Who controls the world’s oil supplies?

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Oil and Gas Reserves by Company - Country:
1. Saudi Aramco -  Saudi Arabia (more than 300 billion barrels)
2. National Iranian Oil Company - Iran
3. Qatar Petroleum - Qatar
4. Abu Dhabi National Oil Company - UAE
5. Iraq NOC - Iraq
6. Gazprom - Russia
7. Kuwait Petroleum Corporation - Kuwait
8. Petróleos de Venezuala [...]

Diabetasol an alternative to Glucerna?

 
I have discovered a possible alternative for the very expensive Glucerna SR of Abbot that my parents drink. I saw this new product while shopping at Robinsons Supermarket. For those who are unaware, Glucerna SR is a meal replacement or food supplement for those with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
This new product called, Diabetasol is quite [...]

What’s the Plan??

Smart Money, Paypal and Endosulfan

Smart Money cards that start with 5299 are having problems.  Not all merchants are able to accept the new card series because Smart says it is quite new.
I encountered the problem when I was trying to add my Smart Money card to my PayPal account.  I received an error message that my card is already [...]

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On Being Rich

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I saw the question (in Filipino) on a discussion thread in an internet forum called Pinoyexchange.com.  It asked why Filipinos are not rich.  I don’t post there however I’d like to explore the idea of being rich.
How does one define “rich” or being “rich?”  Must we put a dollar figure to determine which [...]

Donations are now being accepted by relief organizations for victims of Typhoon Frank

Items needed:
used clothes, canned goods, rice, bottled water, instant noodles, blankets, old/new clothes, sleeping mats/banig, cash donations
You can send these to the following organizations:
ABS-CBN Foundation - Sagip Kapamilya
13 Examiner Street, West Triangle, Quezon City
Telephone: (632) 411-4995
Cash Donations:
ABSCBN Foundation - Sagip Kapamilya
> Bank: BDO 
Account Number: 5630020111 (Peso)
GMA Kapuso Foundation
GMA Kapuso Center
Samar St. corner 11th Jamboroo St., Quezon City
Telephone: (632) 982-7777 [...]

Blockbuster post

I did not realize that my Tuesday post about Republic Act 9504 will be the most popular in my rather unknown blog. As of now, based on WordPress.com stats it has had 10,886 hits since it was published.
I am very surprised since I’ve never had any audience in this blog since I started to blog August 23, [...]

Republic Act 9504 - Tax Exemptions for Minimum Wage Earners and Increased Tax Exemptions

UPDATE (6/28/2008): The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has recently published its draft Revenue Regulation for the implementation of Republic Act 9504 (RA 9504).  It is also conducting a public hearing July 1, 2008 (Tuesday), 8:00 to 12:00 Noon at the BIR National Training Center Auditorium, BIR National Office Compound, Quezon City.
You can download the draft [...]

The Biased American News

I came across this Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) documentary about the state of news media in the United States. By the way, the CBC is akin to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).
I was shock to have learned of the biases allowed on American media. Such biases would not be even acceptable in other countries.