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26
Mar 10

2009 Bar Examination Results

The seal of the Supreme Court. Grabbed from Wikipedia.

Culled from the Supreme Court website, here is the list of those who passed the 2009 bar examinations.

Only 1,451 out of 5,903 examinees passed the examinations.

Congratulations to the following new lawyers: Continue reading →


17
Mar 10

Satur Ocampo, activist and netizen

Ka Satur Ocampo, the respected leftist statesman running for the Senate this year, doesn’t look and act like he’s 70 years old, which he already is. His endurance is obvious in his active leadership and participation in street protests. He’s young at heart, remaining true to the hopefulness of the ranks of young Filipinos to which he once proudly belonged. Continue reading →


23
Dec 09

My Christmas and New Year wishlist

Christmas is just two days away and 2010 is not far behind. I hope this list is not too late!

Here’s my wishlist — the key word here being “wish”. I wish to have some or all of them as we work through the final days of 2009 and take things as cool and composed as possible in 2010. They’re all things and gadgets, most of them rather expensive. And so I make these wishes today — and hope that they find their way to me soon. Continue reading →


28
Nov 09

Comparing Globe Tattoo, SmartBro and Sun Broadband Wireless

tonyo20091128More and more Filipinos have again gone wireless to connect to the internet. Recently, the three major wireless telcos have pushed down the cost of their wireless broadband modems or dongles to as low as P888 in a common effort to outsell competitors. The competition has gone so fierce that rivals Smart and Globe have come out with ads claiming their respective wireless broadband service is faster. Curiously, both did not include Sun in their ads.

This post and the next one(s) hope to provide an independent take on the wireless broadband services of Globe, Smart and Sun Cellular. Continue reading →


11
Nov 09

Blogfest.asia gathers Asian bloggers

Blogfest.asia: Change and Responsibility (Photo by Charles Mok on Flickr)

Blogfest.asia: Change and Responsibility (Photo by Charles Mok on Flickr)

Scores of bloggers and social media users, joined by vendors and various organizations, gathered from Nov. 5-8 in Hong Kong’s Henry Leong Community Center for Blogfest.asia, arguably the first gathering of bloggers from across Asia.

Participants came from a good number of countries and territories: Vietnam, Taiwan, Thailand, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, China, Hong Kong, and the Philippines. Continue reading →