YouTube video: Prisoners dance Michael Jackson song
January 27, 2010
The global phenomenon that was the Michael Jackson Dancing Inmates from a prison jail in Cebu City in the Philippines will surely make waves again as another dance video is released, this time, with Michael Jackson’s choreographer himself, Travis Payne joining the dance.
Another Western Union scam
January 26, 2010
A few minutes ago, I received a weird email from a friend. It was his valid email address but the content sounded fishy. It went like this:
Western Union scam email
Greetings,
How are you doing today? I need you to help me out of this devastating situation that I got my self into, I had to come down to United Kingdom and unfortunately for me I was attacked by robbers in the Hotel where I am lodge.The robbers made away with my entire luggage’s, including my credit cards and air return tickets, they also disconnected the Hotel’s telephone cables, so we cant get access to the Interpol and also and compromised its database too, which means that no credit card payments nor online payments can be made at the moment.
Add money to Paypal account without credit card?
January 25, 2010
We received the following question regarding Paypal from a PMT reader:
I have no credit card and bank account. How can I load money in my Paypal account? Is there a bank that will accept money to put it in my Paypal account?
‘Avatar Yourself’ – From the movie ‘Avatar’
January 22, 2010
It’s Friday today so we’re taking a break from our serious posts to bring you a funny/ hilarious/ amusing / amazing thing we’ve seen recently.
By now, you’ve probably watched James Cameron’s Avatar. Amazed by the 3D characters and avatar creatures in the movie? Don’t be. Because McDonald’s tied up with Avatar so that you yourself can Avatarize Yourself!
Top Blogs in the Philippines – 2009
January 19, 2010
Finally, we bring you our listing of the Top 50 Blogs in the Philippines for the year 2009, ranked based on each blog’s 3-month Alexa.com traffic rank.
We started monitoring blogs in 2008 (see our 2008 Top 50 Philippine Blogs list) and, in 2009, we see a diverse collection of old and new blogs alike.
In this list, 19 blogs or 20% of the Top 50 entered the list for the first time in 2009. They either became popular or started only in 2009. This means the length of time a person has been blogging does not necessarily translate to higher traffic rank.
The complete Top 50 blogs list below.
Top 100 Blogs of the Philippines (2009)
January 19, 2010
Here’s the complete listing of the Top 100 Blogs in the Philippines in 2009, ranked according to Alexa.com’s 3-month traffic rank.
Search and apply for Finance & Accounting jobs
January 18, 2010
Leading internet job portal site JobStreet.com recently partnered with PinoyMoneyTalk.com in delivering a listing of finance and accounting-related jobs to applicants.
PMT’s Finance Jobs page contains updated and real-time list of jobs in the fields of Audit and Taxation, Banking, Finance, Investment, and General and Cost Accounting, among others — directly taken from JobStreet’s official database.
If you’re a fresh grad looking to work for the first time or an experienced worker thinking of shifting to a new job, head over to PMT’s Finance Jobs page to search and apply for jobs that might fit you.
How to report text scams
January 14, 2010
It’s annoying to wake up to an SMS message you don’t expect, and even worst when that text is a spam/scam message. Earlier, the following obvious scam message unfortunately woke me up.
E2 bago roaming # k. Mzta n kau jan? Ok lang ako d2 my pa2 dor 2 dor akong mga gamit jan. Mern k dun. Loadan m muna ako 500 n prepaid kard im4rtante lng tnx.
2009 Dollar UITF Report
January 12, 2010
Dollar-denominated Unit Investment Trust Funds or UITFs also performed well in 2009, just like their Peso UITF counterparts.
In addition, most of the funds reversed and surpassed the 2.45% depreciation of the US Dollar versus the Peso last year, which could have reduced the value of the dollar investment.
Below is a summary of the full-year return of each dollar-denominated UITF.
Peso – Dollar exchange rate in 2009
January 12, 2010
In 2009, the Philippine Peso was less volatile against the US Dollar, with the Peso currency appreciating in value only by 2.45%.
