October 2012 CPA Performance - One of the Finest for the Thomasian Community

The October CPA board was released today, October 15, 2012, with 9,987 hopeful was reduced to 4,772 certified professionals, a whopping 47.78% passing rate. One of the highest in the CPA board history. But what else stood was the brilliant and excellence of the two (2) new Thomasians CPA who took the number place on this year board. (list of passers available on this link). Thanks for making you AMV Alumni proud...

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Ateneo draws first blood, take game one in UAAP season 75 basketball finals

Ateneo won behind the brilliant performance of Nico Salva. Salva scored a career-high 30 points. Earning him as the only 3 Ateneans who scored 30+ or more, included are alumns LA Tenerio and Rabeh Al-Hussaini.  Image from http://www.goodfilipino.com UST lead by halftime 38-31, only to find themselves trailing by 10 (61 to 51) at the end of the 3rd quarter. That 16-0 run by Ateneo was seems to be to much to handle for the Tigers....

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World's Top Brand - Interbrand 2012 Report

The Interbrand releases its 2012 Brand Report, their survey shows that Coca remains as the world's top brand. Apple, the most valuable tech company, was at #2 from last year #8. Smartphone competitor and Korean conglomerate Samsung rose from last years #17 to #8 this year.  Top 20 Brands of 2012 - images from Interbrand.com To know more about the list of the top 100 brands for 2012, you may visit this link below: 2012 Top 100 Brands...

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Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 - Analysis

As I was scanning in my twitter account this morning, I was astonished by the amount of buzz about Republic Act. 10175, which is also known as the (1)Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012. There were even some who have changed their profile picture to full black-out image to represent their protest to this new law.  Out of curiosity I try to search the net and tried to obtain a copy of the law for me to at least have the grasp and to at least express my own view about this very controversial topic. Here...

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UAAP Season 75 Basketball Men's Finals: UST vs Ateneo

The boys of Katipunan vs the boys from Espana! The Ateneo Blue Eagles versus The UST Growling Tigers! The later looking for its 5th consecutive men's basketball title, while UST entered its first final appearance after 5 years. Ironically, UST topples Ateneo back in 2006 to won the championship. And I am rooting for!!! of course UST! A forever proud alumni of the Black-Gold Black-White!! Thomasians are gonna be Champions again!! Claim it!! From...

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The Philippine CPA Board Exams: Assessment

The CPA exams have traditionally been tagged as one of the most difficult licensure exams in the country. It has been associated numerous time in the likes of the BAR exams and the Physician Licensure Exams. However, in the past few years there has been an increase in the number of board passers and a substantial increase in passing rates, raising questions such as:  Is CPA exams still competitive and reflective of...

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Bohol: The City of Friendship

Recently, me and my girl, traveled to Bohol. This was a planned trip from last year. Since we avail the promo fare offered by Cebu Pacific. The travel goes as planned we book a resort at Panglao, which i will later evaluate in a separate post. We avail of the package including the city and sea tour. The city tour includes major tourist spots in Bohol which includes Blood Compact, Python, Tarsier Conservatory, Lunch at Loboc River and the Chocolate...

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