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Business, Economy

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

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

 

Human Interest, Religion

(VIDEO) SAN FRANCISCO PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER HOLDS NEW RUBIK’S CUBE WORLD RECORD!

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imageSAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles) – A new Rubik’s Cube world record has just been set by a San Francisco Presbyterian Church minister when he clocked in at 5.0 seconds, the fastest time solving a 3x3x3 Rubik’s Cube.

The previous record was set earlier this year by American teenager Collin Burns at 5.25 seconds, followed by Mats Valk from the Netherlands, at 5.55 seconds in 2013.

The Rev. John Weems broke the record at last Sunday’s church service, witnessed by the congregation at the Calvary Presbyterian Church on Fillmore Street in San Francisco.

HERE’s how he did it.

Human Interest, International

ANOTHER WORLD RECORD FOR THE PHILIPPINES!

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Image: Getty
Image: Getty

Manila, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – The Philippines’ Department of Tourism (DOT) is not yet ready to retire its mantra of ‘It’s More Fun in the Philippines.’ In fact, the country has added yet anther world record to its string of accomplisments, Tourism Secretary Ramon Ramirez  Jr. proudly announced today.

The new world record? Filipinos ranked Number 1 in the world among the most gullible people on the Internet. India was a distant second, followed by the United States.

NetData International, a company that studies all kinds of data on the Internet, has shown that Filipinos are the most gullible in terms of satirical articles. Their data reveals that majority of shares from satirical articles are coming from the Philippines. They also noted that more than half of these articles are written by Filipinos.

imageAccording to NetData social media experts, this data signifies that most Filipino internet users either share an article they haven’t read or understood or they just can’t distinguish satire from legitimate news.

DOT said the Philippines is not only famous for its scenic natural landscapes, its beauty queens, champion boxers and corrupt politicians, but it has also established itself as a country with top world records.

Earlier this year, Makati City in the Philippines was named ‘Selfie Capital of the World.’ Cebu City recently topped the Guinness World Record of the largest single Zumba class. And the newly-opened  Philippine Arena now holds the distinction as the largest indoor arena in the world. Not to mention the most number of Filipino nationals (and those of Filipino heritage) winning international reality show singing competitions.

So go ahead, say it one more time… ‘It’s More Fun in the Philippines!’