Pushing trolleys as a sideline

That’s a video interview by INQUIRER multimedia reporter Izah Morales.
You can also read her interesting story that features a young man pushing makeshift “trolleys” as a way to make ends meet. They use train tracks as platforms to transport people from one place to another.
A snippet from the story:
“Minsan may nabangga ng tren at namatay. [...]

Should Katipunan be tricycle-free? Send your video!

Picked this up from Vox Populi:
Apart from the congested traffic during the daily rush hours, a normal sight along Katipunan Avenue in Quezon City would be the colorful tricycles that quickly traverse down the streets against monstrous trucks, missing nearby vehicles by mere inches.
But the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has banned tricycles from the [...]

Beijing, twittering, whatnot

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 [...]

Mr. Palengke turns Mr. Techie?

Watch INQUIRER.net community evangelist Alex Villafania’s video interview with Senator Manuel Roxas III who has been known as “Mr. Palengke,” talk about technology and the Internet.

Free Tickets to Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

Hey, free tickets, but it’s limited.

The word is out…

If you’re a Wordpress user, programmer or whatnot, then you should go to Wordcamp Philippines (you need to register and post something like this in your blog to be invited). If you’re interested, register here.

Ain’t no David Pogue

No offense to David, but since we’re in the multimedia age, we might as well used the tools available to tell a story, right? (Just don’t mind the hand. I really don’t know but it keeps moving as I talk ;-))
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INQUIRER.net: Call center group reorganizes to respond to industry forces

Here’s the story I wrote about the local call center industry, and the video I took.
Excerpt:
MANILA, Philippines — The Call Center Association of the Philippines (CCAP) is reorganizing itself to respond to pressures coming from the local inflation, currency exchange fluctuation, and the continuing pressure to become profitable amid increasing competition, an executive said Wednesday.
This [...]

‘Awarding of ARMM poll automation contracts seen Friday’

It seems automation of elections in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao will push through after all. The poll commissioners said they are bent on pushing the project despite legal and technical snags.
Read the story at INQUIRER.net.
Excerpt:
MAKATI CITY, Philippines — Commission on Elections (Comelec) chair Jose Melo said the poll body expects to award this week contracts to [...]

‘Filipina named head of global open source project’

Watch the video interview with Ma. Odea “Deng” Ching.