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Monthly Archives: May 2008

NAIA Terminal 3 to Open June 2008

It seems that this one is for real. If you are going to pass by the NAIA Terminal 3 (Villamor Air Base), you will notice a lot of improvements in its vicinity. A new traffic scheme was implemented in Andrews Avenue (from Domestic Road til Terminal 3) since last week. Sana, this time, totoo nang pagbubukas ng Terminal 3.

Now, just to serve as reference if ever you will be flying an aircraft at the NAIA (hehehe):

Radio Frequencies to Remember:

Manila Tower = 118.1 (my radio unit is tuned to 121.9, which is for Ground)
Ramp1 = 121.7 | 121.6 | 128.8
Ramp2 = 123.25 (Domestic Ramp)
Manila RDO = 5447.5 | 3834 | 124.0 (listening watch only)
Clnc Del = 125.1
Manila ATIS = 126.4
Manila CON = 128.3
Manila APP = 119.7 | 121.1

If you have a multi-band radio unit, you may try tuning in any of the frequencies and hear the conversations between the controllers and aircraft pilots live! (Just don’t interfere with their communications, OK?!)

BobReyes.com Reaches 100,000th Mark!

TurfSite Manila (http://www.bobreyes.com) had just reached the 100,000th homepage hit mark (since 2003). Thank you very much for all those who visited my site and for your continued support.

To celebrate this momentous event, TurfSite Computing, Inc. (http://www.turfsiteph.net) is giving-away Php100 discount coupons for orders done today up until 21 June 2008. Just use the coupon code BOBREYES100 when signing-up for a website hosting product.

Jeepney & Bus Fares Hike To Push Through Tomorrow!

In a very confusing and contradicting manner, DOTC Secretary Mendoza retracted his statement yesterday regarding his “hold” order on the implementation of the jeepney and bus fares hike effective tomorrow, Wednesday 21 May 2008.

Based on an online report from GMANews.tv, Sec. Mendoza received an order from Mrs. Arroyo (the President) to implement the fare hike tomorrow, Wednesday.

I bet, this will generate a lot of confusion tomorrow among the passengers and drivers.

U Mobile: Asia’s First Ad-Supported Cellphone Service

Foreword: U Mobile, I think I missed your invite to the launch party. I heard that you gave-away LG KU380′s and U Mobile SIM cards to the attendees. You may still send me a unit, just email me {[email protected]} or post a comment on this entry. Thank you! (back to regular programming)
Free mobile phone service (Voice, SMS, MMS, and 3G), anyone? This is the bold move of a new local telco player: U Mobile (CURE). With an extravagant launch party held this week, U Mobile will be providing subsidized mobile phone service to the Filipino people soon. Some info about U Mobile:

  • It is owned by CURE — one of the few companies granted by the NTC to operate 3G in the Philippines. Was recently bought by Smart Communications, Inc.
  • They use the mobile phone prefix 0999.
  • Free mobile phone service is ad-supported: users are rewarded Php0.50 every time that they receive an ad message.
  • This type of service is the first of its kind in Asia.
  • Their website is http://www.umobile.com.ph — by invitation only (as of the moment).

Based on what I had heard (from a friend in Smart Communications), users will be given a cellphone load of around Php300++ per month. This is very nice. The NTC granted you the permit to operate 3G years ago, why are you just now implementing these stuff? hehehe ..

Again, if the people from CURE (U Mobile) are reading this post, I’m just an email away. I’ll be more than happy to write a review of your mobile phone service soon.

DOTC to the Rescue: Stops Fare Hike

The head of the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) Leandro Mendoza stops the implementation of the jeepney and bus fares hike this coming Wednesday. Over the weekend, it was announced by the LTFRB that they had approved a Php0.50 provisional fare hike on jeepneys and buses plying the Metro Manila, at least — this will make the minimum fare to Php8.00

Sec. Mendoza ordered to hold the implementation and to study further the implications of fare increases.

Side note: one of my officemates came in this morning complaining about the fare increase. I told him that the fare increase will take effect come Wednesday. Seems that he was caught unware of this, and he did not complained to the jeepney driver who charged him of Php8.00 for a route which is less than 4 kilometers.

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Is UnionBankPH EON Visa Electron Down?

I had high praises when it comes how satisfied I am with my UnionBankPH EON Cyber Account (Visa Electron), not until yesterday when I cannot use it online. Usually, then I encounter the error:

“We are unable to process your request. Please use another card or payment method.”

I simply wait for a few hours, and my online purchase pushes through. But since 48 hours ago, I (and some other EON users) cannot make any payments online through my UnionBankPH EON account. Tried to call their Customer Service Hotline, but I am always on hold for atleast 30-45 minutes. Sent an email to them, but no reply is received up to this writing.

Is EON Visa Electron down? Or is it just me?

TurfsitePH.net Affiliates Launched!

We’re very happy to announce the launch of our TurfSitePH.net Affiliate System. You can now refer your friends and family to host their websites and purchase their domains through TurfSite Computing, Inc. (http://www.turfsiteph.net) and earn 5% of their total payment as commission.

It’s very easy, simply sign-up at http://earn.turfsiteph.net and you shall be given your own Affiliate ID Code, which you can post on your website, blog, or send out through email. Once your friend or family member clicks on your link, a cookie will be saved on his/her computer. The cookie is valid up to 90 days from the date of first visit. Once your friend or family member orders through our website, using the same computer he/she when she first visited our site using your Affiliate ID, 5% of the total sales amount will be credited to you upon payment of their orders.

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