Withdraw PayPal to Philippine Banks

Posted on January 27th, 2008 | Subscribe in a Reader | Subscribe by Email

1st Update: I can’t add my bank right now, I need to call Banco de Oro first and get the right Bank Code. Last year, when I asked BDO for their Bank Code, they instead gave me a Swift Code, which I think is correct. But PayPal cannot accept Bank Codes less than 9 digits, BDO only has 8 (BNORPHMM). My BDO Bank Account is a Peso Savings Account.

2nd Update: I called BDO Call Center (631-8000) and asked for the Banco de Oro Bank Code for PayPal. Unfortunately they do not have any Bank Code other than the 8-Character Swift Code that they have. Maybe very soon they will be giving out their Bank Code when more people will ask for it.

3rd Update: I now have the Banco De Oro (BDO) Bank Code. It is 010531705. This is from Banco De Oro Reposo Branch. They call it BDO Branch Routing Symbol Transit Number or BRSTN. They said it is the number found a check issued by the Bank. That could also mean this number is only from the specific branch. You might need to go to your own branch to get the BRSTN. You can use this number also at your own 250 Peso risk. If you say “Banco De Oro Bank Code” or BDO Bank Code” or “BDO PayPal Code”, they will only be scratching their heads and give you the SWIFT Code. I will still have to test it to see if I have the right code required by PayPal or will I pay P250 if this is not the right number.

4th Update: I’ve just made my first PayPal withdrawal to my Banco De Oro account. I will post again in 5-7 working days, probably February 6th. Thanks for reading.

5th Update: Finally PayPal released their own list of Bank Codes in the Philippines, including the BDO Bank Codes. The number is 010530667. Should I cancel my first transaction and use this instead or not? More Bank Codes here. A very dumb move from PayPal for not releasing this when they told the world they will be having this new feature, leaving all of us guessing!

6th Update: According to their Help Center, you CANNOT cancel a withdrawal. I can only hope the BDO Bank Code I provided earlier (before they released their Philippines Bank Code List) will still work this coming February 6th or I will be fined for entering the unofficial Bank Code. More updates soon.

7th Update: It worked! The transfer was a success using the BDO Bank Code (010531705) I got from the bank and it only took 4 days!

Well, what do you know, PayPal finally decided to add a Philippine Bank account due to a very popular demand from PayPal Pinoys all over the Internet! Months ago I opened a Union Bank EON account because PayPal Philippines accounts were only able to withdraw money to a US Bank Account and to a Credit Card / Debit Card. Now that they have this withdraw to PH Banks option, I think this is another good news to all of us, especially to those who doesn’t have a Credit / Debit Card.To add your Bank Account in the Philippines, what they will need is your Name, the Bank Name, Bank Code (Swift Code?) and Account Number to be able to send money to your Bank Accounts in the Philippines. I will try to add mine and will post updates in the future. I also noticed there is only a US and Philippines listed under country, could this be only offered to these two countries? Continue reading »

Seminar on Internet Marketing

Posted on January 23rd, 2008 | Subscribe in a Reader | Subscribe by Email

Mito sent an invitation to all SEO Philippines members to attend a free half-day seminar on Internet Marketing by US Auto Parts Philippines (Formerly MBSTEK), and I am happy to say that I got listed to participate on this event. I will be attending the seminar on January 26th at the MBSTEK Office.

Here is an overview on what will be discussed on the said event:

Learn how you can maximize your site’s earnings with Performance-based affiliate programs. Discover how you could put yourself or your brand in front of more eyes with Search Engine Marketing; understand what your site’s statistics tell you with Web Analytics; find out about the current trends in Web Copywriting; get creative ispiration by learning about the latest trends in Web Design, and network and meet like-minded web professionals and enthusiasts like yourself.

The Internet Marketing Seminar will feature the following topics: Continue reading »

Be the First Pinoy Idol?

Posted on January 19th, 2008 | Subscribe in a Reader | Subscribe by Email

If you were able to see GMA’s TV ad of their upcoming Pinoy Idol, you will hear this phrase:

“Be the First Pinoy Idol”

I remember ABC 5 once hosted the Philippine version of American Idol, called Philippine Idol. The reality show failed to reach the show’s expectations, because of low advertisement placements despite being a widely-followed show. [read here]. Reading the news, it looks GMA got the second franchise of the Idol Series [read here]. I think they made a good deal as this time, the Idol series will be getting a relatively wider audience and more potential sponsors.

Philippine Idol Pinoy Idol

Both Pinoy Idol and Philippine Idol belongs to the Idol series Continue reading »

ABS-CBN and GMA Network Wars

Posted on January 18th, 2008 | Subscribe in a Reader | Subscribe by Email

It has been almost a month now that we see these TV broadcasts about GMA (Global Media Arts Network, Incorporated) [site] having some involvement in the manipulation of the AGB Nielsen (AGB Nielsen Media Research) [site] TV ratings. This all started when ABS-CBN (Alto Broadcasting System-Chronicle Broadcasting Network) Broadcasting Corporation [site] got some information regarding a problem with their TV ratings and accused “a certain television network” of funding bribing operations at Bacolod to discredit them.

Before we continue, I have always noticed that when ABS-CBN says that they are KBP’s (Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas) or Golden Dove Awards’ Station of the Year and other awards, GMA also shows an ad saying they are number 1 on Nielsen ratings. I really don’t know what Nielsen was, what I only knew was it is some survey company, but not as big as the Social Weather Station. It is only recently that I learned that AGB Nielsen is a pretty big company where investors and advertisers depend from their surveys on their decision making process which TV station to air their advertisements.

ABS-CBN GMA Network Wars

Now that there is a on ongoing Network War between ABS-CBN and GMA. When ABS-CBN filed a case against AGB Nielsen sometime on December 2007 regarding a suspected manipulation of their ratings Continue reading »

Say Goodbye to Google Adsense Referral

Posted on January 16th, 2008 | Subscribe in a Reader | Subscribe by Email

Say Goodbye to Google Adsense Referral I guess its Good bye to Google Adsense Referral, they will soon stop paying publishers outside their selected regions.

Below is an excerpt from the Google Adsense Blog:

For publishers not located in any of the three regions (North America, Latin America, and Japan), we’ll soon be retiring referrals promoting AdSense. We’ve found that this referral product has not performed as well as we had hoped in these regions. Again, please keep in mind that you can still generate referrals for the other products listed under the ‘Referrals’ section of your AdSense Setup tab.

Soon, you’ll no longer see the option to create a referral button for AdSense in your account, although existing buttons will display as normal. This specific referral type will then be retired during the last week of January - any users who meet the conversion criteria (reaching $100 in earnings within 180 days of sign-up and removing all payment holds) before the change will generate earnings of $250 for the referring publishers. Any conversions which occur after this change is made will not be recorded in your account. You may wish to begin replacing any existing referrals promoting AdSense with referrals for another product or an AdSense for content unit. [source]

Well, no problem. I am not earning much from it away…

Update (January 19 2008): Google responds to the reactions from webmasters regarding the Google Adsense update Continue reading »

Indiana Jones Movie Collection

Posted on January 13th, 2008 | Subscribe in a Reader | Subscribe by Email

Last night I went to SM Mall of Asia and bought “The Adventures of Indiana Jones, The Complete VCD Movie Collection” at Odyssey. It is a VCD package of all first three Indiana Jones movies that has inspired many movies like National Treasure and National Treasure Book of Secrets, The Mummy and Mummy Returns, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, and many more.

The movie series was about the adventures of Dr. Henry “Indiana” Jones, Jr. a professor of archeology and adventurer. He is portrayed as an adventurous throwback to the film serial treasure hunters, with an alter ego of Professor Jones, a respected archaeologist at a New England college. More about him here.

Indiana Jones Movie Collection

The movie collection is a set of meticolously restored and remastered frame-by-frame, THX Certified and Dolby Digital surround sound VCDs of one of the best movies of all time (if you ask me), the Indiana Jones Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. I was very excited to grab a copy of these movies knowing that there is another Indiana Jones movie coming up this year. I also realized that I’ve never seen an Indiana Jones movie in theaters (the first three I saw on Betamax) and the upcoming movie will be my first time to see Indiana Jones on the big screen.

Heres an excerpt of the Indiana Jones Continue reading »

2010 Philippine Presidential Elections

Posted on January 7th, 2008 | Subscribe in a Reader | Subscribe by Email

What?! Do you think its way too early to talk about the 2010 Presidential Elections, 2010 Legislative Elections and 2010 Local Elections? Last 2007 all Ive heard and seen in the news were the 2007 Barangay and SK Elections, ZTE Broadband Deal Scandal, Erap Freed, Glorietta Explosion, House of Representatives explosion, Trillanes staying in Manila Peninsula, and this upcoming 2010 Elections. Is this the ZTE Broadband Deal Scandal, The Erap Freedom, Building Explosions and Trillanes issue the only non-election related activities done by our politicians? (Please post a comment to this post if you think there is anything productive done by our government aside from this very annoying discussion on who will become the next Philippine President.)

~~If I am to vote for someone to be our next President, I would vote for Manny Villar.~~ Continue reading »

Code of Ethics for Professional Teachers

Posted on January 6th, 2008 | Subscribe in a Reader | Subscribe by Email

Update: See download below

I recently got several searches for “Code of Ethics for Teachers” and “Professional Teachers Code of Ethics”. So I did a little search and here it is

Code of Ethics for Professional Teachers

Pursuant to the provisions of Article II, of RA No.7836, otherwise known as the “Philippines Teachers Professionalization Act of 1994 and paragraph (a), section 6, PD No. 223, as amended, the Board of Professional Teachers hereby adopts and promulgates the following “Code of Ethics for Professional Teachers”.

Article V (The Teacher And The Teaching Community)

Section 1. Teachers shall at all times, be imbued with the spirit of professional loyalty, mutual confidence, and faith in one another, self-sacrifice for the common good, and full cooperation with colleagues. When the best interest of the learners, the school, or the profession is at stake in any controversy, teachers shall support one another.

Section 4. A teacher shall hold inviolate all confidential information concerning associates and the school, and shall not divulge to anyone documents which have not been officially released, or remove records from files without official permission.

Section 5. It shall be the responsibility for every teacher to seek correctives for what may appear to be unprofessional and unethical conduct of any associate. This may be done only if there is incontrovertible evidence for such conduct.

Section 6. A teacher may submit to the proper authorities any justifiable criticism against an associate preferably in writing, without violating any right of the individual concerned.

Article IX The Teacher and Parents

Section 1. A teacher shall establish