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IPR-Photo Philippines is the brainchild of photographer-participants in the ‘Seminar on Collective Administration of Visual Arts in the Philippines’ which was organized by Intellectual Property Office-Philippines (IPO) and International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CSAC) last July 12, 2007.
The group aims to help and promote Intellectual Property Rights for Photographers through discussions/ fora, sponsored talks, establishing networks and linkages with other like-minded organizations, and advocacy programs specifically aimed towards promoting viable photography industry in the Philippines.
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Erap Conviction Hangover
The latest update: The Dutch court has ordered CPP Founding Chair Joma Sison’s release after failing to find “sufficient indications” that he ordered the killings of Rolly Kintanar and Tabara. He’s free again, though still considered by the Dutch police as a suspect in the two murder cases. Meanwhile, there’s a good read on Erap in Inquirer Current.
I was about to move on from commenting about Erap if not for this: this morning I was able to pass by and sit down for a while in a lecture-forum on Trillanes with Dr. Dodong Nemenzo as speaker. In the open forum, he mentioned quite a bit about the Erap conviction – echoing the line pursued by the camp of his old friend.
Fw: ANG LUPIT NI INDAY – the complete version :)
Forwarded mail lang ‘to…
-oOo-
Dahil sa tindi ng kahirapan sa probinsya, namasukan si Inday
bilang katulong sa Maynila. Habang ini-interview ng amo…
Amo: Kelangan namin ng katulong para mag ayos ng bahay, magluto,
maglaba, magplantsa, mamalengke, at magbantay ng mga bata. Kaya mo
ba ang lahat ng ito?
Inday: I believe that my trained skills and expertise in management
with the use of standard tools, and my discipline and experience will
contribute significantly to the value of the work that you want, my
creativity, productivity and work-efficiency and the high quality of
outcomes I can offer will boost the work progress.
Amo: [nosebleed]
Free Writing on Blogs: Only an Illusion?
Blogging is a mode of expression where people are given the chance to express their thoughts and opinions easily to an online audience.
Indeed, blogging is a tool where we can express our thoughts freely without any limitations. We are not restricted with the rules in writing unless we choose to. We can have wrong grammars, wrong spellings, inconsistent idea flow, rants and even a post full of lists! We are free to do and talk about anything we want and no one has the right to dictate us and steer us away from our own original intentions.
This is why many people consider blogging as free writing… Is it?
I bet most of you may have already heard the news about BoyBastos.com, the website that had been ordered to be temporarily closed down by local authorities after being urged by Senator Loren Legarda that the said site contains materials of explicit content that may pose as a threat to the young internet users of today. [Sources: here and here]
Mark Verzo (the owner of BoyBastos.com) was then invited for questioning and was later released as the authorities decide what course of action to take against BoyBastos.
For a seemingly everyday and common post of Mark Verzo that aims to express and entertain his readers, things suddenly went out of control and everything turned out into a total disaster. It happened to him on his website, it could happen to us on our blogs.
What happened to BoyBastos is really unsettling. Aren’t we on the internet where liberated and radical ideas are common and widely accepted? Isn’t blogging a place where freedom of expression reigns? What happened to free writing?
How to Have a Great Movie Experience
I love movies. Watching them destresses me. My college yearbook describes me as a movie addict. After all, back then I would watch a movie a week and rent laser discs in between. Since I started this online journal, I’ve blogged about movies 29 times. That’s roughly 16% of the total number of posts.
What I’ve learned from watching movies is that there are key elements to a great movie experience.
Watch it on the big screen. Home theaters have become popular but experiencing a movie for the first time in the theater is an experience not to be missed. Everything is just larger than life and sounds so well. And if you follow the rest of the tips below, you can watch it uninterrupted.
More tips HERE.
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Who Isn’t Guilty?
Former matinee idol and Philippine president Joseph Ejercito Estrada was found guilty beyond reasonable doubt of plunder by the Sandiganbayan.
The verdict elicited varied responses and reactions from different social classes in the country, those who are pro-Erap displayed angst and accused the current administration of promising the tribunal handsome positions in the government in exchange of the verdict. Those who were anti-Erap are contented and believes that the verdict only showed that the present judiciary system in the country still serves its purpose.
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After Estrada: ZTE
With the baggage that is former president Joseph Estrada done away with after his conviction, the call for us to move on is a correct one. But to put a blind eye on the Arroyo administration’s own monkey business would only serve to kindle the wounds left in the supporters of the popular former president.
The verdict on Erap may have been served, but the verdicts on other equally corrupt personages linked to the present administration still very far from being served. It is thus high time for everyone to focus our attention on an issue of Erap hidden wealth-like magnitude – the ZTE scandal.
