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INQUIRER.net reporter Lawrence Casiraya shot this interesting video (again using a camera phone) clip of Filipino venture capitalist/entrepreneur Winston Damarillo giving advice to IT startups.

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Who is Winston Damarillo? Read Lawrence’s breaking story.

The video clip of Hope Centeno confessing to her alleged affair with basketball player James Yap, husband of actress and TV show host Kris Aquino, is making rounds on YouTube. It has in fact earned several “honors” in the online video hosting service. The video clip rips two video clips from showbiz-oriented talk show S [...]

(UPDATE 2) More people are blogging about it. But here’s an interesting take (and photos) from one of the book’s contributing writers, Chong Ardivilla. Chong also reveals the story behind the book’s title (No, it’s not from the Burger Machine jingle, people ;-))
Here’s a video clip of Cambio performing live during the book launch.
(UPDATE) See, [...]

Based on the top 10 Most-Read stories on INQUIRER.net from February 18 to 24, it is clear that our readers are still interested in Philippine politics. But their love for entertainment stories is also evident. Take a look at the list:

Richard Gomez’s appointment as House adviser questioned (Global Nation, February 21, 2007)
1,193 pass 2007 medical [...]

Party list candidate Kabataan (the Youth) goes for cheaper alternatives for campaigning: YouTube and the Internet.
Hoping to target the young and educated voters, they launched a viral campaign on YouTube that features top Filipino celebrities like Angel Aquino, Dennis Trillo, Ciaro Sotto, and Paolo Ballesteros.
Excerpt of INQUIRER.net story.

Kabataan woos youth vote on YouTube, Internet
Gets [...]

I got this question from Mildred (see comments on sidebar): We are having our undergraduate thesis, entitled “perceptions of Professionals on print newspaper being replaced by its online couterpart… I would like to ask if young professionals can be our respondents. Do you think that their opinion can be a clue towards knowing what future [...]

Finally, INQUIRER.net unveils its blog network. Joey Alarilla, our resident game editor/blogger, says he is currently the guinea pig for this project
Again you might ask, why do we blog? For INQUIRER.net, it is about engaging readers in a conversation. We get a lot of feedback everyday. But I must admit, we only get [...]

The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read.
-Oscar Wilde
In an interview with senatorial aspirant Danton Remoto (which is scheduled to come out soon on Eleksyon 2007 podcast interview on INQUIRER.net), the English professor admitted missing reading since the start of the campaign. How [...]

Loren Legarda says podcasting “levels the playing field” for candidates. The Internet and innovations related to it (e.g. blogs, podcasting) is proving to be a cheaper way to campaign. SMS campaigns have also been used by some Senatorial candidates (I’ve received text spam from PRO Pinoy apparently from admin senatorial candidate Propero Pichay). But these [...]

Ramon Sales, chairman of the Commission on Information and Communications Technology, admits rumors have circulated about the agency’s transfer. Read the story here.
My sources in government say this was bound to happen. Telof or the Telecommunications Office has been under the “direct supervision” Commission on Information and Communications Technology. Now, it’s back with the Department [...]