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In today’s world, you can become a star. Yes, you! You don’t need to join American Idol or any of that talent show to strut your stuff. Take this girl: Carmina Topacio. A recent sensation on YouTube, she’s now being invited to guest in Philippine radio stations. (Good luck!)
Who says you can’t be a star.
Save for the technical and audio problems, TEDxManila is testament to the abundance of good ideas that need an audience. Environmentalist Antonio Oposa Jr. was a surprise, as he entertained audience with stories, while making good points on how we can really help the environment.
Read what attendees were tweeting during the talks.
Graham Glass‘ (@grahamglass) ideas [...]
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Let’s admit it. After his fight with Hatton, Manny Pacquiao is more popular now. Imagine posing with an ex-president of the United States. Read the rest of the story here.
Here’s a story from Oracle Open World in SanFo. The opening day was all “political.”
Excerpt:
SAN FRANCISCO, California — The information age has brought more information to people, particular voters. But today’s information age has also brought rapid changes in political debates, said American political strategists Mary Matalin and James Carville.
Matalin and husband Carvile are both [...]
Read part 4 of the controversial NBN deal special report.
Excerpt:
FORMER chairman of the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) Virgilio Peña had agreed that the lack of government capability in evaluating technology projects leads to problems in government procurement, especially those dealing with sophisticated projects in information and communications technology.
Here’s Part 3 of six parts on a special report on the controversial NBN deal.
Excerpt:
ONE of the contentious issues in the National Broadband Network (NBN) project is the supplier contract signed by the Department of Transportation and Communications (DoTC) and Chinese supplier ZTE Corp.
In the supply contract, it was noted that the Philippines and [...]
Here’s part of one of a special report on Lozada’s expose on the controversial National Broadband Network deal.
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AND SO THE COURTS HAVE DECIDED.
The Court of Appeals has dismissed the plea for protection of National Broadband Network (NBN) deal witness Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada Jr. under the writ of amparo, ruling that he was not kidnapped. Let’s [...]
Here’s one of the great vids from the E-heads reunion concert:
Eraserheads perform ‘Alapaap’
More vids found here with additional thoughts from Raimund Marasigan.
News from Soundtrip:
Excerpt:
MANILA, Philippines — The Eraserheads Reunion Concert was cut short Saturday night after lead singer Ely Buendia was rushed to the Makati Medical Center due to overfatigue.
The concert’s sudden end was announced by Buendia’s sister Lally who went onstage after a 20-minute intermission of the planned 30-song concert.
Raimund Marasigan also came out onstage, [...]
I’ve missed days of posting in this blog.
So just to keep this blog going, I’m going to talk about the Beijing Olympics and how it has kept me pasted on the boob tube during the weekends. I’ve seen the various boxing matches. But I was really up all night waiting for the men’s basketball to [...]
