From our home to yours, from one website to another, from the staff of Tatay Pepe’s Restobar in General Santos City, Philippines- all the best this Holiday Season and a prosperous 2009 to us all…

*Maligayang Pasko at Manigong Bagong Taon (Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year)!
Here’s a short Christmas Joke we found as a [...]

The current global economic crisis is a chain of events, primarily blamed on man’s dependency on foreign oil and the manufacturing companies’ dependency on petroleum for food production. Couple it with the mismanagement of creditors to lend money to people and businesses living beyond their means, which leads to more debts and not making enough money to pay the debts. In the end, all these contribute to foreclosures, bankruptcies, unemployment, high oil prices, high food prices, world wide inflation, and global crash or recession not necessarily in that order.

September 10, 2008 marks the 7th anniversary of Tatay Pepe’s Restobar.

If you’re in General Santos City, stop by tonight!! Jaz, my bestfriend and business partner is giving away lotsa goodies from where I am (US)… bottle openers, Keychains, post-it notes, pencils, luggage tags, T-shirts- all personalized!

Come by the bar and have fun celebrating with us!!

Another great take on the ongoing crisis in Mindanao and the current political situation of the Philippines in the hands of Gloria Arroyo. These are sad times for the Philippines. Just when you think things are slightly looking up, a glimpse of hope appears- it is shattered by developments such as the issue in Mindanao.

At these trying times, we can’t help but call on divine intervention. There seems to be no way to resolve this. Only He can lead the way. We need a miracle! We need it now…

This article was forwarded by email just yesterday and we felt compelled to republish it because it concerns us, the Mindanaoans. We didn’t want to discuss Politics on this blog but from time to time, we see the need to and this write-up must be read by as many people as possible…

A somewhat difficult and long read, Mindano Blackmail is an eye-opener and refresher to what has been happening to Mindanao of late, specifically with the Bangsamoro (Moroland) led by the Muslim separatist rebel group, Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).

In gist, the Philippine government just concluded the six-year old dialogue with the MILF on July 18, 2008; And again, reaching an agreement with the group by according them the power and control of an additional 712 villages in the island of Mindanao! As if their existing coverage in Mindanao isn’t big enough!! This furthers MILF’s political and economic powers even more! How did this happen? You have to read the article…

This blog is nominated for Filipino Blog of the Week over at the Composed Gentleman site. Now on it’s third year, the weekly Blog of the Week award has gained prominent status and following.

Indeed to be nominated is an honor! BUT winning would be even sweeter!! If you feel we deserve the award, please VOTE FOR US DAILY HERE…

Voting ends Saturday noontime in the Philippines (Friday midnight in the US) August 2, 2008!

This is the all-new Tatay Pepe’s website! Explore with us. The possibilities are endless!

We started going live online not a year ago and here we are making some huge change from a static website (purely a homepage for the Tatay Pepe’s Restobar) into this- a homepage con blog con e-zine!

Really, it’s only a matter of time when we recreate and redesign the entire website!