Pinoy Money Talk on MoneySense magazine
February 1, 2008
The 1st anniversary issue of personal finance magazine MoneySense featured Pinoy Money Talk as one of “noteworthy” blogs on personal finance. The list also includes the Philippine Daily Inquirer’s MoneySmarts blog and the Philippine stock trading forum FinanceManila.net.
Thanks for the mention but let us clarify that PMT is not really a “personal finance” blog because our articles don’t talk a lot about budgeting, financial planning, or managing finances. Not that we don’t consider those things important. It’s just that we know other sites provide much better information and also, we prefer to feature practical solutions to financial problems by writing about income and investment opportunities that may be of value to our readers looking for alternative or additional sources of income.
An additional clarification, too. The PMT blog officially started only in mid-2006 (not “July 2005″ as mentioned in the article) while the Pinoy Money Talk forum began in March 2005 (not “late 2004″).
That’s actually why we’re celebrating our 3rd Anniversary this coming March! (By the way, join our “Countdown to 3″ 3rd Year Anniversary contest and win P6,000!)
Still, we’d like to thank MoneySense Magazine for taking the time out to look at our website.
Win P6,000 in PMT’s “Countdown to 3″ contest!
February 1, 2008
Pinoy Money Talk is turning 3 years old this March! Yay!
Yup, PinoyMoneyTalk.com, your online resource on money matters, is celebrating its 3rd Year Anniversary on March 1, 2008. To mark this momentous event, we are launching our grand pa-contest:
The P6,000 Countdown to 3 Contest!
It’s called “Countdown to 3“ because 3 events will pave the way for PMT’s 3rd Year Anniversary celebration and “P6,000“ because, obviously, a total of P6,000 cash is at stake! All yours for the taking!
Back online after 12+ hours of downtime
January 10, 2008
Pinoy Money Talk is finally back online after more than 12 hours of downtime. The site first went down around the afternoon of January 9, Manila time. After 8 hours or so, the site temporarily went back online for 2 hours before going down again.
As of 9:30 a.m. today, the site is officially back up. Forunately, no data seems to be lost.
The downtime was apparently caused by a power outage at the datacenter where the website is hosted. Almost all websites under the webhost became inaccessible starting yesterday for several hours. We’re just glad now that everything seems to be back to normal.
To all our readers, feed subscribers, and visitors, we apologize for any inconvenience caused by this downtime.
Have a good day.
UP Centennial Celebration 2008 starts this week
January 6, 2008
The country’s premier institution of higher learning, the University of the Philippines (UP), is now 100 years old. Established on July 18, 1908, UP has since produced leaders in both government and industry, trailblazers in the arts and humanities, and innovators in science and engineering.
The year 2008 is UP’s Centennial Year and was officially declared one by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo through Proclamation No. 913. The celebration officially begun on July 18, 2007 and will last until December 31, 2008.
Following are highlights of activities related to this year’s UP Centennial celebration. A complete calendar of activities from January to December 2008 can be found in the UP Centennial website.
In retrospect: Pinoy Money Talk in 2007
January 1, 2008
It’s definitely that time of the year when we pause for a while to think about the year that was while, at the same time, planning for the year ahead.
Looking back, 2007 was an eventful and exciting year for Pinoy Money Talk (PMT) as we repositioned the site as a portal on personal finance, banking, investments, trading, and online and offline income opportunities.
The PMT Forum
As of December 31, 2007, the PMT Forum boasts of 4,600+ registered members, 3,700 of which were added in 2007 alone. The number excludes more than 1,000 inactive accounts which were purged last year.
Happy New Year!
January 1, 2008
To all our Pinoy Money Talk members, readers, visitors, feed subscribers, supporters, and friends, HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Here’s to hoping that 2008 brings prosperity, happiness and good health to all of you!
To “spark” your day, here are pictures of New Year fireworks revelry in some parts of the globe, courtesy of Reuters.
Fireworks display in Athens, Greece
Merry Christmas in various languages
December 25, 2007
Happy Holidays!
We at Pinoy Money Talk (PMT) wish you and your family a joyful Christmas and a Prosperous New Year!
To greet your friends in other countries, check below for a list of the “Merry Christmas” greeting in over a hundred languages.
Pics from the Dec. 8 PMT Christmas Party EB
December 11, 2007
New friends + good food + giveaways and prizes + talks on money and investments = Fun, Fun, Fun!
That summarizes PinoyMoneyTalk’s Christmas Party EB held on December 8 at Menu Restaurant in Metrowalk Plaza, Ortigas.
More than 40 members trooped to the place last Saturday to meet the faces behind the PMT Forum usernames and to listen to discussions about personal finance and money-making from our guest speakers.
More pics after the jump and in the PMT Christmas 2007 EB Recap thread.
Winners of PMT’s $25 Christmas Contest
December 9, 2007
Sharing is undeniably the essence of Christmas. And several posters in our $25 Christmas Contest wrote that should they win, they will give the prize to charity or to someone they know who needs the money. Noble intent, indeed, but how are you to win if everybody else is saying the same thing?
You make a heart-tugging but not-oh-so-melodramatic post, that’s how.
PMT Christmas Party and EB on December 8
December 5, 2007
Metro Manila members of the Pinoy Money Talk (PMT) community will troop to Menu Restaurant at Metrowalk in Ortigas this Saturday, December 8, for its Christmas Party and EB (Eyeball).
If you are joining, please visit the PMT Metro Manila Dec. 8 EB thread. Details of the event are posted there.
If you are interested to sponsor the EB or pledge or donate anything, please visit our Donors and Sponsors thread.
See you and Happy Holidays to all!
PS. The PMT Cebu (Visayas) Chapter will also be having its Christmas Party EB on December 14. Head to the PMT Cebu 3rd EB for more information.
