Ebdane was proclaimed the winner in Zambales at 11:15 today. This after the canvassing board completed its work at around 10 am after re-convening at 8 am earlier. The canvassing board declared a recess last night, at approximately 10 pm, with full notice – and the consent – of the parties. The recess was for […]
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Feb
Feb
I used to live in run-down old apartment building in a district ironically named Bagong Pag-asa. It was a ghetto that petty thieves used to get away from the cops running after them, where whores would sit around indoors all day, scratching their scabby legs while playing cards, only to emerge at sundown, looking as […]
04
Feb
Feb
… or “My L-List.” LOL The Adjustment Bureau Battle: Los Angeles Mars Needs Moms! Red Riding Hood The Lincoln Lawyer Atlas Shrugged Part 1 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides COwboys and Aliens Mysteries of Lisbon Rise of the Planet of the Apes The Whistleblower The Help 30 Minutes or Less Glee: The 3D […]
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Feb
Feb
My article in the 1 February 2012 edition of the Business Mirror. OVER the past few months, several members of the House of Representatives have had to lose their seats for a variety of reasons. In today’s media-saturated world, this has inevitably excited the public’s curiosity about special elections. With the recent passing on of […]
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Jan
Jan
Sweden has officially recognized file sharing as a religion. The Church of Kopimism – which holds file-sharing as a religious belief was recently awarded the status of official religion after two failed attempts at getting recognized. Kopimists adhere to the following axioms as articles of faith. Copying of information is ethically right. Dissemination of information […]
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Jan
Jan
Something can be learned from everything. It’s all really just a matter of looking beyond what’s on the surface; kinda like not judging a book by its cover. A book can be all ratty outside and still contain useful knowledge within its pages. Or, it can be a time waster like Temple Run and it […]
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Jan
Jan
One hundred eighty seconds; three minutes. Barely enough time to catch your breath after going up a steep flight of stairs, but a lifetime within which to tell a story. Like this one, of a musician searching for a guitar and finding one last chance to amend a dissonant past. HULING TAWAD (Last Haggle), one […]
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Jan
Jan
This is my article in the January 11, 2012 edition of the Business Mirror. As the March 30, 2012, deadline for the filing of petitions for party-list (PL) registration approaches, I thought it would be helpful to share a bit of information about how interested citizens can throw their hats into that particular political arena. […]
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Jan
Jan
Despite my initial misgivings about this new thrust by the Department of Tourism, I figured the solution deserved an opportunity to prove itself. It didn’t hurt that my own institution did, in fact, forge ahead with its own solution which – let’s be honest – wasn’t exactly a shoo-in for the popularity award. In my […]
06
Jan
Jan
Please. Somebody build this app. Let’s call it the Reality Check App – which we can then shorten to the appropriately hip ReCAPP It’ll work the way augmented reality does. Hold up your tablet or smartphone so that the camera sees something, and your screen comes alive with heads-up displays providing you with information about the […]