Cyberbaguioboy

It is really hard to make sense of what’s happening in Philippine politics. But lawmakers this week claimed that the planned Internet voting had no election laws to justify it. But Commission on Elections chairman Benjamin Abalos disagreed, saying the law on overseas absentee voting covers the pilot-test of Internet voting in Singapore. Excerpt:
INTERNET voting [...]

Inside Comelec has recently uploaded a copy of the Rebublic Act 9369.
An introduction of the law states:
AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8436, ENTITLED “AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS TO USE AN AUTOMATED ELECTION SYSTEM IN THE MAY 11, 1998 NATIONAL OR LOCAL ELECTION AND IN SUBSEQUENT NATIONAL AND LOCAL ELECTORAL EXERCISES , [...]

Truth be told. Joey Alarilla’s latest Infotech column on INQUIRER.net, the online news website of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, reveals what really happened. Or what is the real story. Excerpt:
AS you might expect, in recent months every time I or another INQUIRER.net editor or reporter attends a press conference, people usually ask us what’s happened [...]

YouTube announced that it will soon allow people to earn from videos posted on the online video hosting service. This is not a new idea. Actually, BlipTV was first to announce such an idea, but apparently YouTube is in a better position to make money because of its current traffic/subscribers.
Read the BBC story.
Excerpt:
People who upload [...]

Sa Wakas! Our book is out.
Tikman ang Langit: An Anthology on the Eraserheads is a collection of essays on the superproxy band Eraserheads. Contributors include Joey Alarilla, Abigail Ho, Chong Ardivilla, Claire Maneja, Edwin Sallan, Faye Ilogon, Jing Gaddi, Jing Garcia, Joel Pinaroc, Julio Dela Cruz Jr., Marco Abella, Vernon Sarne, Vincent Batacan, and [...]

Radio on INQUIRER.net has been launched. Visitors to INQUIRER.net can now listen to close to 40 radio stations courtesy of eRadioportal.com. This service went live yesterday, offering visitors a “wider choice when it comes to hearing audio over the Internet.” Excerpt:
INQUIRER.net has launched a radio channel that would now give website visitors a wider choice [...]

The Commission on Elections said it was going to convene the technical advisory group to discuss how to implement the law on Monday.
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Despite recommendations from experts and the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) not to push through with the automation of election on May 2007, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo went ahead and signed a [...]

The Commission on Elections took up the issue of short messaging service (SMS) campaigning this week, hoping to tackle the question on whether political parties can use this technology to convince people to vote for their candidates in the coming May elections. This issue emerged after the National Telecommunications Commission sought the legal opinion of [...]

I just finished upgrading to Ella, the new Wordpress 2.1 version. I hope to avoid any hitches or bugs. Apparently, the first try did not work. I’m still on version 2.0.4. For the detailed upgrade from previous versions to Ella, visit this Wordpress guide. Don’t forget to back up your files, tables, etc.

Filipino author and columnist Anthony Samson has made Philippine Internet history when he launched his book during an online press conference in Manila. Excerpt of INQUIRER.net story.
MANILA, Philippines — Filipino author Antonio Samson made Philippine Internet history following the launch of his new book on the Internet.
Also behind the column “Fence Sitter” published by Business [...]