Author: Max Limpag
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ON the eve of #TeacherFest2016, teacher Chita Mejia was told by her husband, “don’t go home without the key to that house they are giving away.” On Sunday, Mejia won the grand prize of a house and lot. The Mejias do not own a house. Mejia, who teaches at the Carlos L. Albert High School…
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“Hey, Jarvis,” I sent a message to the eponymous Facebook Messenger chat bot, “remind me to reply to Cass’ email in 30 minutes.” The reply came as quickly as the Facebook pop to notify you of an incoming chat message. “Okay, I’ll remind you to reply to Cass’s email at 10:24 PM on Monday, September…
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Whether matching credit card deals, applying for a personal loan or signing up for a travel insurance, GoBear offers a comprehensive and transparent comparison of various financial products, its officials said recently. GoBear is a “metasearch engine in insurance and financial products.” It simplifies comparison between financial products such as a personal loan and allows…
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For P599 a month, customers can get from Smart Bro an iPad Mini 2 with a 1.7GB monthly data allocation plus 1.1GB set aside for video streaming on YouTube, iflix, Dailymotion, and Vimeo for the first 3 months. This is the easiest and most affordable way to own an iPad Mini, the company said in…
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After his betrayal and assassination in the town of Kabkad (present day Carcar City) in the early hours of April 8, 1898, a Good Friday, Leon Kilat’s disemboweled body was put on display at the town center. The killing of Leon Kilat, the nom de guerre of Katipunan leader Pantaleon Villegas, was gruesome – he…
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For audiophiles or those people who are very particular with their audio equipment, nothing but high quality gadgets and equipment will do. Among the shops in Cebu frequented by audiophiles is A. Refinery, which celebrated its first year last July 16. A. Refinery is located in the new wing of Ayala Center Cebu. It sells…
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Good design, light weight, solid battery life, a great fitness tracking app and desktop dashboard and access to a community make the Fitbit Blaze a top choice for those who want to buy a tracker and smartwatch. As a long-time user of the Sony Smartwatch 3, it’s hard to make the shift to a different…
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Last week, members of iconic Pinoy band Eraserheads reunited, the first in a long time, for a concert. The occasion was the unveiling of the new logos of PLDT and Smart. Save for company employees, the event was all hush-hush. The press contact who invited me only said I was going to a “confidential” event.…
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PLDT will be spending a billion dollars a year to improve its Internet service, PLDT and Smart chairman, president, and CEO Manuel V. Pangilinan told journalists in an interview last night after the company’s Annual Stockholders’ Meeting in Makati Shangri-la. “We are quite good at building the relevant infrastructure for Internet and data. And that’s…
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PLDT and mobile subsidiary Smart Communications unveiled its new logos tonight to highlight a fresh brand identity anchored on its “digital pivot,” a massive shift of the company to data services. PLDT and Smart chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) Manuel V. Pangilinan led company officials in unveiling the logo in the Makati Shangri-la. The…
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Premium notebooks of various designs and types, high-quality pens, and other writing implements and supplies are now available in Cebu with the opening of the Itoya corner in the National Bookstore branch in Ayala Center Cebu. Officials of Itoya and National Bookstore led the opening of the store earlier today, June 10. “We feel truly…
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Smart’s nationwide tour to promote its Smart Bro 888 BRO-Kada made its Cebu stop this weekend with a press conference, mall visits, and a bar tour. The company said its P888 offering for the 4G pocket WiFI is timely, because students are set to go back to school in a few days. For that amount,…
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Using big data in a marketing campaign makes it more effective and offers sharper insights, Cebu businesses were told Thursday. Talas Data Intelligence, Inc., the big data company of the PLDT Group, provided a preview of its Market Builder service during Thursday’s Cebu launch of PLDT #MyNumber in Radisson Blu Cebu in Cebu City. MarketBuilder…
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This IEC 2016 livestream by RTVM is powered by PLDT and SMART Communications, Inc.
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This IEC 2016 livestream by RTVM is powered by PLDT and SMART Communications, Inc.
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This IEC 2016 livestream by RTVM is powered by PLDT and SMART Communications, Inc.
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Unless you’ve tried the “boodle fight,” you can’t say your Cebu culinary experience is complete. The meal has its roots in the shared dining concept of communal eating where the rice and viand are laid out on the table on banana leaves or newspapers. The Boodle Fight was said to have originated from the shared…
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Starting last January 11 and until the Sinulog grand parade on Sunday, January 17, people will be able to connect to free WiFi with a 1Gbps bandwidth along the Sinulog route and in the Cebu City Sports Center Grandstand. The 1Gbps free WiFi coverage will extend until the International Eucharistic Congress (IEC) from January 24…
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UV radiation levels will be high, the smartwatch we have been testing warned at noon of Sinulog Sa Kabataan Sa Lalawigan last Saturday. The data was processed by AccuWeather and detected by the weather app integrated into my wife’s phone and from there, pushed into the smartwatch she was wearing.
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Holiday favorites likes puto bumbong, pudding, Christmas ham, stollen bread, chicken relleno and a festive ensaymada are back on the menu as part of the Cafe Marco buffet as Marco Polo Plaza Cebu celebrates “Festive Season 2015.”