Adobe joins Linux bandwagon
Here’s some great news for Linux users who long to use Adobe on our systems. Take a look at Adobe AIR for Linux here. According to PCWorld: Adobe Systems released…
Here’s some great news for Linux users who long to use Adobe on our systems. Take a look at Adobe AIR for Linux here. According to PCWorld: Adobe Systems released…
This entry is over a week late, but better late than never. Discovered three free WIFI hotspots in Baguio City: 1. Zola Cafe — This 24-hour restaurant-cafe offers generous and…
The Japanese government has formally appointed Doraemon as anime ambassador, said the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA). Foreign Minister Masahiro Koumura personally furnished Doraemon his official appointment papers on…
Lee Owen Cortes, a friend and one of my colleagues at UPLB Perspective over a decade ago, also passed the 2007 bar exams. Thanks to Pinoy Chronicle for the heads…
By REGINA BENGCO Malaya March 31, 2008 PRESIDENT Arroyo yesterday left for Hong Kong to attend the 11th Credit Suisse Asia Investment Conference and meet with the Filipino community and…
Three activists passed the 2007 bar examinations, according to results released by the Supreme Court today. They are: 1. Jonell M. Torregosa – former chief of staff (13th Congress) and…
While the powerful try everything, legal or illegal, to hide the truth, six journalists have come forward for the serious business of finding, following and trumpeting it. Truth for Filipinos…
By ANTHONY IAN CRUZ Malaya March 29, 2008 A FILIPINA has put herself in South Korea’s history books for being the first foreign-born citizen to run for a seat in…
March 29 is one of several red-letter days for Filipino communists and their supporters, as it marks the anniversary of the founding of the New People’s Army. The Communist Party…
Thousands of households, offices and businesses — including the Australian embassy and all Starbucks stores — are expected to join the Earth Hour at 8:00-9:00 pm Saturday, an initiative at…
By ANTHONY IAN CRUZ Malaya March 28, 2008 OVERSEAS Filipino workers’ advocate Migrante International on Thursday assailed the “obvious lack of coordination” between the Department of Foreign Affairs and the…
By REGINA BENGCO and ANTHONY IAN CRUZ Malaya March 28, 2008 MALACAÑANG yesterday said the Philippine government is willing to meet with United Nations officials again to defend the human…
By REGINA BENGCO Malaya March 28, 2008 PRESIDENT Arroyo is leaving for Hong Kong on Sunday to attend the Asian Investment Conference and meet with the Filipino community. Press Secretary…
By ANTHONY IAN CRUZ Malaya March 26, 2008 MIGRANTE International on Tuesday claimed the Philippine diplomatic mission to Japan is ill-equipped to handle OFW welfare issues, including the recent murder…
By ANTHONY IAN CRUZ Malaya March 25, 2008 THE Philippines was elected last week as one of six vice chairs of the United Nations Disarmament Commission (UNDC), the world body’s…
We will finally be en route to Baguio City for a much-needed and well-deserved break. We should have left last night but there were problems in the travel arrangements. We…
About twenty people, mostly students, were injured by a blast in front of La Consolacion College meters away from Mendiola Bridge and Malacanang Palace. A youth coalition leading anti-Arroyo protests…
For just P100, you can now get a PLDT SIM, insert it into an old GSM handset and you’ll get yourself a wireless landline. Maintenance cost as little as P300…
By ANTHONY IAN CRUZ Malaya March 18, 2008 VETERAN street parliamentarian Fr. Jose “Joe” Dizon, who is an active leader of protest actions against President Arroyo, last week received South…
National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales is, as usual, insulting our collective intelligence when he says that “the worst is over” while other apologists and spin doctors of the administration are…
Manny Pacquiao won today’s fight over Juan Manuel Marquez, but I have to give it to boxing analysts and sports pundits who share a somewhat caustic view that the Mexican…
The week thus far
Holy Week has ended but the Pinoy’s passion continues. Here’s my recap of big events that have happened recently. A rice shortage is about to foment street riots. but the…