Announcing the Top 10 CNN Heroes 2010 on Sep 24, 2010 in CNN Hero of the Year Previously, I blogged about CNN's announcement about its search for the CNN Heroes 2010. Well, there is no Filipino nominee this time, but I am sure, there is no dearth of exemplary Filipinos, doing their heroic acts. The Top 10 Nominees inclu...
Who will be the 2010 CNN Hero of the Year? on Sep 22, 2010 in Celebrities Public Policy and Governance CNN Hero of the Year Development Concerns CNN has made an announcement that it will disclose its 2010 Top 10 CNN Heroes. According to CNN, the announcement will be made on September 23, 2010, at 1PM at CNN.com., which will commence an online voting. We recall that, in 2009, Efren Peñ...
Video | Manila : Queen of the Pacific on Sep 17, 2010 in Videos Video credit: The Travel Film Archive My late father always talked about his Escolta walks. As a kid who grew in the province, I never had an inkling of how Manila looked like. I only knew about it from my father's pictures, and later on...
PAL Photo Contest: Another copyright infringement? on Aug 19, 2010 in Photography Public Policy and Governance I have gotten tired of commenting on photo contests, which are, allegedly, violating the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines. But then, here is another one brandishing its audacity in the midst of Filipino photographers who are fighting fo...
A people's victory on Jul 11, 2010 in Photography Public Policy and Governance Videos I have been wanting to create a video of my photo documentaries. Last Friday night, I tried to learn more about Olympus Studio 2 software which came as a bundle with my camera, which I haven't used for so long. I was more bent on using Adobe Photos...
What now, Filipinos? on Jul 3, 2010 in Public Policy and Governance So, the automated election fever took us by surprise! Filipinos was in awe how fast can we determine the next leader of the country. Of course, there were fears and premonitions of cheating--the hi-tech way and the electoral protest for t...
2010 Election List of Candidates on Apr 26, 2010 in Party List Public Policy and Governance Presidentiable Election 2010 Vice Presidentiable Senatoriables Barely two weeks before the elections, have you decided who will you vote? Do you know your presidentiables, vice presidentiables and senatoriables? The candidates to three key positions may be easy to remember, but hey! There are n...
2010 Earth Hour Pilipinas and Photo/Video Contest on Mar 23, 2010 in Burning Issues Development Concerns Earth Hour Environmenment LAST YEAR, my kids and their cousins participated in observing Earth Hour. This year, my family will be participating again! This year Earth Hour Philippines aims for the participation of over 15 Million Filipinos in over 1000 towns and cities nati...
Conversation with a cab driver on climate change on Mar 22, 2010 in Climate change Development Concerns Environmenment Coming from old Sta. Mesa, and exhausted from the long walk in my ocular inspection of the Ondoy-affected community that my project is intending to assist, I took a cab going back to Quezon City. We passed through the stretch of Quezon Avenue. Alo...
WWD 2010: Clean Water for a Healthy World on Mar 22, 2010 in Burning Issues Water Development Concerns Today, March 22, 2010, is world water day! On the side of this planet, it is a few hours away to March 23. But then, better late than never expressing my opinion on this issue. At this point when the Philippines is ravaged by El Niño, F...
