CHERRY MOBILE T8 TOUCH TV UP TO 43% OFF DECEMBER 15 TO 18, 2011

ISA SA CHRISTMAS WISH KO SANA MAGKAROON AKO NITO!

Accent Micro's Christmas Warehouse Sale is from December 15-17, 2011

Details

• Accent Micro's Christmas Warehouse Sale is from December 15-17, 2011.
• Sale Hours: 10:00am to 7:00pm
• Up to 50% off on selected items and 12 Mos 0% interest.

Location

101 G/F Parc Royale Condominium, Julia Vargas Ave., Ortigas, Pasig

SHOOTING STARS TONIGHT DECEMBER 14, 2011

MANILA, Philippines - Showing on Wednesday night is the The Geminids meteor shower .A spectacular show of colorful shooting stars — at a rate of 40 an hour— would be visible in the night sky starting at around 9:30pm till early Thursday morning, astronomers said on Tuesday.

“The small ones will whiz by in split seconds; the big ones in over a second. They’re like fireballs, and come in different colors. That makes it spectacular,” said Dario dela Cruz, chief of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration’s space sciences and astronomy section.

The meteor shower, visible to the naked eye, could be observed initially in the eastern sky, then overhead, and in the western sky, he said. And unlike previous meteor showers, stargazers will have a clearer view on Wednesday night. Weathermen forecast clear night skies, except for some cloudiness in the northern section.

At their peak, the meteors will rain down at a rate of 40 per hour in a dark and cloudless sky. A gibbous moon, however, could make it difficult for spectators to observe the small ones, according to Dela Cruz. The phenomenon is referred to as the Geminids because they appear to radiate from the constellation Gemini, the Twins.

The Best Way to View it

Astronomy magazine's Richard Talcott offers some tips to avoid the moon's bright light from obscuring your view: One way to compensate for the Moon's presence is to find a spot where a building or tree blocks the Moon from view. This will make the sky appear darker. Then, focus your attention in the direction opposite where the Moon lies. And of course, when trying to view any celestial event, it's always best to get away from cities and towns where the light could obstruct your view.

Most meteor showers occur when Earth passes through debris left by comets. The Geminid meteor shower, however, come from the debris of 3200 Phaethon, a near-Earth asteroid. However, according to NASA, asteroids don't usually have debris trails like comets. While there are clues about the source of the Phaethon debris, scientists sill are not certain where it comes from. "We just don't know," Cooke said. "Every new thing we learn about the Geminids seems to deepen the mystery."

Meteor showers are the icy stream of debris shed by comets as they orbit the sun. When the Earth travels through this stream, meteors appear to fall from a particular place in the sky. Meanwhile, the country will experience its longest night on Dec. 22, according to Pagasa.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer & Huffington Post

OAKLEY MAKATI WAREHOUSE SALE UP TO 70% OFF

Details

• The Oakley Warehouse Sale is from December 15 to 17, 2011.
• Up to 70% off for all items which they call Extreme Collections.
• Sale Hours: 9:30am to 5:30pm.
• Sale also happening at the following nationwide:
• TiO2 Greenbelt 3 and G-Force Stores in SM Megamall, Bonifacio High Street, Mall of Asia, TriNoma, Newport, SM City Cebu, Greenfield Sta. Rosa, Ayala Cebu and Marquee Mall in Pampanga.

Location

• 8062 JASRA Building, Estrella Street corner St. Paul Road, San Antonio Village, Makati City (View Map)

Converse Mega Sale up o 70% Off is from December 15 - 18, 2011

Details

• Converse Mega Sale is from December 15 - 18, 2011.
• Up to 70% OFF on selected items.
• Happening only at Megatrade Hall, SM Megamall.

NIKE Agility Warehouse Sale is from December 15-22, 2011

Details

• The NIKE Agility Warehouse Sale is from December 15-22, 2011.
• December 15: 10:00am to 3:00pm (Exclusive to Employees)
• December 15: 3:00pm to 7:00pm (Open to the Public)
• December 16-22: 10:00am to 7:00pm.
• Up to 80% OFF on selected items.
• Items on sale include Nike Shoes, Apparels and Accessories.
• Available only at the Nike Agility Center in Paranaque.

Location

Agility Center, Ninoy Aquino Avenue cor. Multinational Village, Paranaque City

SM Department Store PAG-IBIG Day SALE, December 14, 2011 mall hours is extended up to 10:00 p.m.

Details

• SM Department Store PAG-IBIG Day today only, December 14, 2011.
• Get 10% OFF on All Items for a minimum P500 purchase.
• Simply present your PAG-IBIG, SSS, or GSIS ID together with your company ID and SM Advantage, SM Prestige or BDO Rewards Card.
• Non SMAC members may avail of 5% discount today.
• Happening at all SM Department Store branches nationwide.
• For inquiries, please call the SM Advantage Hotline at 833-888 (for Metro Manila) and 1-800-833-888 (Outside Metro Manila)

SOLENN HEUSSAFF GINEBRA CALENDAR GIRL 2012

French-Filipina and Kapuso singer-actress Solenn Heussaff is the calendar girl of Ginebra San Miguel for the year 2012.

Solenn Marie Adea Heussaff is her full name.

Solenn’s name comes from Selena, meaning goddess of the moon.

She was born on July 20, 1985 to Cynthia Adea, a Filipina, and Louis Paul Heussaff, a former French Marine of Breton/Celtic descent,who is now the head of a service company for the petroleum industry.She has an older sister named Vanessa and a younger brother named Erwan.  Her brother Erwan used to date Anne Curtis who’s an ex of Richard Gutierrez who’s being linked to Solenn.

This particular photo is from all voices

Solenn is not just a pretty face. She’s very much inclined to the arts. She’s actually an assistant designer for Tan Gan Limited Edition, giant fashion retail here, and a professional makeup artist who studied in Paris. Before her limelight in showbiz, Solenn was doing a brilliant job already in fashion magazines and design. In her spare time, her creativity is indulged in painting.

Bad boys and shaved heads turn her on.

Solenn has a mantra tattooed on her rib written in French. “If I fall, I will rise again.”

She body-painted the controversial Joey Mead (shot wearing only body paints) for the Rogue magazine’s cover.

Solenn Heussaff is the calendar girl of Ginebra San Miguel for the year 2012.

Solenn is a talented actress, singer, model, VJ, painter and designer rolled into one.

Solenn had a three and a half year relationship with hottie Derek Ramsay.

Solenn appeared in this Coffee Mate commercial.

Solenn appeared in this Pop Cola commercial.

She’s an endorser of Penshoppe, a famous brand here.

MARES 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS SALE UP TO 70% OFF

Get ready for SUMMER!

Details

• MARES 12 Days of Christmas Sale is from December 12-23, 2011.
• Up to 30 to 70% OFF on selected items.
• Sale Hours: Mondays to Fridays (10:00am to 7:00pm) and Saturdays & Sundays (12:00nn to 4:00pm)
• All Mares equipment will be discounted from masks, booties, wet suits , BCD, and regulators.
• For inquiries, please call 403-0519 to 20.

Location

• G/L 7805 Vistamar Buliding, Mayapis St. corner St. Paul, San Antonio Village, Makati City

LG PHONES ON SALE

LG Optimus Net P690

• Promo Price: P7,990 (Standard Retail Price of P8,990)
• Sale available on December 10, 15 and 20, 2011 only.
• Avail of this promotion in all LG Concept Stores & Kiosks nationwide.
• For detailed specifications, click here.

LG Optimus Pro C660

• Promo Price: P7,490 (Standard Retail Price of P8,490)
• Sale available on December 11, 16 and 21, 2011 only.
• Avail of this promotion in all LG Concept Stores & Kiosks nationwide.
• For detailed specifications, click here.

LG Wink WiFi C305

• Promo Price: P3,190 (Standard Retail Price of P4,490)
• Sale available on December 12, 17 and 22, 2011 only.
• Avail of this promotion in all LG Concept Stores & Kiosks nationwide.
• For detailed specifications, click here.

LG Wink Dual X330

• Promo Price: P2,490 (Standard Retail Price of P3,990)
• Sale available on December 13, 18 and 23, 2011 only.
• Avail of this promotion in all LG Concept Stores & Kiosks nationwide.
• For detailed specifications, click here.

LG Wink Dual X330

• Promo Price: P1,990 (Standard Retail Price of P3,590)
• Sale available on December 14, 19 and 24, 2011 only.
• Avail of this promotion in all LG Concept Stores & Kiosks nationwide.
• For detailed specifications, click here.

LG Mobile Concept Stores

• 4/F Cyberzone, Mega B, SM Megamall
• 4/F Cyberzone, The Annex, SM North Edsa
• 2/F Bldg A, SM Taytay
• 2/F SM Cebu, Cebu City
• 3/F SM City Davao Eco Land, Davao City
• Unit 223 North Wing, SM City Bacolod

LG Mobile Kiosks

• 3/F Cyberzone, SM Fairview
• 2/F CSI Citimall, Lucao Dist., Dagupan City
• 2/F SM Iloilo
• LG/F Gaisano, General Santos
• LG/F Cyberzone, SM Manila

Philippine Airlines 12 days of Christmas Big fare sale from December 14 to December 26, 2011

 

Starting today Wednesday, flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) will be selling tickets to all its international and domestic destinations at giveaway rates.

Details

• Sale Period is from December 14 to December 26, 2011.
• Travel period is from January 10 to March 15, 2012.
• Book and buy through www.philippineairlines.com using MasterCard or VISA credit card or BancNet ATM card. Or, purchase tickets at any PAL ticket office or DTP travel agents.
• Limited seats only and are on sale on a “first come, first served basis.” .
• Valid for one way and combinable for roundtrip travel on economy class.
• Mileage Accrual:  All tickets will earn double miles under PAL’s Mabuhay Miles program. 
• Free Baggage Allowance: 15 kgs. for Fiesta (Economy) class.  
• Philippine Airline’s 70th anniversary Promo

The following are the prices for roundtrip PAL tickets (excluding fuel surcharges and government taxes) to the following destinations: 

• Beijing US$80
• Shanghai US$60
• Xiamen US$50
• Delhi US$108
• Sydney US$298
• Melbourne US$298
• Manila-Tokyo US$248
• Cebu-Tokyo US$298
• Nagoya US$248
• Fukuoka US$248
• Osaka US$248
• Honolulu US$308
• Guam US$228
• Bangkok US$48
• Saigon US$48
• Singapore US$48
• Jakarta US$48
• Hong Kong US$30
• Macau US$30
• Taipei US$30
• Las Vegas US$498
• Vancouver US$498
• Los Angeles US$498
• San Francisco US$498

All Luzon 

• Economy P788
• Business Class P3,988

All Visayas 

• Economy P788
• Business Class P3,988

All Mindanao 

• Economy P1,388
• Business Class P4,988.

MIRRIAM DEFENSOR SANTIAGO NOW A JUDGE IN INTERNATIONAL COURT

Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago just won the election to become judge of the International Criminal Court.
 
Santiago said she could only leave her seat in the Senate once she would be called by the ICC to report to her new work.
 
The senator will be one of the six judges, who will assume office in March 2012. But Santiago said it might take a year before she assumes the post.

Santiago said on radio that she would be the first Filipino to sit there.

Her staff member, Tom Tolibas, said the senator got 79 votes in the first round of the ICC election, which automatically got her elected to the ICC.

Aside from Santiago, the committee on international criminal court posted on Twitter that Anthony Carmona of Trinidad and Tobago was elected to the ICC. In the radio interview, Santiago joked that she probably won a seat in the ICC because her enemies campaigned for her so that they could get rid of her.

Santiago topped the first round of the elections with more than two-thirds majority (79 votes), which was enough for her to win. Santiago will be the first Filipino to sit as judge of the 16-man Int'l Criminal Court based in The Hague, The Netherlands.

Prior from Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago winning the seat, DFA Secretary Albert del Rosario welcomed Santiago’s nomination for the prestigious international post as he stressed that the finding of the Independent Panel “validates the confidence the Philippine government has placed in the excellent qualifications and outstanding character of our candidate, Professor Dr. Miriam Defensor Santiago.”

The Panel was established by the Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC) in December, 2010, to encourage States Parties to nominate the most qualified candidates to be judges of the ICC. The CICC includes 2,500 civil society organizations in 150 different countries working in partnership to strengthen international cooperation with the ICC.

The Independent Panel consists of experts in international law, international criminal law and procedure, humanitarian law and human rights law. They include the chair Justice Richard Goldstone, former Chief Prosecutor of the UN International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia, where he sat as chair; and Patricia Wald, former Chief Judge of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and former judge of the UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, among others.

“It assessed each candidate according to the “list” to which he or she was nominated, either ‘List A’ consisting of candidates with expertise and substantial experience in criminal law, or ‘List B’ consisting of candidates with expertise and experience in international law relevant to the ICC.”

Santiago, a former trial court judge and expert in international law, is one of 19 candidates that was eyed for six vacant seats on the ICC. She is included in List B. Based on geographic representation, one of the six is reserved for Asia. One other country from Asia, Cyprus, is competing for that seat.

However, that country’s candidate, George A. Serghides, was not among those that the Independent Panel found as “Qualified” because he lacks the necessary relevant experience, whether as judge, prosecutor, advocate or in other similar capacity, in criminal proceedings, according to the Panel.

“We see the ICC as playing a significant role in ending impunity, preventing crimes against humanity and in strengthening international peace and security,” said Secretary Del Rosario. “The Philippines wishes to contribute to the work of the ICC and has launched the candidature of Dr. Santiago with this topmost in our minds.”

Source: INQUIRER, GMA News and Manila Bulletin