Peyups Grand EB
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peyups.com Join the Grand Online Consortium EB this coming Saturday, July 2!
Also, take a sneak peak at UAAP Live 2005, the game which everyone will definitely be crazed about, as it unveils this coming July 2 at the Blast 4! University Online Consortium kick-off event, namely www.peyups.com, www.atenista.net, www.greenarcher.net, www.ustexchange.com and in cooperation with http://www.pinoyexchange.com, the Philippines' largest online community, at the Club 650 in Libis.
Go head-to-head with your friends, your ka-forum member or people from your rival school as we will be installing monitors and computers in Club 650 for you to be the first ones to experience UAAP Live 2005, the most realistic collegiate basketball game on PC in town, complete with this year’s UAAP rookies!
Control “the Ninja” Joseph Yeo or catquick LA Tenorio as they battle it out against the rest of the teams in the league.
Also, have a nice shootaround and break into a good sweat as Gillette, the popular razor brand, will be having its training ground booth where members can get the chance to win prizes and more.
Gillette will be inviting people to participate in the 1st-ever 2005 Gillette Metro Basketball League (MBL) Vector Cup in line with its search for the 6th man.
Those joining the MBL Vector Cup will automatically qualify for the 6th man promotion. The one lucky and deserving guy to be Gillette’s Sixth Man will receive an endorsement contract from Gillette!
To join, check out www.mblvectorcup.com.
As the Gillette Vector Sixth Man, he will join the illustrious First Five comprising of Enrico Villanueva, Wesley Gonzales, James Yap, Paul Artadi and Rich Alvarez.
Also, get the chance to meet and mingle with new people! During the UAAP games, you might have seen people whom you have a crush on or admire from afar but don’t get the chance to talk to them or mingle with them.
This is then your perfect opportunity!
During the grand eyeball to be held late in the afternoon and early evening, the members of the four schools, aside from those from the other schools as well, can freely interact with one another through various activities that we will be creating. Unmask the personalities behind their alternicks!
The grand EB will be for the different forums' loyal members, many of whom have been posting for years and some who have recently enjoyed the alluring conversations and camaraderie with fellow members in recent months.
To top it off, we will be having performances from bands originating from the four schools come nighttime, namely Tagu Indios, Out of Body Special, Splitcide, 13 Needles, Riptide and more!
The popular band Six-Cycle Mind will make its grand entry and performance after the school bands as they simultaneously usher in a fashion show sponsored by the Chocolate Clothing Company, Morellato jewelry and Gold’s Gym Body Shop featuring the student models, both male and female, coming from the four schools.
And from there, DJs Marco Santos and Paolo Toledo will be spinning during the trance party that will last until the wee hours of the morning.
Also hosted by several courtside reporters, the first-ever Blast 4! event is made possible by Gillette, Greenwich, Morellato jewelry, Technomarine, Nokia, MU Online Gaming, Mag Monitors, Villman Computer Systems, GBX Harbour Footwear, Lipovitan, Speedo, Polaroid, Chikka, E-PLDT Parlance, MPIO MP3 players, the Chocolate Clothing Company and Gold's Gym Body Shop.
Also supported by our media partners, Solar Entertainment, Music Television (MTV), Chalk Magazine, Pulp Magazine, Fudge Magazine, Magic 89.9, K-Lite 103.5 and www.tsikot.com.
Admission is Free.
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Wednesday, June 29, 2005
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Arroyo admits election phone call
Philippine President Gloria Arroyo addressing the nation, 27 June
Mrs Arroyo said she was sorry, but added she would not resign
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has admitted phoning an election official during last year's poll.
In a televised speech on Monday, she apologised for her "lapse of judgement" but denied trying to influence the vote and insisted she would not resign.
Critics said a tape recording of a phone call between a woman sounding like her and an election commissioner was proof she tried to rig the vote.
The political crisis comes as her support has hit an all-time low.
In her national address, Mrs Arroyo did not directly refer to the tape recording, which was released to the media three weeks ago.
But she did say she had spoken to an election commissioner about her share of the vote in the May 2004 poll.
"I was anxious to protect my votes and during that time had conversations with many people, including a Comelec (commission on elections) official," she said.
"My intent was not to influence the outcome of the election and it did not."
The president rejected calls to step down, saying the "outcome had been predicted by every major public opinion poll" and judged to be fair by international observers.
Critics' ammunition
Telephoning an election official during the vote is not illegal in the Philippines, but the opposition is still likely to see it as a clear breach of conduct.
Critics have been calling for Mrs Arroyo's resignation ever since the tape recording surfaced, citing the phone conversation as evidence she tried to rig the election.
Riot police use their shields to push protesters away from Manila's Mendiola bridge near Malacanang Palace as they attempt to hold a rally Monday June 27, 2005
Mrs Arroyo's critics have held protests calling for her resignation
The tape itself has received very close media scrutiny, and part of it has become a hugely popular ring tone on mobile phones.
As the furore rumbled on, a spokesman for Mrs Arroyo suggested the tapes had been doctored but the president herself chose to say nothing until Monday's statement.
In the recording, a woman sounding like the president allegedly asks an election official whether her lead could fall below one million votes.
The official replies that her lead has fallen, but that some wards have still to be counted. The official then says: "We will do our best".
In the event, Mrs Arroyo beat the now-deceased film star Fernando Poe by more than a million votes.
In her address on Monday, the president said she wanted "to close this chapter and move on with the business of governing."
"I want to assure you that I have redoubled my efforts to serve the nation and earn your trust," she told Filipinos.
But that trust may be difficult to regain easily.
In addition to the tape recording controversy, the president also faces separate allegations that members of her family took pay-offs from illegal gambling syndicates.
She is also losing popularity due to the poorly performing Philippine economy, and proposed budget reforms.
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Unsung Prayer
A long corridor looms in the dark.. The stench coming from its walls Smells like dead rotting flesh. There she stands in the middle, With arms stretched like open fire Asking for silver songs to be cast In poetic opprobrium and cheer. Vainglorious as she is,Hers is the yearning of trapped godsIn bodies of drunk men on earth..
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Monday, June 27, 2005
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