Archive for the 'Offshoring' Category

Robbery & Violation of RA 8792

Monday, September 5th, 2011

Robbery with Violence Against or Intimidation of Persons; Violation of RA 8792 for Unlawfully Stealing, Removing, and Accessing Electronic Data. Michael Alan Turner, complainant, vs Antonio Agustin “Gus” Rodano, Riza Rodano, Elmer “Tabby” Taboada, Rex Cortez, Melissa “Lia” Fernando-Murillo, Dennis Nengasca, and Junior Callo. It is not a pleasant read.

Stop Blogging? Never!!

Sunday, March 15th, 2009

So, some people are asking my why I haven’t posted a new blog post in two months now. Good question, and not one easily answered. I would recommend Jungle Jil’s Blog for updates about ex-pat life in the CdO area and Northern Mindanao. I found a great link on his blog to a terrible Baseline [...]

Date.com Goes Whitewater Rafting

Saturday, May 17th, 2008

Date.com is expanding into The Philippines with the intention of offering free access for Filipinos, at some time in the not too distant future.. No trip to Cagayan de Oro would be complete without taking on the many rapids of the Cagayan de Oro River. We went on May 14, 2008, and had a great [...]

Club Troy, Cagayan de Oro City KTV Club

Monday, April 28th, 2008

I had a client visit the past couple of weeks and took him to some of the local clubs such as the disco/live band venue of Pulse and the girlie club Spooks KTV.  But the best show was at Club Troy There were a pair of fraternal twins who danced to “Apple Bottomed Jeans” in [...]

SEO Wanted

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Move to beautiful Cagayan de Oro: Our company prides itself on delivering exceptional results to clients and to our own websites. As a multi-faceted company we embrace versatility in our employees and are looking for innovators. We are seeking a highly-motivated individual to manage search engine optimization analysis and best-practice implementations, as well as monthly [...]

Complaint Dismissed

Tuesday, May 15th, 2007

A complaint was filed against me in The Philippines for “Grave Threats” and for “Concealing Deadly Weapon”. The Complaint was filed with the Office of The City Prosecutor, in Cagayan de Oro City, I.S. No. 2007-362 (Grave Threats) and I.S. No. 2007-363. The complaint itself was pretty insane, and the case was dismissed without charges [...]

Capitilizing The Philippines

Monday, September 18th, 2006

One of my favorite discussion topics these days is globalization and how the Internet is allowing all manner of knowledge work to be outsourced to 3rd World countries, and the wealth being created in both countries that become involved in these type of commerical win-win transactions. A common response from 1st World conversants is that [...]

Lost Horizon Beach Resort, Panglao Island, Bohol

Monday, September 11th, 2006

Kirk, the photo masking king of The Philippines recommended Lost Horizon Beach Resort in Bohol, on Panglao Island, good advice I’m happy to share. Lost Horizon is a small hotel on Panglao Island, Alona Beach, and they offer free WiFi to their guest, scoring beaucoup bonus points with me. The room cost was about P2500 [...]

Globalizing The Philippines

Wednesday, August 30th, 2006

Globalization is an historical event in the making.  In it’s ancient form it was the imperialist expansion of Western Europe throughout the rest of The World.  It tapered off with the Industrial Revolution, but began again with The Information Age.  I would mark that date as Thomas Friedman does, as November 9, 1989, with the [...]