“Let us have a Department of ICT”
“Taxes should come from alcohol and tobacco, and not from books.” 
“We must come together, work together and walk together toward the future” 
“To those who want to be President, this advice: If you really want something done, just do it. Do it hard, do it well. [...]

“They could have abruptly killed her. If they really had to kill her, they should have at least shown mercy to her by sparing her from all the indignities and torture that she went through but they didn’t. They were not satisfied with just killing her, they wanted more… Whoever killed her simply find it [...]

The Philippine local distributor of the Havaianas flip flops is recalling several of its havaianas children’s flip flops following the move in US to recall some children’s havaianas due to violation of paint standards. Reportedly,the decorative paint used in the flip flops contained levels that are in excess of the US federal standards.
List of Recalled [...]

Is the Secretary of the Department of Tourism planning to run for a major political position come 2010? I wondered about this after checking out  the web site Awesome Philippines.
I first learned about  Awesome Philippines through a blog post by Tech Pinas. Tech Pinas described Awesome Philippines as the new promo website of the Department [...]

I have my own stories of being a victim of copyright violation as a writer and a blogger. I would be spending time– sometimes even hours to research on some blog posts that I make only to realize that somebody else would just copy my work and paste it in their adsense monetized sites.

I am no commercial composer or a big time artist but as a blogger, I do understand the sentiments of Mr. Gary Granada against the GMA kapuso foundation. According to Mr. Granada, GMA kapuso used his work without permission and without pay.

Learn more about the issue by listening to Gary Granada’s recording:
Gary Granada vs GMA Kapuso by dosomethingworthwhile

I have not heard nor read about GMA’s side on the issue yet but I can’t think of a reason why a lone musician will go against a giant TV network except to seek for publicity. To seek for publicity, however, does not seem to be the reason in the case of Mr. Granada. It seems that his right as a musician has really been violated and he only seeks reprieve for this injustice.

Did GMA intentionally use Mr. Granada’s work or is this a case of copyright ignorance? Either which, this is a shame to GMA. The network reportedly helps in fighting piracy and it has failed in upholding the most major of all reasons why video and audio piracy is illegalized: to protect the rights of artists and musicians.

The Philippine blogosphere is buzzing about it: The NTC proposed guidelines on the provision of contents, information, applications and electronic games. Many believe that this proposal will require bloggers — and online content providers (friendster users; youtubers, etc.) to register and pay fees; and that this proposal is a move by the NTC and the [...]

I noticed that indigenous people are flocking to several gyms in Davao City and according to the news, the city government is even providing the lumads with their basic necessities.
While I agree with Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s view that these lumads do have the rights to visit the city, I think spending money for these people’s [...]

Sometimes it saddens me to see children reading books upside down.

I believe too that some children only get their hands on books when they are in school.

Reading makes children better thinkers; reading prepares them to more challenges that they will meet when they grow up.

We can make Filipino children brighter by instilling in them a love for reading books.

What is a Dumbwaiter? A Dumbwaiter is a device that is a lot like a freight elevator. It works in the same way as a conventional elevator. There are only several differences between a lift and a dumbwaiter. For one, this device is not intended for use by people. It is designed to move smaller [...]

When you’re serious in helping the poor, you do something to help them become more self reliant and able to provide for their own needs.

An artist printed zero dollar bills and distributed the bills at the New York Stock Exchange last October 7. She did this to call attention on the economic situation faced by the United States. I wonder though, has anybody thought of printing some fake 0 peso bills? After all, much of the Philippine money goes [...]

Ordinary citizens like us still have our own share in eradicating hunger and homelessness.

Whether we like it or not, the 2008 Olympics has paved way for China to be recognized as the near future’s Super Power.

My son got a loot bag of candies and some stickers for answering the question “what is the sound of the rooster”. He made such a loud tagtagaok sound that the audience roared with laughter.

I am a mother and I always believe that it is the parents’ duties and privilege to teach their children. Hiring a tutor is acceptable especially when both parents are away, do not have the capacity to teach specialized or very difficult subjects to their children or advised by the school to help the child [...]

 If a tree is worth $193, 250, is it time we should start planting more trees? Picture taken at the Eden Nature Park Davao, February 2, 2008.

I have been blogging at Can talk tech (my tech blog) that our January 24 paypal withdrawal is still pending up to now. Paypal has already acknowledged that this is because of a technical glitch in their system. Paypal has also stated on February 5 that they hope to resolve the issue in 72 [...]

I should have written a nice post today after a very festive and blessed Christmas but who wants to write something nice when somebody has been naughty and gunned down a broadcaster- journalist here in Davao?
December 24
I have not been opening the TV to watch news these past days so I was shocked to learn [...]

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There were several reasons why I deleted the contents of this post. First, I got tired of seeing those “keywords” dominating in my stats. Second, I have read some posts that say using adult keywords in my site may do more harm than good regardless of the blogger’s intention.