{"id":17256,"date":"2014-06-27T16:16:38","date_gmt":"2014-06-27T08:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=17256"},"modified":"2014-06-27T16:16:38","modified_gmt":"2014-06-27T08:16:38","slug":"president-aquino-not-exempt-from-spam-texts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/06\/27\/president-aquino-not-exempt-from-spam-texts\/","title":{"rendered":"President Aquino, not exempt from spam texts"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_13177\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13177\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/cellphone.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13177\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/cellphone.jpg\" alt=\"ShutterStock image\" width=\"1000\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/cellphone.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/cellphone-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13177\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ShutterStock image<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2013 Spam texts \u2013 both a nuisance and nuance of today\u2019s world of modern marketing. From mall sales to condo open house viewings, to the latest craze or promo, we all fall victim to marketing messages via text messaging.<\/p>\n<p>Even the President.<\/p>\n<p>At real-estate mogul and developer Megaworld\u2019s Silver Tie Gala in celebration of their 25th anniversary held on Wednesday night, Aquino joked the company\u2019s head-honcho, Andrew Tan, about marketing messages he receives on his mobile phone<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhenever I see Dr. Andrew Tan, I always compliment him on the efficacy of his marketing staff. They never fail to send me at least two text messages inviting me to purchase one of their condominiums [laughter] on a weekly basis [laughter], and this is after I have changed my number,&#8221; Aquino said in his speech.<\/p>\n<p>Aquino however also said, \u201cOf course, he always responds to this by reminding me: &#8216;Sir, I never give your number to anybody.&#8217; And I am sure that he never has. But truly, having seen the integrity and rigor with which Dr. Tan has managed his companies over the past decades, all these potential investments are certainly appealing. Perhaps after 2016, when I can have a job in the private sector again\u2014which will be about 2017\u2014I will finally be able to reply to your marketing staff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his speech, Aquino likewise paid tribute to Megaworld\u2019s success and to their contribution to the economy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2013 Spam texts \u2013 both a nuisance and nuance of today\u2019s world of modern marketing. From mall sales to &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":13177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,19],"tags":[6030,193,6031],"class_list":["post-17256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-business","tag-megaworld","tag-pnoy","tag-spasm-texts","mauthors-angie-duarte","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}