An award controversy
Posted on April 28, 2006 - Filed Under General, Child-Friendly awards, PPI, Pangasinan Star, Asian Institute of Journalism | Leave a Comment
I MUST rise in defense of The Pangasinan Star, a leading community newsweekly, in light of a misimpression that might have been created in the minds of Philippine Daily Inquirer editors over their provincial correspondent's winning one of the the UNICEF Child-Friendly Awards thru a feature article published in the lady writer's name in the Pangasinan Star May 15 last year…
Deciphering the Code
Posted on April 25, 2006 - Filed Under Review | Leave a Comment
IT'S really nothing but the tried and tested formula for thriller paperbacks — weave a tale of cults and conspiracies around your book on an otherwise drab socio-religious subject and presto, you've got a best-seller…
Red tide alerts
Posted on April 22, 2006 - Filed Under General, Red tide, Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning, BFAR Bulletin | 1 Comment
NEXT time, will the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)please just keep its traps shut about coastal waters in Pangasinan being free from the aquatic phenomenon called "red tide" during a certain period…
Call centers and cheap labor
Posted on April 15, 2006 - Filed Under General, Labor outsourcing call centers | Leave a Comment
CHEAP labor in the Philippines and other developing countries is fueling all those outsourcing ventures and call centers, everyone knows that by now…
And as for Noli…
Posted on April 10, 2006 - Filed Under General, Joe de Venecia, Noli de castro, Cha-cha, Raul Lambino, Sigaw ng Bayan, Ronnie Puno | Leave a Comment
FINALLY,they remembered there's another guy to be directly affected by all the cha-cha steps, not just the Lady in the Palace…
'MILF' in Urban Dictionary
Posted on April 8, 2006 - Filed Under Humor | Leave a Comment
THE things you learn from this blogging pastime…
Not that Solita loves GMA less…
Posted on April 5, 2006 - Filed Under General | 2 Comments
WONDERS never cease in the Philippines, especially in the political scene…
Putting P.I. in proper perspective
Posted on April 2, 2006 - Filed Under General | 1 Comment
FOUND in my internet surfings the best description, I think, of a politician's mindset: The brain of a typical politician, it said, has two sides: the LEFT side where there's nothing right; and the RIGHT side where there's nothing left…