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VP JOJO BINAY’S GRAND PLAN TO ELIMINATE POVERTY IN THE PHILIPPINES

August 22, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

The Makati skyline as it now, top, and when Binay becomes president, bottom

MAKATI CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – In the U.S., presidential candidate Donald Trump’s grand plan to curb illegal immigration is to build a great wall along the southern border with Mexico. In the Philippines, Vice President Jojo Binay, candidate for president in the 2016 elections, has a grand plan to end poverty in his country.

The Philippines is known for the wide gap between the rich and the poor, and nowhere is it more evident than in the Vice President’s own city of Makati. (Binay and his wife Elenita are ex-mayors of Makati and their son Junjun is the current, albeit suspended mayor).

In his plan, unveiled today at the Dusit Thani Hotel in Makati, Binay says he will erect giant billboards all over the country to hide the squatter shanties that are practically obliterating the beautiful skyline of progressive cities, including Makati.

“If we can’t lick ’em, then we should join ’em,” Binay said as he showed a model of what Makati’s skyline will look like with giant billboards hiding the squatter shanties from view. He said the cost of the building the billboards will be offset by the rent to be paid for by the advertising companies.

Business, Economy

WORLD RECORD FOR MANILA: CITY WITH MOST NUMBER OF SHOPPING MALLS

August 20, 2015 Pol Pinoy 1 Comment

Uptown Place: new mega mall opening in Manila later this year

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – The Philippines has added a new feather to its cap by claiming yet another world record: its capital, Manila (and surrounding areas), has just been declared the city with the most number of shopping malls per capita.

Metro Manila (which is about the size of Arizona) is home to about 12 Million people. With its 153 existing shopping malls, there’s one mall per 78,000 people.

And there’s no stopping Metro Manila from building more and bigger shopping malls.

Property leasing giant Megaworld Corporation is opening 21 more malls and commercial spaces in the next five years to more than triple its gross floor area from the current 304,000 square meters to 1.4 Million square meters by 2020.

Two of these malls will open in the last quarter of 2015. They have a combined value of 4 Billion pesos.

So when in Manila, shop till you drop!

Technology

LEGISLATION SEEKS TO SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE INTERNET SPEED IN THE PHILIPPINES

August 18, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

Manila, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – Despite being considered the social media capital of the world, the Philippines has not kept up with most countries when it comes to Internet speed. This, despite the fact that Internet service costs an arm and a leg, possibly also a foot.

The Philippines ranks 21st, out of 22 countries in Asia, just one notch above war-torn Afghanistan. Internet experience in the country is reminiscent of AOL’s dial-up service in the early 1980’s.

By way of comparison, Singapore’s broadband speed is 122.43 Megabits per second, followed by Hong Kong with 102.99 Mbps. The Philippines’ download speed is 3.64 Mbps.

To remedy this embarrassing situation, Senator Nancy Binay, daughter of Vice President Jojo Binay, has formally filed a bill that would significantly increase Internet speed in the Philippines.

In her proposal, the senator wants to limit ownership of smart phones to one per household. In addition, each household can also own one desktop or laptop computer.

“By limiting the number of people using Internet-enabled devices, we can significantly reduce the demand for Internet access and there will be more download capacity to go around,” Binay said.

Asked how the one-per-family rule will be implemented, Binay proposed issuing licenses to owners of smart phones and computers. If a license applicant resides in a household which had already been previously issued a license, the application will be denied. In addition, smart phone and computer vendors can only sell their goods to customers who can present a valid government-issued license to own an Internet device.