RCBC Plaza is one of the most known landmarks in the Makati Central Business District, partly because of its strategic location at the intersection of the city’s two main thoroughfares: Ayala Avenue and Sen. Gil Puyat (also known before as Buendia) Avenue. There is also the presence of some diplomatic missions in the country, as well as it being the home base of one of the country’s prestigious conglomerates, the Yuchengco Group of Companies who owns various businesses such as the Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation or RCBC, (after which the building as named) Malayan Insurance, and the Mapua Institute of Technology. But aside from being a center of commerce and diplomatic missions, RCBC…
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Mercato @ Glorietta: Mercato Centrale’s New Makati Venture
As someone who has been somewhat abreast with the developments in the metropolis, the Urban Roamer knows all too well the travails of Mercato Centrale with its several attempts to establish itself in the Makati CBD area. There was the food truck concept at Glorietta 1 Park to the one at the carpark rooftop to the one inside Glorietta mall itself, all of them eventually fizzled out. Now Mercato Centrale is making another attempt to establish themselves in Makati, this time at the Glorietta 4 Park. There are no fancy concepts, just the straight-old Mercato experience folks have come to love known as the Mercato @ Glorietta.
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Who’s Your Mayor, Makati?
It’s unfortunate to see Makati’s city government being in a state of mess and confusion these past few months. With its former mayor and now Vice President Jejomar Binay headstrong in his intent to capture the presidency in 2016, everything about him is fair game, especially among critics and political rivals, especially with regards to the controversies involving him and his family who have been running the city for almost 30 years now. Take for instance the controversy behind the construction of the Makati City Hall Building 3, which involves his son, the present mayor, Jejomar Erwin “Junjun” Binay. Charges have been filed against him and other city officials for the alleged…
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Saint Patrick’s Day in the City: A Bit of Ireland at Murphy’s
For Irish blokes around the world, there’s no better occasion to celebrate their Irish heritage than Saint Patrick’s Day. Essentially a Catholic feast day (given the majority of the Irish belong to this particular faith) honoring the missionary who helped bring Christianity to Ireland, St. Patrick’s Day evolved into becoming an Irish celebration that we know today, one filled with grand parades, themes of greens and clovers all over, and of course, lots of alcohol consumption, despite the fact that this holiday falls within the Lenten Season. (the Catholic Church actually has made an exception such that abstinence from alcohol is lifted for that day) Even non-Irish fellas can’t help but be enamored…