By Sasha on Feb 3, 2012 in Community issues, Featured | 2 Comments
I find it really distasteful how the President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III can talk (and joke) about his love life in the light of what’s happening in the country. I mean come on! So many issues need to be answered/addressed by the president I would like to think that he knew to brush off questions [...]
By Sasha on Jan 15, 2012 in Community issues, Featured | 1 Comment
I don’t know if you have heard it already but starting June 2012, all incoming Grade 1 students in the country will be part of the Enhanced K+12 Basic Education Program of the Department of Education (DepEd). What is the Enhanced K+12 Basic Education Program that I mentioned? This is what I got from gov.ph‘s [...]
By Sasha on Dec 22, 2011 in Community issues, Featured | 1 Comment
May I just remind every kindhearted individual who will be donating to the victims of Typhoon Sendong to please verify the accounts you will be donating to. There are so many individuals asking for help and you will find that they are using their personal accounts in accepting donations. I am not saying all of [...]
By Sasha on Dec 17, 2011 in Community issues, Featured | 1 Comment
There will be 6 long weekends in 2012 according to the official list of regular holidays and special (non-working) days from MalacaƱang. The first one will be on January 21 to 23, the 23rd being a special non-working holiday as it is the Chinese New Year celebrations. The Holy Week which will last 5 days [...]
By Sasha on Dec 17, 2011 in Community issues | Comments Off
Let us please take a moment to offer our prayers for the victims of typhoon Sendong in Mindanao. So many provinces are affected and the number of families affected by it are rising as I write this entry. If you want to see the aftermath of the typhoon, you can view this Facebook album by [...]
By Sasha on Nov 3, 2011 in Community issues, Featured | Comments Off
Ramgen Revilla, 22, son of former senator Ramon Revilla, Jr. and half-brother of actor and now Senator Bong Revilla, was killed in his own home. He was stabbed 11 times and shot by two gunmen wearing bonnets. His ex-girlfriend who was with him that time was also shot in the head but survived the incident [...]
By Sasha on Oct 11, 2011 in Community issues, Featured | 2 Comments
It took a while for me to write the part 2 of My DFA Experience. The reason for this is I want to know if both rush and regular processing of passports really work. My little girl and I opted for rush processing as I had to go back to Department of Social Welfare and [...]
By Sasha on Aug 16, 2011 in Community issues | 6 Comments
Let me tell you my experience with Passport Renewal and New Application Processing at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). My dad, my brother, Hazel my little girl, and I went to their ASEANA Office at the Macapagal Boulevard for our passport applications. My dad and I for renewal only while my brother and Hazel [...]