High Society week in Photos Angeles City Pampanga Philippines - Clubbing - Partying - Naughty girls - Music - AC

High Society is back in top form and business has certainly picked up. Following weeks of speculation concerning the ownership, management and long term future of the club this week was a really impressive week with girls looking good and full houses regularly with 25th Feb especially a busy one. . Please see the Below photos and check out the girls who could well be a friend of yours on your visit to the No 1 nightclub in Pampanga.

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There are plenty of Bars and Plenty of girls but finding one you like is hard work unless you are willing to bar hop - Bar Rankings Angeles City, Hot girl spots etc

The days of guys walking around town with the option of multiple beauties in each bar have gone by and people are complaining a lot about Angeles City in that it is not like it was 10 years ago well guys neither are me and you the same as we were in 2006.

The world changes fast and with different types of tourists in AC namely Koreans and Japanese guys becoming the majority with western visitors still in good numbers dramatically reduced due to the lack of US military activity in Clark (something that could change at any time given the political environment in the South China Sea)

So lets make it clear AC is hard for a 50 year old bloke to walk in a bar and pick a stunning 20 year old girl, be treated like a kind and have sex all night long with the girl with service being exceptionally good.. I can agree that with only a few exceptions this indeed is something that in previous years would have been achievable for everyone visiting AC however we are in 2016 and with the change in time is a change in attitude among the girls and also a change in the availability of girls.

Years ago girls from all over the country flooded AC bars with applications, these girls would be delighted to become a dancer or waitress in a AC bar both to make money and to hopefully meet a western guy who could change their lives for the better.

Today with Facebook so prominent and websites like Dates in Asia, Tagged,  Tinder and applications like WeChat, Kakao Talk and Line the girls in their provinces are able to make some money without leaving home so regularly, a large number of girls have got online boyfriends who eventually become real boyfriends but the reality is they are lifestyle sponsors.

Adding to the talent shortage to a certain level are the previous years of raids where girls could be put in Jail for working in the wrong bar at the wrong time that did not pay the ransom required to various groups and organizations. Bar owners are frightened and so rightly they should be with being accused with Human Trafficking violations with respect to recruitment but it remains a country with a lot of beautiful girls and Central Luzon in particular is home to many a "Maganda" therefore anyone hoping to make significant revenue needs to look at the impressive recruitment conducted by the Korean bars for example Aura where girls are all bar released within 30 mins of it opening leaving the dance-floor which is simply exceptional.

The big failure to recruit talent to protect their brands really fall on Club Asia, What was Forbidden City (Now called Carousel), Las Vegas and for the smaller bars Q bar has fallen recently due to the loss of possibly its most popular girls ever in recent years Christina, Zhel, Melody, Kris and Ghiee.
These bars were venues that people loved to go to pick up something special when today their line up only slightly looks better than whats on offer on the Perimeter for a much reduced price.

There is a lot of good work being done by bars such as Kings Landing, Shooterz under Larry Campos has made a massive improvement, Voodoo with Griff back in town has also attracted better girls than the prior Hippo line up 6 months ago. Aura should be commended for setting the standard on Fields but their weakness is western communication but still I am sure they are very happy with their investment.

Gossip has actually done well to date although popularity fluctuates quite a bit, i would not call it over rated but i would say its clean bright and located in a great location, it actually has a lot of potential not only to be a pre and post HISO bar but a genuine competitor providing they recruited a decent DJ and managed space well.

Its all about taking the time to look around in AC today, 2016 you cannot go to the usual places, you cannot guarantee today will be the same line up as yesterday but what you can guarantee is that if you look around you will find some amazing girls in AC and it wont take too much effort.

Below is the top 10 bars for identifying HOT girls and below that is the top 10 good time bars where girls are a little bit more WILD!!!!

Hot Girl Bars:

• Centauro - 10
• Viking - 9 
• Lune Time - 8 
• Crystal Palace - 7
• Orange Bar - 6
• Girls Generation - 5
• Miss A - 4
• Dollhouse - 3
• Lipstick - 2
• Aura Bar - 1

Wild Girl Bars: 

• Jolly Frog - 10
• Kings Landing - 9 
• Voodoo - 8 
• Hot Lips - 7
• Geckos - 6 
• Baby Dolls- 5
• Insomnia- 4
• Shooterz- 3
• Showtime- 2
• Niftys - 1

Best Atmosphere Bars 

• Angel Witch - 10
• Voodoo - 9
• Rhapsody - 8 
• Gossip - 7 
• Ice Bar - 6
• Geckos - 5
• Aura Bar (Early 730pm) - 4
• Patches - 3
• Kings Landing - 2
• Fire Pit - 1

Poor Performance Bars

• Det5 - 10
• Night Moves - 9
• Candy Bar - 8
• Q Bar - 7 
• Red Bar - 6
• Body Shop - 5
• Las Vegas - 4
• Tropix - 3 
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• GREEN BOTTLE BAR***** JOINT NO 1

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21 Central Luzon cops found with bogus civil service eligibility

The policemen are said to have submitted false Civil Service Commission eligibility papers, which would have allowed them to apply for the Philippine National Police without taking and passing the Napolcom entrance exam

Twenty-one police officers assigned in various areas of Central Luzon have been found to have submitted bogus civil service eligibility when they applied to the police force.

In an emailed statement on Thursday, February 25, Chief Superintendent Rudy Lacadin, Police Regional Office 3 director in Camp Olivas in this province, said the 21 policemen were discovered “to have submitted fraudulent Civil Service Commission (CSC) eligibility when they applied for the Philippine National Police from 2010 to 2015.”

Right after the discovery of their fake civil service eligibility recently, Lacadin said 10 of the police officers resigned, one went absent-without-leave, while the remaining 10 were assigned to the Regional Holding Administrative Unit while undergoing “pre-charge evaluation.”

Lacadin did not name the 21 police officers. He said, however, that most of them were assigned in Nueva Ecija, Bulacan, and Olongapo City.

The Central Luzon police director said he already ordered the chief of the PRO3 Human Resource and Personnel Division to carefully scrutinize all documents submitted by applicants, particularly those coming from the Civil Service Commission and the National Police Commission, to prevent further fraudulent enlistment.

He said the police continue to “weed out hoodlums and punish the undisciplined” within the organization by strict application of applicable rules and regulations.

A CSC Professional eligibility qualifies a police applicant to apply directly with the Philippine National Police without taking and passing the Napolcom entrance examination. – Rappler.com

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Housemaid tagged in murders of film critics nabbed by Angeles police

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – The housemaid tied to the 2009 murders of Filipino-Canadian Alexis Tioseco and Slovenian Nika Bohinc fell into the hands of the Angeles City police on Thursday (February 25).
Criselda Dayag, 50, was nabbed at the Anunas village by virtue of two warrants of arrest, one of which was issued by a Quezon City court.
Senior Supt. Sydney Villaflor, Angeles City director, said Dayag had reportedly been sighted in several places such as Cebu and Cagayan Valley as she tried elude arrest.
“After 7 years of hiding, the suspect was arrested due to an informant,” Villaflor said in a text message.
On Sept. 1, 2009, Tioseco and Bohinc were shot dead in their residence at Times Street, Quezon City, by three armed men who broke into their home and robbed them of valuables.
Dayag, who was hired by Tioseco a month earlier, was identified by a witness as an accomplice to the robbery.  SFM


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Korean resort cannot claim ownership of domain

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- The Department of Tourism (DOT) Central Luzon said Thursday that Korean wellness facility Punings Hot Springs cannot claim ownership of a property in its vicinity, much less prohibit people from using the same as entry point to certain places beyond.

This was the reply of the DOT-Central Luzon regarding the incident report involving the members of the Land Rover Club of the Philippines led by Pampanga Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc. Vice-Chairman Rene Romero and the management of Puning Hot Springs.

In his February 24 letter to National Economic and Development Authority Regional Director Severino Santos, DOT Regional Director Rolando Tiotuico said that Sitio Target at Barangay Sapangbato in Angeles City "is a public domain and cannot be owned by any private individual or corporation including its roads and other infrastructures thereat."

"While the Korean company initiated and covered the cost of building the passage enroute to Sacobia riverbed, the same cannot claim ownership of the property much less prohibit people from using the same as entry point to certain places beyond," Tiotuico said.

Tiotuico said that while Romero and other government agencies like the Department of Environment and Natural Resources claim that the area is public domain intended for common public welfare, still the indigenous community continue to claim proprietary ownership over the area invoking their right to ownership and possession (as ancestral domain) under the provisions of the Indigenous People’s Rights Act 8371.

"In fact, it is said that the Korean company provides monthly compensation to the cultural community located in Sitio Target," Tiotuico said.

Tiotuico recommended that the legal opinion of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) be sought on the matter, particularly on the IP’s rights to ancestral domain such as riverbeds and waterways.

Earlier, Punings Hot Springs was again in hot water, as groups condemned an alleged barring incident recently that involved the resort's management staff along a public road that leads to an Aeta community.

Romero, Pampanga Off-Roaders Club Inc. (Porci) head Engr. Marni Castro, Land Rover Club president Robby Limjoco and other 4x4 club officials publicly criticized the management of the resort for the barring incident.

Romero said they were repeatedly barred by staff of the resort when they tried to access a public road going to Sitio Target.

The said road happens to be also the road being used by tourists who go to the resort.
Romero said they were ferrying with them tourists and pilots of the 20th International Hot Air Balloon Festival when they were repeatedly barred by staff of the resort.
He said they were surprised that the management of the resort seems to have jurisdiction of the said road.
“It was a very big surprise for us. We actually communicated with the management of the resort what happened,” Romero said, but lamented that the answer of the resort over the incident was not to their liking.
Limjoco, for his part said they were surprised after they were barred access, saying while the resort has 4x4 vehicles that ferry regular tourists, others should not be barred from accessing any public road.

Romero said they understand the investments of the Koreans in the Puning Hot Springs Resort in terms of maintaining the route, but they believe that Filipinos should not be deprived of the vital access roads.

In 2014, the Provincial Government of Pampanga, based on published reports, issued “a legal opinion that the dried-up portion of the Sacobia riverbed is the property of the public domain, which can only be regulated by the State and not by any private entity.”
Romero said there was a “gentleman’s agreement” to set regulations on fair use of the riverbed in 2014, but nothing substantial came out of it.

The groups also criticized the resort’s alleged continuing refusal to grant access along the said riverbed.

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Militants attack Filipino troops, 20 dead

MANILA: Muslim militants attacked an army camp in southern Philippines, sparking three days of clashes leaving three soldiers and 20 attackers dead, the military said. Fighting broke out late Saturday when 40 militants from a still-unspecified group opened fire on the camp in Butig town in Lanao del Sur province. Soldiers held ground, sparking on-and-off clashes in the remote region, military officials said.

About 40 more militants reinforced the attackers Sunday. The military deployed additional troops, bomber planes, helicopter gunships and artillery to the area, military spokesman Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla said.

Residents fled to safety, he said.

“That’s one of our concerns. Some of the fighting happened in a populated area,” Padilla said.

The predominantly Muslim province of Lanao del Sur is about 840 kilometers south of Manila.

The fighting eased Monday but army reinforcements were fired upon in nearby Tugaya town, leaving one soldier dead, he said.

Padilla said the attackers may have come from a group affiliated with an Indonesian terror suspect known only as Sanusi who was killed in Marawi city in the volatile region in 2012.

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Douglas Slade pleads not guilty to child sex offences committed up to 50 years ago

A BRISTOL pensioner has denied 15 sex crimes against young boys dating back to the 1960s, 70s and 80s.

Douglas Slade, 74, who lived in Knowle West during the time of some of the allegations, spoke only to deny charges of buggery and gross indecency against five boys when he appeared at Bristol Crown Court today.

The charges date from between 1965 and 1988, and involve boys who were aged between nine and 15 at the time of the allegations.

Charges include six counts of buggery, seven counts of gross indecency and one count of inciting a boy under 14 to commit an act of gross indecency.

here are also charges relating to one boy Slade is alleged to have abused over a three-year period.

The abuse is said to have begun when the boy was aged 13, in the 1970s.

Some of the abuse is alleged to have taken place in Clifton.

The pensioner had been living in the Philippines (Angeles City, Pampanga) before he was he was detained by Filipino Immigration Authorities in June and extradited to face allegations made by three complainants.

He was arrested on his arrival back in the UK on September 9 and since then, a further two complainants have come forward.

Slade is accused of abusing boys who were allegedly passed between members of a paedophile group.

Another alleged member of the group, Christopher Skeaping, is also accused of involvement in one of the alleged offences and appeared by video link at the hearing.

Slade appeared in a grey jumper and was given the option of sitting down while the long list of allegations was read out.

He declined the offer, and stood up, holding on to the dock while the charges were read out.

Slade has been remanded in custody and awaits trial.


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Five hours of Philippine Airlines Hell for Travelers trapped on grounded plane for 5 hours

Five hours on the tarmac. A pilot whose idea of reassurance was proclaiming, “My life is more important than yours.”

Two busloads of passengers on Philippine Airlines’ Bangkok-Manila PR731 deplaned after verbally tussling with cabin crew and Captain Filomeno Tacan during three hours of waiting in a sweltering Airbus Industrie A340-300.

Those who kept faith with PAL finally got off the ground after five hours. The passengers, including this writer, landed at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 2 nine hours past boarding time -- to discover all our luggage had been offloaded at Thailand’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport.

Shouts of rage filled NAIA 2 when, after waiting 30 minutes at Carousel 5, airport staff said, “there’s nothing on the plane.”

PR731 was scheduled to fly out 1:50 pm Bangkok time. It was nearly 7 p.m. when the plane took off.

Two mechanical problems, coming one after another, caused the delay.

Shortly just past 1 pm, as passengers settled down, Tacan announced that mechanics were patching up some engine leak problem.

Take-off was called an hour later. A second engine malfunction delayed the flight anew.

With only one emergency ground air-conditioning unit, the cabin grew hot. Crew had to open the main exit to let in some air.

Toddlers stripped down to their diapers. One, just behind me on row 36, sprawled on the carpet, which he seemed to find cooler. His father gave him and a sibling some ice to rub on their faces.

The pantry at the rear of the aircraft was crowded with folks seeking drinks and food, including some elderly diabetics requesting for some sugar fix.

As irate passengers demanded a lowdown on their safety, Tacan came on the public address system.

“Sorry sa nainip sa likod. Kami din dito nainip. Nobody wants a delay. Mas mainit dito sa cockpit kesa likod, no?” Tacan said over the cabin public address system after explaining that mechanics were assessing the plane’s status. (Sorry to those at the back who are getting impatient. So are we. Nobody wants a delay. It’s hotter in the cockpit than in the back.)

As curses and mocking laughter filled the plane, Tacan continued with his spiel.

“Of course, we’ll make sure it’s safe. We’re flying with you. We’re not allowing you to fly without us. So we are with you. Common sense lang. Kasama namin kayo. Lay down your fears. We’re making sure, that’s why we’re having this checked and rechecked.”

“Pasensya lang kayo. Sa Mumbai, nadelay kami ten hours. Isipin niyo yan.” (We were delayed ten hours in Mumbai. Think a bout that.)

Tacan said ground crew had given the green light to fly. If another malfunction occurred while the plane taxied, he promised to return to the terminal.

Families and groups of friends then demanded to deplane “for peace of mind.”

Cabin crew, some of them crying, tried to mollify passengers.

“I’ll sign a waiver,” an international NGO worker who sought anonymity told the chief bursar. “My first concern is the plane and its stability. The other is the pilot.”

“We want to go back to Bangkok and have some peace of mind,” said a man standing on the landing with a companion who cradled a baby in her arms.

“We don’t want to fly with the pilot. We want to transfer,” said a couple from business class.

A man who said he was suffering from claustrophobia said he understood that Tacan had to follow engineers’ assessment, “but adding drama just made it annoying and fearful.”

When the bursar asked them to reconsider, the NGO worker asked, “Is it the financial implication that we’re talking about or the welfare of the passengers?”

That prompted another huddle by the crew and Thai airport officials, which took almost another hour.

Proud of his skills

Passengers lined up, but half returned to their seats after hearing they would have to find their own lodging if they could not get on the next flight to Manila.

The crew said that was the consequence of “voluntary” deplaning.

As authorities sorted out the protocols, Tacan went out of the cockpit.

When lawyer Janet Francisco reminded him of passengers’ rights, Tacan repeated his message: “I consider my life more important than anybody. That’s why I’m not lying. Otherwise, I won’t be with you.”

Francisco answered back, “That’s your job, to protect the people.”

“With that in mind, I’m more important than anybody else,” the pilot replied.

As the exchange went on, he reiterated having been stuck on the tarmac for ten hours in Mumbai, India. The passengers, he added, were not allowed to get off.

He defended his capabilities. “Kami, galing sa fighters. Ano doon, daming katapangan. Pero ngayon, airline ‘to.”

Tacan, a veteran pilot who once flew boxing champ Manny Pacquiao from Manila to Los Angeles, may have meant to lighten the mood of passengers.

Crew said the pilot had 31 years of flying experience and apologized for “the language problem,” hinting that the Visayan may have gotten lost in translation.

But Tacan was full of bluster in the cabin and even approached some passengers as he and the crew readied to emerge from NAIA2.

“Sino yung nagrereklamo? I told you, I love my life more than yours,” he told the businessclass passengers who just shook their heads

Tacan, who had left his female co-pilot to do the in-flight announcements, came on at landing, telling passengers to claim luggage at Carousel 5.

After waiting almost half an hour, we went around asking what the problem was. PAL staff milled around but would not engage passengers until a foreign passenger began shouting and one other person threw a slip of paper at personnel manning the misplaced baggage counter.

Once they learned what happened, jaws dropped. Raul Salvacion, an employee who took addresses and other passenger details said it was his first time to encounter this kind of case. He also said PAL in NAIA was not informed about the offloading of baggage.

Some passengers who had deplaned to catch another flight caught up with us at NAIA. They left with their luggage. The rest of us called it a day.

Disclaimer: The views in this blog are those of the blogger and do not necessarily reflect the views of ABS-CBN Corp.

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Pacquiao's popularity soars after same-sex marriage controversy

Manny Pacquiao's long-time promoter Bob Arum claims his fighter's popularity has gone up following his controversial statement about same sex marriage, which has become the No.1 trending topic on the Internet as well as in print and broadcast media.

Arum, who sided with Pacquiao's sponsor Nike Sportswear when it dropped Pacquiao as one of the company's major product endorsers, does not agree with Pacquiao's recent statement about same-sex marriage but he said he respects Pacquiao's opinion.
In a recent TV interview, Pacquiao stated that even animals do not engage in same-sex (sexual) relationships.

"It’s only common sense. Would you see any species of animals who engage in male to male, female to female [sexual] relations? Animals, then, are better than humans [in that sense]. They know how to distinguish males from females," said Pacquiao in an analogy.
"If people then engage in male to male, female to female relations, then they are worse than animals," he added.

Pacquiao has since made a public apology but reiterated that his stand on same-sex marriage remains.
Same-sex marriage isn't allowed in the Philippines. Pacquiao who is an incumbent congressman is against its legalization. But Arum is in favor of same-sex marriage and finds Pacquiao's statement offensive to the LGBT community.

“I think it’s reprehensible,” Arum told RingTV.com in a phone interview last Wednesday. “I’m in favor of same-sex marriage. I’m in favor of gay rights. A lot of my friends are gays, particularly in California and Hollywood, so it’s very offensive to them and that’s what I’m most concerned about,” he said

“As Manny’s promoter, I must say I agree with Nike,” Arum said. “They’re in the business of selling products, and Manny’s remarks were offensive to many people, particularly those in the gay and lesbian community.” he added.

Now Arum says Pacquiao, who is seeking a senate seat in the May 9 national elections, has become even more popular after his controversial statement which angered the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) community.

The Pacquiao-LGBT controversy is still on top of the trending topics on the internet and it could continue to be a favorite topic as politicians who needs free publicity are riding on Pacquiao's nationwide media reach. Pacquiao's public awareness rating is the highest among the senatorial candidates for the May 9 elections.

"Right now, promoting Manny is not just about promoting a fighter; it's about promoting a politician. It's like promoting (Donald) Trump. It causes a lot of interest, Arum said.
"You have to understand, Manny is running for the Senate in the Philippines. The comments were made for a Filipino audience. It's a different culture. The Philippines is not America. His popularity went up in the polls after he said what he said," he added.

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New Possible Chinese Radar Installation on South China Sea Artificial Island Could Put U.S., Allied Stealth Aircraft at Risk

A possible new Chinese radar installation in the South China Sea could put American and allied stealth aircraft at risk as part of a wider detection network similar to U.S. efforts to find Russian bombers in the Cold War.

Late January satellite imagery from the Center for Strategic and International Studies and Digital
Globe show the installation of what’s likely a high frequency radar installation the Chinese disputed holding of Cuarteron Reef near the Philippines.

The imagery from DigitalGlobe shows a field on the island with 65 foot-tall poles in a field on reclaimed land on the reef – China’s southern most holding in the region – that are similar to other maritime HF radars, Greg Poling, head of the center’s Asian Maritime Transparency Initiative told USNI News on Monday.

“Why would you have 20-meter poles spread across this features if it’s not high frequency radar? ” Poling said.
“Maybe a giant tarp?”

It’s unclear from the imagery if the site on Cuarteron is operational and inquires left with the Department of Defense by USNI News on Monday were not immediately answered. The Washington Post first reported the installation early Monday afternoon

A Jan. 24, 2016 image of Cuarteron Reef in the South China Sea with what is likely a high frequency radar array. CSIS, DigitalGlobe Image used with permission.

Bryan Clark, a maritime analyst at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA), said that while a high frequency radar on the island could have some law enforcement value – like similar radars the U.S. uses to detect drug runners in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean — it’s likely an HF radar on Cuarteron has a secondary military use to detect stealth aircraft.

Similar U.S. and Russian radars can detect surface targets at ranges well over the horizon – 80 to 200 miles. However Chinese and Russian versions could also notice the presence of low observable aircraft, Clark said.

“If I’m China, this is what I want to install so I can monitor maritime and aviation contacts,” he said.
“It’s got a nice dual use. It can find other aircraft that would be hard to find with traditional early warning radar frequencies.”

China has already installed similar radars on its coastline that are used to detect the presence of stealth aircraft.

A possible HF array on Cuarteron could feed what its detects back to mainland China through data links to provide information to radars capable of better targeting stealth aircraft less real estate to scan and then route that data to anti-air warfare missile systems.

The setup “gives you some indications and warning that there are stealth aircraft in the area,” Clark said.

In particular, U.S. stealth aircraft – like the Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit bomber and Lockheed Martin’s F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lighting II Joint Strike Fighter – are optimized against the high end of the radar spectrum.

Higher frequency radars – on their own — can tell when a low observable or stealth aircraft is in its range but do not have the fidelity to lock weapons. However — as reported by USNI News in 2014 — Russia and China both are perfecting lower band radar that could successfully target low observable aircraft working in conjunction with an HF early warning system. The radars could also provide information to Chinese fighters a general idea where to intercept an adversary.

In addition to the U.S., Australia and Japan are in the process of acquiring F-35s.

The U.S. used a similar idea when it create the Distant Early Warning line to detect Russian bombers starting in the late 1950s.

“It’s the same idea as the DEW Line,” Clark said of an HF array on Cuarteron.
“You could look at this as extending the range of their early warning radars.”

Chris Carlson, a retired U.S. Navy captain and analyst told USNI News that the installation on Cuarteron was much smaller than other similar mainland arrays and its unclear how well the secondary function of the radars would work at the size seen in the images released on Monday.

Additionally, given the location near the Philippines, the alleged HF installation on Cuarteron could also monitor U.S. aircraft movements in the country at long range — all in a package with which China can claim for civilian law enforcement uses, Clark said.

“They can say this is for fishery enforcement and maritime domain awareness and that’s what China will probably claim,” he said.

Beijing has repeatedly said the new installations on the reef, also home to a lighthouse completed in October, are to provide “better public services and goods for the international community,” according to a Monday press briefing with Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Hua Chunying.

Last week satellite imagery of Woody Island in the Paracel chain near Vietnam revealed more than 30 mobile anti-air warfare missiles had been placed on the island – raising questions on China’s peaceful intent in the region.

Beijing implicitly defended the move of the HQ-9 system to Woody Island – confirmed last week by Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

“The Chinese side is entitled to safeguard its territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests,” Hua said later in her Monday briefing.
“China’s deployment of limited defense facilities on its own territory is its exercise of self-defense right to which a sovereign state is entitled under international law. It has nothing to do with militarization. It is something that comes naturally, and is completely justified and lawful. The U.S. should view that correctly instead of making an issue of that with deliberate sentimentalization [sic].

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Porkies Bar & Grill is for Sale - Bidders welcome Linked included

When i read the title Successful Sports Bar and Grill for Sale i thought it was Phillies but the photos attached to the add reveal that Porkies is on the market. Please review the below link for contact info.

Here is a briefing of the article posted for those keen to read without clicking on a link:

Unique Investment Opportunity Angeles City Philippines For Sale

Asking Price:

$125,000

Sales Revenue:

$250K - $500K

Cash Flow:

$100K - $250K

WHAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY

I am the owner of the best, most successful, profitable, sports bar & grill / restaurant in Angeles city, with a huge reputation for serving excellent food.

Another bar opportunity?, NO, the the sports bar & grill has no dancing girls on stage, does not stink of stale beer, does not have grubby old men groping young girls in the corner, does not have loud rap music, playing so loud you cant have a conversation, and intolerable flashing lights, does not have a single filthy toilet that is shared with the dancers.

INSTEAD, it has beautiful waitresses serving and entertaining the clientele, is clean everywhere, has great music from eras tailored to our clientele, played at a reasonable level that allows you to chat without having to shout, separate clean toilets, for ladies and gents, (yes we cater for couples), 10 TV’s some tuned for sport, some for music videos. A tournament pool table, lots of pool leagues playing, tables and chairs to cater for our huge food business, our own onsite open kitchen in which all of our food menu is cooked for meals served in house, for take away, delivery to local bars, and delivery to hotels and customers premises. (We have just purchased a Suzuki mini van for our huge fast growing home food deliveries service), and of course a good size bar with a good range of local, and imported beverages and cocktail making

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54% increase in net income for SM Prime in Philippines

SM Prime Holdings, Inc. (SM Prime), the Philippines’ leading integrated property company, reported a 54 percent surge in consolidated net income to P28.3 billion last year, boosted by P7.4 billion one-time trading gains on marketable securities booked in the first quarter of the year.

In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, SM Prime said its recurring net income grew 14 percent in 2015 to P20.9 billion due to an 8 percent increase in consolidated revenues to P71.5 billion.

“SM Prime sustained its overall net income growth in 2015 as the malls’ overall operations led the performance of the group. This is a reflection of the overall expansion of the economy that continues to be driven by the 6.2 percent growth in household consumption,” SM Prime president Hans T. Sy, said.

He added that “we believe we could sustain this growth in 2016 as we continue to focus on enhancing the synergies across our core business units as an integrated property developer.”

Rental revenues from malls and commercial spaces, which accounted for 57 percent of the consolidated revenues, rose 12 percent to P40.7 billion from P36.5 billion in the previous year.

This is due to new malls and the expansion of SM City Bacolod, all of which contributed an additional total gross floor area of 728,000 square meters. Excluding the new malls and expansions, same-store rental growth continued to exhibit 7 percent increase.

Rental growth was also complemented by the opening of two office buildings. Combined, these office spaces added GFA of 171,000 sqm.

SM Prime’s real estate sales, accounted for 31 percent of consolidated revenues, was flat at P22.2 billion primarily due to lower revenue recognition from the almost completed housing projects that were launched in 2011 and 2012.

On the other hand, the recently launched projects continue to enjoy brisk sales, with SM Development Corp. (SMDC) posting higher reservation sales by 12 percent year-on-year to 14,390 units in 2015.

As a result SMDC, which contributes 93 percent of the housing group’s real estate sales, achieved a 15 percent increment in sales value worth P39.8 billion from P34.6 billion last year. Net income increased by 8 percent to P5.1 billion from P4.7 billion in 2014.

Cinema and event ticket sales, which represented 7 percent of consolidated revenues, recorded a 12 percent growth in 2015 to P4.8 billion while other revenues, which consisted of amusement income from rides, bowling and ice skating operations, merchandise sales from snack-bars and sale of food and beverages in hotels stood at P3.8 billion, up by 14 percent from P3.3 billion.

The growth was mainly driven by the opening of Sky Ranch Pampanga, improvement in hotels’ food and beverages income as well as an increase in sponsorship income


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Vape could soon be VAPED out in the Philippines

Philippines - Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), increasingly popular among young Filipinos, are not advisable for those who want to quit smoking, the Department of Health (DOH) warned last week.

Anthony Leachon, DOH consultant for non-communicable diseases, e-cigarettes could not help a person who wants to stop smoking.

“Electronic cigarettes are not advisable since you don’t kick the habit. You can easily go back to smoking,” said Leachon.

He said if a person wants to quit but can’t do it on his own, he should consult a doctor for proper counseling and medication.

Maricar Limpin, executive director of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Alliance Philippines, has expressed concern over the proliferation of e-cigarettes.

Limpin warned that e-cigarettes give a false sense of security because these are being marketed as something that would help one quit smoking “when, in fact, there is no evidence to prove that.

First developed in Beijing, the e-cigarette is an electronic device that looks like the real thing. By producing an inhaled mist, it supposedly simulates the act of tobacco smoking.

But Limpin said the e-cigarette is also addictive because the liquid used to produce vapor contains nicotine.

“E-cigarettes are being flavored to cover the (taste of nicotine). So you would think that there’s no nicotine in it until you develop addiction,” she said.    

Nicotine is only one of the 70 toxic chemicals, 70 of them carcinogenic, found in cigarettes. These include butane, used in lighters; cadmium, used in batteries; stearic acid (candle wax); toluene (industrial solvent); ammonia (toilet cleaner); paint; methanol (rocket fuel); carbon monoxide; arsenic (poison); methane (sewer gas); acetic acid (vinegar) and hexamine (barbeque lighter).

Like cocaine and heroine, nicotine is addictive because it disturbs the balance of chemicals in a person’s brain.

During smoking, nicotine stimulates the blood pressure and oxygen level in the body, causing the release of dopamine in the brain.

Dopamine is a chemical that gives pleasurable feelings and since it is triggered by nicotine, it relies on this toxic substance to achieve the desired sensation, resulting in addiction.

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Are Air Asia going to bring back the Clark - Hong Kong route due to increased demand and less competition than 2013?

The Philippine unit of Southeast Asia's largest airline plans to mount Manila-Hong Kong flights in the first quarter.

"We have the allocation to do daily flights for Hong Kong, but we are studying it," Joy Cañeba , Air-Asia Philippines’ chief executive officer said, adding that demand is huge despite the competition.

The airline used to fly to Hong Kong from Clark, but this flight was suspended in 2013 amid weak demand and competition at the time from Tiger Air and SE Air, now Cebu Pacific have one flight in and out on this route there is potential for a night flight from Hong Kong to Clark and a early afternoon flight from Clark to Hong Kong.

Dragon have an infrequent service where customers are vastly overcharged causing people to actually fly as an alternative from Macau to Clark if unable to make the Cebu Pacific morning flight due to being fully booked.

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Bar girls return to Arcadia from Shipwrecked in Angeles City Pampanga

Bar girls for those who don't know are quite often very easily influenced and act somewhat emotional at times and once again the decision to return from Shipwrecked after an apology from the mamasan and management concerned has resulted in a enhanced line up at Arcadia and Shipwrecked bar to feel a little bit like its name having lost some of the best lookers on walking street.

Back to normal service for Arcadia and I am there tonight so ill write a report shortly.

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Ownership of High Society Nightclub in Angeles City Philippines going though changes?

There are many rumors floating around Angeles City that the consortium headed up by Prince Charles and Aaron had sold their shares in High Society to Louis brothers and moved out of town.

Prince Charles (PC) took to a message board recently to reply to a variety of messages and he stated that he remains a shareholder but was encountering a tricky scenario that requires resolving before he makes any further announcement.

Having spoken to some of the staff personally both Luke and the French Painter who were both in High Society at the weekend both were told separately from 4 different people that management are not co-operating and morale is at an all time low.

The club itself was performing well as usual with girls guys having one big party.

We here hope that PC and the team can resolve any issues they may have with other representatives of the business and in order to keep what is by far the best club outside of Manila and Cebu at the top of its game.

Message to everyone keep supporting the club and I am sure PC and co will be happy to buy people a beer when back in the club.

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Roxas to Binay: Drugs rampant in 2 'faces' of Makati

Presidential candidate Manuel "Mar" Roxas II belied the claim of his rival, Vice President Jejomar Binay, that he was able to eliminate drug use in Makati when he was mayor.

During Round 3 of the first presidential debate organized by GMA-7 and the Philippine Daily Inquirer on Sunday, February 21, Roxas and Binay were asked how they would solve the problem of drug abuse, which affects 1.7 million Filipinos.

Roxas said the Aquino administration was able to seize P2 billion worth of drugs when he was the head of the police force as interior secretary.

Binay countered that the police actually had poor law enforcement record and low conviction rate of drug lords.

"Indecisive ang leadership. Ako sa Makati inabutan kong problema 'yan. Ako ay decisive, wala tayong papayagan 'yang mga kaso ng illegal drug syndicates," Binay said, saying this is also how he will stop drug cartels when elected.

(The leadership is indecisive. I faced that problem [when I was Makati mayor]. I was decisive. We did not let the cases of illegal drug syndicates slip.)

But Roxas pointed out that there are two faces of Makati – the "prosperous" side developed by the Ayalas and the poor barangays – then stressed that Makati actually has the highest drug abuse rate.

"And'yan lahat ng drugs, kahit Biyernes Santo laganap ang drugs sa Makati," Roxas said, citing exclusive subdivisions and high-end bars. (Drugs are rampant there, even on Good Friday.)

Roxas said that if elected president, he will continue to chase after drug cartels all the way down to the barangay level. He also said that the problem with illegal drugs should not be the responsibility of the police force alone.

"It takes all of us coming together as a society, we have to cooperate," he said in a mix of English and Filipino.

‘Data from thin air’

Binay's communications director Joey Salgado countered Roxas' claim, saying that the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) had consistently recognized Makati for its anti-drug campaign.

He even emphasized that the number of poor Makati residents has "declined dramatically" from 17,000 in the year 2000 to just 2,000 in 2012.

"Now contrast that with poverty in Roxas City," Salgado said, referring to Roxas' home city, where he was congressman for 9 years.

Salgado said that "instead of talking about issues, Roxas opted to talk about himself, and spent his time hitting his opponents by plucking data from thin air."

Metro Manila problem

Nine out of 10 barangays in Metro Manila have drug problems.

In August 2015, the Southern Police District confiscated some P1 million worth of various illegal drugs in Makati City. An Indian national was dealing party and sex drugs in clubs and bars.

Earlier in 2015, a Mexican named Horacio Hernandez was arrested for selling P12 million worth of cocaine also in Makati City. Hernandez was believed to be part of the infamous Sinaloa drug cartel, an international drug crime syndicate. – Patty Pasion / Rappler.com

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Philippine church defends Manny Pacquiao on gay marriage stance

The Philippine Catholic church on Sunday defended boxing hero Manny Pacquiao for his opposition to gay marriage, saying he was only quoting the Bible

But Father Jerome Secillano also said over radio station DZMM that Pacquiao should respect homosexuals and not judge and condemn them after the eight-division world champion last week described them as worse than animals.

Pacquiao, 37, who converted from Catholicism to an evangelical Protestant faith late in his boxing career, was pilloried by local gay rights groups and celebrities and has lost lucrative commercial endorsements as a result.

Secillano, executive secretary of the Catholic bishops' public affairs office, said: "This is really in the Bible. There is this quote he (Pacquiao) uses from the Bible and we cannot change that."

He said it was "unfair" to condemn Pacquiao for echoing what he reads in the Bible when he was asked about same-sex marriage.

But Secillano also said the boxing hero should not have used such offensive language.

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"The church... says that if this is your lifestyle, if this is your orientation, then we respect that, we cannot condemn them," the priest said.

He reiterated that the Catholic church, which counts 80 percent of Filipinos as followers, still opposed legalisation of same-sex marriage.

Church influence has also kept divorce and abortion from being legalised in the Philippines.

However homosexuality is not criminalised and several LGBT figures have become celebrities.

Pacquiao, who intends to retire after his April fight against American Timothy Bradley to pursue a career in politics, issued an apology on social media on Tuesday but later said his apology was qualified.

Nike, Pacquiao's major global sponsor, cancelled its endorsement deal with him in the past week, describing his comments as "abhorrent".

Pacquiao, a former street kid with little education, has used his fame and fortune to launch a political career.

Already a two-term congressman, he is campaigning to win a Senate seat in May elections. Surveys published before the controversy indicated he will win.

Pacquiao has said his ultimate ambition is to be president of the Philippines.

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Filipino troops ready for ‘worst-case’ in dispute with China

FORT GREGORIO DEL PILAR, Philippines-The chief of the Western Command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines said Palawan-based Filipino troops had planned for "the worst-case scenario" and were monitoring China's reported deployment of surface-to-air missiles in the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea.

The Department of Foreign Affairs on Friday denounced China's recent move, saying it would aggravate the already tense situation in the region.

Vice Admiral Alexander Lopez said the troop alert level had not been raised but the military was "continuously monitoring developments."

The military "plans for the worst-case scenario in specific situations and the troops under WesCom are conditioned for such instances," he said on the sidelines of the Philippine Military Academy alumni homecoming here.

WesCom is based in Puerto Princesa City in Palawan and has the responsibility of keeping an eye on the Philippines' territorial claims in the West Philippine Sea.

Lopez reiterated the government's concern over China's deployment of surface-to-air missile and radar systems on Woody Island in the Paracels, which are also claimed by Vietnam and Taiwan.

"This is a serious threat to regional security," Lopez said, adding that China was "militarizing the region."

"We get actual footage from the area, like video, camera shots… to establish what is actually there," he said.

In a statement, the DFA said the Philippines was "gravely concerned over reports that China has deployed surface-to-air missiles on Woody Island. Such actions negate China's earlier commitment not to militarize the South China Sea."

It said the latest Chinese action was "a clear violation" of the Declaration on the Conduct (DOC) of Parties in the South China Sea and earlier declarations between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

Under the DOC, the parties had agreed to promote peace and harmony in the waters, had committed to freedom of navigation, and had agreed to exercise self-restraint and to veer away from the use of threat or force amid unresolved disputes in the waters.

Four ASEAN nations-the Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam and Brunei-are claimants in maritime disputes in the region. China claims almost the entire South China Sea.

"These developments further erode trust and confidence and aggravate the already tense situation in the region," the DFA said.

The Philippines' statement echoed the United States' worries over the Chinese missile deployment, which came just as US President Barack Obama held a summit with the leaders of ASEAN.

In the US-ASEAN meeting, Obama reiterated his support for peaceful means to resolve the maritime disputes, including the Philippines' pending legal action in a UN arbitral tribunal.

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AirAsia CEO: Cheap oil paves way to revive expansion plan (Air Asia Eye Clark - Hong Kong and other routes to be revived)

 With low oil prices reducing its operating costs, AirAsia chief executive Tan Sri Tony Fernandes said the budget carrier was ready to start expanding again in South-East Asia and was eyeing Vietnam and the Philippines.

Fernandes, speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a US-Asean trade conference here on Wednesday, said the pace of expansion would depend on securing approvals for new routes and airport access. “We’re going to start expanding again in different parts of Asean.”

While some benefits of the collapse of oil prices have been swallowed up by a decline in currencies in its major markets, Fernandes said he viewed the lower fuel costs as “an opportunity to expand, to regrow, to put capital investment in.”

In November, AirAsia reported a consolidated third-quarter net loss of RM406mil, versus a year earlier net profit of RM5.4mil. It blamed foreign exchange losses and a writedown at its Indonesian affiliate.

The company also had said its major shareholders were evaluating “all strategic options” after Reuters reported that Fernandes was sounding out investors to take the company private in the wake of a steep fall in its shares.

Fernandes said the two South-East Asia markets that excited him most for expansion were the Philippines and Vietnam, calling the latter “the last piece of our jigsaw puzzle.” But securing route approvals was a problem, and lack of available take-off and landing capacity at Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport needed to be resolved, he said.

Clark International Airport could be a good alternative solution, Fernandes said, but this would require the government to invest in a new high-speed train into Manila.

Fernandes also said he hoped to win approval for flights to Hawaii this year, but could not predict when that might occur. — Reuters

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