PAL Independence Day Promo

Enjoy Philippine Airlines’ Soaring to 70 Anniversary special. Catch roundtrip fare to your favorite USA destination for as low as USD480 and Regional destination for as low as USD 135 on Fiesta Economy class.

Hurry!! Limited seats only!!!

Selling and Ticketing Period:
From Manila to USA and Other Destinations
28 May to 11 June 2010
From Manila to Vancouver
01 to 11 June 2010

For more details, go to http://www.philippineairlines.com/special_offers/independence_promo/independence_promo.jsp

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Debenhams Three Day Sale May 28-30, 2010

Debenhams Amazing Offer!!! Take 20% off the latest styles in all departments. Three days only. (Trinoma, Shangrila Plaza Mall, Glorietta 4)

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Cebu Pacific Air Promo: CEB offers best buy with P999 seat sale to the Visayas! Low fare offer includes Boracay, Cebu and Bohol

From Cebu Pacific Air:
We’re giving even more opportunities for budget travellers to fly with a P999 seat sale from Manila to the Visayas and vice versa starting now until May 28, 2010. This is for travel from July 1 to September 30, 2010. This seat sale offers the best value for guests who are planning to travel this July to September!
Fly from Manila to Bacolod, Boracay (Caticlan), Calbayog, Catarman, Cebu, Dumaguete, Iloilo, Kalibo, Roxas, Tacloban or Tagbilaran and vice versa for only P999 on ‘Go Lite’ seats.

PAL Philippine Airlines Midnight Promo is back!!! Midnight Special part 5

Enjoy great fare deals this weekend in PAL Midnight Special Part 5. This promo will run on 22MAY (Saturday) midnight to 6am the following Sunday.

Promo details will be available at the PAL website on 22MAY 2010 at 3pm (Manila time).

The limited-seat promo will be available only at the PAL website –www.philippineairlines.com.

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Trinoma Green Light Sale May 28-30, 2010

TriNoma’s Green Light Sale
from May 28 to 30!

Get up to 70% off plus other delightful perks
at participating establishments!

Shop until 11pm on May 28 and 29!

http://www.greenlightsale.ph/

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Best and worst auto models of 2009 by car maker

2009 Annual Auto Reliability Survey: Best and worst models by car maker
 
 
 BMW 328i
It is easy to assume that certain automakers build only reliable cars and others don’t, however, nearly every manufacturer have their share of winners and losers in our annual reliability survey. Each company and even brand product portfolio runs a spectrum of reliability performance, with its own best and worst examples. For some, the range can span from much better than average to much worse than average, whereas other may be centered around average. The key lesson from scanning the data within an automaker is not to make assumptions.

For example, the best Toyota Motor Company model in our reliability survey is the Lexus SC—its predicted reliability score is the second highest out of over 300 vehicles, but the worst is the Lexus GS (AWD), which scores in the bottom 10 percent, and receives a much worse than average rating, and is not recommended in our testing. While it is true that Lexus models tend to be reliable and test well, this is not the case for all Lexus vehicles.
 
The greatest disparity comes from Volkswagen. The VW Golf (aka Rabbit) is one of the most reliable small cars you can buy, but the Volkswagen Touareg has the lowest predicted reliability score in our 2009 Annual Auto Survey.

In most cases, the best model for reliability is a recommended model and the worst is not. However, Honda’s top reliable vehicle in our survey, the Honda Insight, is not recommended due to low scores in our testing. The least reliable Honda vehicle is the Acura RL, but it has an average reliability score and is recommended. Honda is one of the more consistent manufacturers and has no model that scored below average in reliability.

The two more reliable General Motors products are from two brands that are leaving the GM umbrella. The Saturn Aura (4-cyl.) is newly recommended this year and the Pontiac Vibe will be phased out in the coming months.

Below are the best and worst models in reliability. Models with an * are based on data of one model year only.

BMW
Best: BMW 328i (RWD)
Worst: BMW 535i (AWD)*

Chrysler
Best: Jeep Patriot
Worst: Chrysler Town & Country/Dodge Grand Caravan

Ford
Best: Ford Fusion/Mercury Milan (4-cyl.)
Worst: Ford F-250 (turbodiesel, 4WD)*

General Motors
Best: Chevrolet Malibu (V6)
Worst: Chevrolet Colorado/GMC Canyon (4WD)

Honda
Best: Honda Insight*
Worst: Acura RL

Hyundai/Kia
Best: Hyundai Tucson
Worst: Kia Sedona

Mazda
Best: Mazda3 sedan
Worst: Mazda CX-7

Mercedes-Benz
Best: Mercedes-Benz GLK*
Worst: Mercedes-Benz GL-Class (turbodiesel)*

Nissan
Best: Infiniti M35 (RWD)
Worst: Nissan Versa sedan*

Subaru
Best: Subaru Impreza Outback Sport
Worst: Subaru Impreza WRX*

Toyota
Best: Lexus SC*
Worst: Lexus GS (AWD)

Volkswagen
Best: Volkswagen Golf (Rabbit)
Worst: Volkswagen Touareg*

Volvo
Best: Volvo S40 (FWD)*
Worst: Volvo XC90 (V8)*

The main take away from this information is don’t judge a book by its cover. Avoid assumptions and do your research before you buy your next vehicle. It takes just a few minutes to browse the model overview pages, or use the interactive new car selector tool, which sorts and filters by the parameters that matter most to you.

Either path will reveal Consumer Reports recommended models that did well in our road tests, score average or better in reliability, and performs at least adequately if included in government or insurance industry safety tests.
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How much do Philippine government officials make in salary?

For all the headaches a government official is embracing upon being elected into office, did you ever wonder how much they make in a month?  Why spend hundreds of millions for only a yearly salary not exceeding 1 million pesos for the top post of President of the archipelago?  

Does that mean they all steal?  Or all for the service of the country? Sense of nationalism? "Give something back to the country"?  And yet some senators are so pompous and arrogant at shouting at citizens in their blue ribbon inquiries, forgetting that they are there at the service of the Filipino people.  Anyway…….. here are their salaries as of 2001.

Rising Oil: how much of it is caused by actual demand versus speculation only?

Perhaps 60% of oil prices are speculation

Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley today are the two leading energy trading firms in the United States. Citigroup and JP Morgan Chase are major players and numerous hedge funds speculate.

In June 2006, the senate investigation estimated that of oil traded in futures markets at some $60 a barrel, about $25 of that was due to pure financial speculation. One analyst estimated in August 2005 that US oil inventory levels suggested WTI crude prices should be around $25 a barrel, and not $60.