008 or until the allocated seats are sold out. Travel period is from June 9 to December 31, 2008.

CEB allocated more than 100,000 seats for its international routes that include: Bangkok, Guangzhou, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kaohsiung, Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur, Macau, Taipei, Shanghai, Singapore and Xiamen. More than 400,000 seats have been allocated for all of CEB’s domestic routes.