It seems that the QC council is encountering some friction (ehem) from the Catholic Church with their proposed sex
program (also called reproductive program). Anyway, simply put QC council proposes students from Grade 5 to Fourth-year high school be taught reproductive health and this is somehow making things crawl up Cubao Bishop Honesto Ongtioco’s well you know what.
More Information:
Manila Times - Quezon City defends reproductive ordinance
The first electric Jeepneys are now plying the Metro with two of them servicing locations in Makati. The e-jeepneys are on a limited test phase since the LTO was unable to determine what class of vehicles they were (duh).
Well not really but if you want to buy a subscription on Amazon’s Kindle you can now purchase it for Manila Metblogs and most of the other cities available on the Metblogs network.
Beer, Bands and entire Barangays will be flooding into Marikina Sports Complex tonight because of the Red Horse Muziklaban Finals. The annual battle of the bands challenge started in 1999 and has since helped launch new rock bands into the scene.
Bands playing tonight include Pepe Smith, Wally Gonzales & Band, Slapshock, Greyhoundz, Queso, Urbandub, Kjwan, Pupil, Sugarfree, Kiko Machine, Mayonnaise, Paramita, Radioactive Sago Project, Typecast, Faspitch, 18th Issue, Fuseboxx, Join The Club, Sunflower Day Camp, Kamia, Treadstone, Descant Gott, Sin, Cog, Sultans of Snap, Datu’s Tribe, Salindiwa, Reklamo, The Ambassadors, Quadro, Plane Divides the Sky, Kamikazee, Parokya ni Edgar, Valley of Chrome, HardBoiledggz and more.
For more details visit their website
Jessica Hagedorn’s Dogeaters will have it’s curtain’s rise for the first time in Manila tonight. Set during the Marcos regime, the play revolves around a mash of colorful characters and what will ultimately make their paths cross. Check out Atlantis Productions for details on tickets but if they’re sold out for tonight, you have until December 2 to catch it.
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Three of the biggest coffee chains in the Metro are going head to head with their Christmas Planner Giveaway. Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf is giving out a notebook (available in 3 designs), Starbucks Coffee is giving out a planner (leather bound with ball pen) while Seattle’s Best Coffee is giving out a tote bag, notebook, mug, ball pen, gift coupons and metal casing (kitchen sink not included). Here’s a quick guide on the three Holiday promos.
Feel good Factor? Starbucks Coffee has had a long tradition with their Christmas Planner which started around 2004. A contribution to the foundation Spark Hope is made when you complete your planner.
It’s 4pm on a gloomy Thursday afternoon and you’ve had separation anxiety with your bed since you left your home. What would help you through the rest of the day? Is it that chicken mami cup noodle? Or some sort of instant champurado? Why not skip the pre-packed copy cats and have a nice hot bowl of Congee and Tokwa’t Baboy (Tofu with Pork), Metblog’s guaranteed instant cure to gloomy weather.
(Note: This blog post was not paid for by any third party which just so happens to deliver Congee and Tokwa’t Baboy to most parts of the Metro *wink wink*)
A local blogger claims witness to a suicide yesterday at the Ayala Trinoma mall in Quezon City. According to news reports, the 24 year old man jumped to death from the fourth floor of the recently opened mall. Blogger “of nervous laughter” has more details.
More Information:
ABS-CBN - Man jumps to death in QC mall
