2013 Senatoriables Educational Background

If you are the kind of voter who considers educational background in choosing your senators, kindly read on for I have listed down the Educational Attainment of the 33 Senatorial Candidates running for the 2013 election.

1. Samson Alcantara                 Bachelor of Laws, Manuel L. Quezon University School of Law
2. Sonny Angara                        Master of Laws, Harvard Law School
3. Bam Aquino                           Executive Education Program on Public Policy and Leadership, Harvard University
4. Greco Belgica                        Post-graduate Studies in International Trade and Commerce, University of California Berkeley
5. Nancy Binay                           BS Tourism, UP Diliman
6. Teddy Casiño                         BA Sociology, UP Los Baños
7. Alan Peter Cayetano              BA Political Science, University of the Philippines; Doctorate in Law, Ateneo de Manila University
8. Tingting Cojuangco               Master in National Security Administration, National Defense College of the Philippines
9.  Lito David                             Bachelor of Arts Major in Sociology, University of the Philippines Los Baños
10. JC De Los Reyes                    Bachelor of Arts in Theology, Franciscan University of Steubenville, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
11. JV Ejercito                             BA Major in Political Science, De La Salle University
12. Jack Enrile                            Masters in Business Administration, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California
13. Chiz Escudero                       Master in International and Comparative Law, Georgetown University
14. Baldomero Falcone              MA in Philosophy, University of San Carlos
15. Dick Gordon                          Bachelor of Laws, University of the Philippines
16. Edward Hagedorn                 Bachelor's Degree, University of the East
17. Gringo Honasan                    Master in Business Management, Asian Institute of Management
18. Risa Hontiveros                     BA Social Sciences, Ateneo de Manila University
19. Loren Legarda                      Masters in National Security Administration, National Defense College of the Philippines
20. Marwil Llasos                        Master of Laws, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila
21. Ernesto Maceda                    Master of Laws, Harvard Law School, Cambridge Massachusetts
22. Jamby Madrigal                    Master’s Degree Sorbonne French Niveau Superieur
23. Mitos Magsaysay                   BS Business Administration, University of the Philippines Diliman
24. Jun Magsaysay                      Post-graduate studies in Business Administration, Harvard University
25. Ramon Montaño                    Bachelor of Science, Philippine Military Academy
26. Ricardo Penson                     Master's in Development Practice, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
27. Koko Pimentel                       Bachelor of Laws, University of the Philippines
28. Grace Poe-Llamanzares        Bachelor Arts in Political Science, Boston College
29. Christian Señeres                  Juris Doctor major in United States Constitutional Law, Northwestern School of Law, Chicago, Illinois
30. Antonio Trillanes IV              Master in Public Administration Major in Public Policy and Program Management, University of the Philippines
31. Eddie Villanueva                  Bachelor of Laws, University of the Philippines
32. Cynthia Villar                        Master’s Degree in Business Administration, New York University
33. Migz Zubiri                            Master of Environment and Natural Resources Management, University of the Philippines Open University

Fire In Makati Area January 17, 2013

A residential place somewhere in Makati is currently on fire.

This picture was taken a while ago from a building along Ayala Makati. According to news, the residential area was in Poblacion, Makati.

 Hoping everyone is fine out there.

Cebu Pacific Now flies to Dubai, Offering Seat Sale for 888 Pesos

Cebu Pacific, the country’s number 1 airline in providing affordable fares and tons of seat sales for “every Juan” is now offering its first ever long haul flight to Filipinos. Today, January 17, Cebu Pacific has announced that direct flights to Manila to Dubai have been added to their list of international destinations. Flights will be daily and will start on October 2013.

To celebrate the announcement, the budget carrier has launched seat sale offering a base fare of 888 pesos one way. There are about 2,500 seats to offer on this sale, going from Manila to Dubai and vice versa.

I have tried to avail the promo and booked myself to visit my sister in Dubai and I have quoted around ten thousand pesos for a round trip flight. This was including the base fare (888 pesos one way), the web admin fee, tax, the fuel surcharge and the baggage allowance fee. Not bad if you would compare it to other carriers which offered about thirty thousand pesos one way, the lowest price I could find.

Emirates Airlines, the only airline to offer direct flights to Dubai before Cebu Pacific’s launch, has added an additional flight daily to Dubai this January 2013.

The flight to Dubai will be 9-hour long and will be once a day. Cebu Pacific Airline will use aircrafts called Airbus 330-300. The said aircraft can handle up to 13-hour flight which means the biggest Budget carrier in the Philippines may also offer flights to other parts of the world in the future. Stay tune as CebuPac told that they will announce more international destinations this 2013. 

The Two New Most Highly In Demand Professions in the Philippines

Looks like Nursing is not the most in-demand job in the Philippines anymore. Two fields are now emerging as the most highly in-demand careers in the Philippines according to the NSCB or the National Statistical Coordination Board.

Accounting and Engineering are currently the two fields with high job opportunities for the past couple of months according to reports. NSCB Secretary General Jose Ramon Albert told in the latest report called “Beyond the Numbers,” these two occupations have high job vacancies but are very hard to fill in.

The is because companies in need of Accountants and Engineers usually require applicants to pass one if not a series of exams first before considering the application. In other cases, applicants who have enough skills and experience expect high salary offer.

The top ten highly in demand Professions in the Philippines are the following:

1. Accountant, Auditor
2.  ECE (Electronics and Communications Engineer)
3.  System Designer and Analyst
4.   Electrical Engineer
5.   Mechanical Engineer
6.   Industrial Engineer
7.  MedTech (Medical Technologist)
8.  Pharmacist
9. Teacher for disabled or handicapped students
10.  Chemical Engineer

The country has produced an oversupply of Nurses or Nursing graduates for the past years and vast measures are being done to control this including closing down some schools and enforcing new programs.

Connecticut Elementary School Massacre: 27 dead including 20 children

A shocking headline made the December 14, 2012 news about a massacre that happened in an Elementary School in Connecticut, USA when 20 year old young man had shot 27 people including 20 children. A separate dead body was found in a nearby house bringing it a total of 28 casualties once police found  this related to the case.

The shooting started at around 9:30 in the morning according to the police. Victims were mostly children around 5 to 10 years of age. Seven of the victims were adults including the principal and the killer himself. It's  yet to be identified whether the suspect was killed by himself or the police. Another dead body found in a nearby house was allegedly the killers mother. Only one person suffered an injury but survived.

The killer, Adam Lanza, was 20 year old young man who was allegedly a former student in Sandy Hool Elementary School. He was first mistakenly identified as his older brother because of the identification card he was carrying with him when he went to the School. According to investigation, Lanza allegedly shot his mother in their house before driving to his former school.

According to former classmates and friends of the suspect, Lanza was a nerdy shcool boy back in High School. He wore rather more formal clothes than normal kids his age and had a few friends. Adam Lanza was a shy but intelligent and polite young boy so investigators had to dig further on how this young man had committed such heinous crime.

Other sources told that as a kid, Adam was forced by his mother to study harder. His parents were divorced, his mother was known to be a gun enthusiast and had a collection of firearms. She even brought her children to gun shooting sometimes. Investigators found that the gunman was very accurate at his shootings.

President Barrack Obama had already expressed his condolences in the massacre, even ordered to lower the US flag to half mast.

3 ways I know to watch Pacquiao Marquez 4 live

Everybody is already excited about the upcoming fight of Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez this coming December 9 (December 8 in Las Vegas, USA). I'm sure most of you can't wait to watch it live as much as possible and are looking for sites online that would provide you with a channel or a live stream video.

I have listed 3 ways I have tried and tested (except for no. 3) that would surely provide live action on your screen.

1. SopCast - This is what I use mostly and needs a bit of effort. SopCast is a downloadable software where users online can publish their videos for other users to watch. Its definitely free and needs no registration.
Just download the software on their website here.
The next step is to look for available SopCast channel that broadcast the fight. This is a bit hard and needs a bit of patience because most of this videos are illegally broadcasted and are being controlled and shut down by online admin.

I have listed some of theSopCast channels I have used previously for the Pacquiao and Bradley fight. Hopefully it will still run for the Pacquiao Marquez 4.

sop://broker.sopcast.com:3912/93289
sop://broker.sopcast.com:3912/69756
sop://broker1.sopcast.com:3912/6002
sop://broker.sopcast.com:3912/51813
sop://broker.sopcast.com:3912/24267

sop://broker.sopcast.com:3912/29629

sop://broker.sopcast.com:3912/24267
sop://broker1.sopcast.com:3912/65154

sop://broker1.sopcast.com:3912/85856

sop://broker1.sopcast.com:3912/85856
sop://broker.sopcast.com:3912/7524

2. Subscribe to Cignal Pay per View (PPV) - This is a legitimate way to watch the fight and needs no effort at all. You only to need to pay 550 pesos on top of your regular monthly subscription fee to be able to watch it live and commercial free. Of course one prerequisite is to have existing Cignal account.

Check out their site here for more info. 

3. The third one is what I will be using right now to watch Pacquaio Marquez 4. I have subscribed to PPV of Destiny Cable (Global Destiny CATV which was newly acquired by Sky Cable). This is much more expensive than Cignal TV because you have to pay for one time installation of digital box worth 2000 pesos plus the PPV fee of 1000 pesos. 

Call their hotline for more information 418-0000.