Paramore concert VIP ticket scam?

Got a message from a PMT Forum member today about the supposed VIP ticket scam relating to the Paramore concert in Manila last March 9. Several VIP ticket holders who paid P10,000 each were complaining that they did not enjoy the benefit of being a VIP.

It appeared that the VIP ticket holders, who were supposed to be located near the stage, were simply lumped together with the Gold ticket holders who paid P3,950. Worst, some VIP ticket holders were even positioned behind the Gold ticket holders.

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Richest Men in the World 2010

The richest person in the world this year is not anymore Bill Gates or Warren Buffet.

It is Mexican Carlos Slim Helu — the first man from a developing country to grab that top spot since Forbes Magazine started the list.

There are 1,011 billionaires in the 2010 Forbes list of The World’s Billionaires, with the US claiming 403, followed by China and Russia, both with 62. Germany has 53, India has 49, Hong Kong has 41, France has 37, Turkey has 28, Taiwan and Brazil both have 18 billionaires.

The Philippines has 2 — Henry Sy at #201 (US$4.2 billion) and Lucio Tan at #582 (US$1.7 billion).

The Top 10 list of the world’s wealthiest people below.

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Stocks Tutorial 7: Ex-Date, Ex-Dividend Date, Record Date

In our previous article How are profits made in the stock market? we learned that two types of income from stocks are stock dividends and cash dividends.

Stock dividends are dividends given to shareholders in the form of additional stocks. The actual number of shares to be received can be computed by multiplying the number of shares held by the declared stock dividend percentage.

Cash dividends, obviously, are dividends in the form of cash. They are usually stated in peso or dollar amount per share, so the stockholder earns that amount multiplied by the number of shares owned.

Dates are very important in dividends because they determine if a stockholder is entitled to receive dividends or not. The most important dates are the dividend declaration date, ex-date, record date, and payment date.

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Watch free online: Clottey – Pacquiao fight

March 14, 2010 – A lot of boxing enthusiasts around the world, Filipinos in particular, will surely tune in once again to watch the Joshua Clottey – Manny Pacquiao fight.

As in the past Pacman’s fights with David Diaz, Juan Manuel Marquez, and Ricky Hatton, the Clottey – Pacquiao boxing match will surely be a big hit among TV viewers and online watchers.

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How to compute your earnings in Mutual Funds

A lot of people invested in Mutual Funds are still at a loss regarding how their income from this investment is computed. We’ll try to simplify how it’s being done in this discussion.

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How to compute your Time Deposit income

We recently received an email from one of our readers asking how to determine the interest earnings on his time deposit account. In response, we explain below how exactly it’s being computed.

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Check SSS member contributions online, via SMS text

My father called me up yesterday asking for help regarding his Social Security System (SSS) member contributions. Apparently, his records were missing six years of supposed SSS payments and he wants me to check with SSS about this.

Of course, I did not immediately rush to the SSS main office in East Avenue, Quezon City, knowing that there’s always a long queue of people there checking and verifying their own member contributions or inquiring about the status of their loans or claims.

Here’s what I did to check my father’s SSS payments.

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Presidents in Avatar: Noynoy, Villar, Erap, Gibo, etc.

Since we’re talking about the crazy world of Philippine politics, we decided to go crazy one step further by creating avatars for each presidential candidate, just like what we did in our Celebrity Avatars edition.

The results were hilarious. Check out the Avatar version of Noynoy Aquino, Manny Villar, Joseph Estrada, Gibo Teodoro, Dick Gordon, Eddie Villanueva, Jamby Madrigal and JC delos Reyes.

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Wacky world of politics in the Philippines

I rarely talk about politics in this blog but I can’t help but write one whenever I hear outrageous / weird / wacky news about politics and politicians.

Just a week ago, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced that in the recount of votes in the gubernatorial seat of Pampanga, losing candidate Lilia Pineda apparently won over proclaimed winner Ed Panlilio. The recount shows that Pineda received 190,729 votes while Panlilio got 188,718 votes.

What makes this more interesting, however, is that the number of votes of another losing candidate, third placer and then incumbent Mark Lapid, was 210,875 — which makes him the winner over the two! Mark Lapid, based on the number of votes, was the real winner! Surprise!

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