Latest Philippine Online Games List
February 14, 2008
There are many reasons why an individual or a group will want to know the Online Games that is available for the Philippines. You may be a student doing your thesis about online gaming, or a foreign company planning on entering the Philippine Market. I’ve received praises, requests, and thank you’s because of the Philippines Online Games List I have been maintaining for years already (I even received inquiries about how to contact this and that publisher/GSP, like Level-Up Games and IP e-Games to mention two, and I gladly showed them the path).
Some also maintain their own PH-OG List - some will give back credit, some will not (and that’s fine), while some exerted extra effort to create their own listing from scratch, without using or looking at other listings (I praise you). But now, I am giving all of you the freedom. Don’t exert that extra effort to create and/or maintain your own listing, come and use mine, I am releasing the latest version of the Philippine Online Games List under GNU Free Documentation License.
Get it now by visiting this link.
Enjoy! And I hope I helped ya!
God Bless!
GALI KOREN OUTREACH PROGRAM
January 21, 2008
Sunday, January 20, 2008
THE GALI KOREN OUTREACH PROGRAM
Gali Koren is about to conclude her Outreach Program in the country. After giving series of lectures on U.S. Immigration Law (For Free!) in well known hotels from Visayas to Manila, as we mentioned in our previous post.
The Bard from Bohol
December 14, 2007
When Boholanos talk about “our Presidentâ€, there is a big chance we are not talking about the incumbent. More likely, we are talking about the first and only Philippine President who came from our dear province.
Carlos P. Garcia was born on November 4, 1896 in Talibon, Bohol to Policronio Garcia and Ambrosia Polistico. He grew up with politics in his blood, his father having served as Municipal Mayor for four (4) terms. He married pharmacist Leonila “Inday†Dimataga-Garcia and had one daughter named Linda Garcia who later married Fernando Campos.
Read my four-part article at Bol-anon.
WANTED: FIVE MILLION HEROES
November 23, 2007
WANTED: FIVE MILLION HEROES to help your country!
You are the HERO your country needs, if you are willing to:
1. BUY FILIPINO MADE PRODUCTS to create more industries and JOBS;
2. SAVE 10% of your income in our local banks to increase domestic capital;
3. LEARN A NEW BUSINESS and keep yourself productive all the time;
4. INVITE RELATIVES RESIDING ABROAD to visit the Philippines once or twice a year to boost Philippine Tourism;
16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence
November 22, 2007
Readers, I would like to share this information to you. This cause has played a very significant role to our women.
From 25 November till 10 December 10, the Center for Women’s Global Leadership will lead again a global campaign against gender violence.
Since 1991, the 16 Days Campaign has helped to raise awareness about gender violence and has highlighted its effects on women globally. Each year, thousands of activists from all over the world utilize the campaign to further their work to end violence against women. The campaign has celebrated victories gained by women’s rights movements, it has challenged policies and practices that allow women to be targeted for acts of violence, it has called for the protection of people who defend women’s human rights and it has demanded accountability from states, including a commitment to recognize and act upon all forms of violence against women as human rights abuses.
GUILTY! The President’s Verdict!
September 12, 2007
GUILTY!. The Sandigabayan finally rendered its verdict over the case of former President Joseph Ejercito Estrada for plunder. The outcome was or “is”, already predictable. A judgment of innocence shall not only mean that our justice system seems to be malfunctioning – it shall also mean that Philippine politics is at its height of disarray! Imagine what would have happened if President Estrada was adjudged not guilty? What is forthcoming then is whether the Honorable Supreme Court will modify the verdict into a lesser offense, which is unlikely to happen. The Honorable Supreme Court will most likely uphold the findings of the Sandigabayan, which has the better appreciation of the facts where the case was heard, a well established principle in our judicial system. For detailed report on the matter you may click on GMA NEWS TV.Net or to Karlo’s site.
OFW SEX SLAVES!
September 10, 2007
The figures presented in Karlo Mongaya’s site concerning human trafficking of Filipinas is very disturbing! The video depicting how two senior citizen Americans traveled 6,000 miles away from their home, Mr. Troop Edmunds and Mr.Jerry Hawe, to rescue Lani, a Filipina from an alleged sex slavery syndicate in Malaysia was so moving. It shows how helpless Lani were, under the dictates of her ward. She went abroad in the hope of finding greener pasture only to be, allegedly, enslave through fear, intimidation, duress and, maybe, even drugged to become a puppet of her ward. What she earned out of her sweet, flesh and tears is not even enough to repay her indebtedness for food, clothing and shelter, if her ward is to sum it all. I thought that the Filipina rescued by Mr. Edmunds and Mr. Hawe from the alleged syndicate, is just among the 30 women allegedly held against their will in Limbang, Malaysia.
Research made by Karlo based on the studies conducted, however, revealed that Lani and her 30 other former companions still left in Malaysia are just part “of about 400,000 women trafficked within the Philippines annually, according to the US State Department’s Human Rights Report in 2005.” Are these Filipinas considered part of our OFWs? Are they protected by OWWA? If not for this two senior citizen Americans who stopped at nothing to recover Lani, these incident could not have been publicized. I wonder, however, what has happened to that maid in the Middle East who was allegedly raped by her ward.
THE MALU FERNANDEZ SCANDAL: ENDING
August 23, 2007
Malu Fernandez apologized and resigned. I cannot resist but to write about Malu in one among the last blog entries concerning the subject in pinoyblogosphere yesterday by espousing the idea that she and her publisher should address the issue squarely the soonest possible time. The movement condemning her 1, 2 pages article which came out on the June 30, 2007 issue of People Asia triggered public condemnation about how she maligned OFWs. Her antagonistic answer to public outcry for her to apologize added fuel to the fire that professional bloggers, writers, communication experts and specialists, public relation consultants, old and young alike who surfs and frequenting the net feasted and joined the band wagon.
It was in tingog.com, which I suspect was authored by a Cebuano, mentioned in Marko’s site that hits hard right at the heart of the publisher, now proposing to ban and boycott Manila Standard Today and People Asia. As you search in Google or Yahoo for her name, Malu became an instant record holder. If there is a person most hated by her countryman maybe, it’s none other than Malu. Other sites from anonymous authors begin to sprout, now, clamouring for others to join the prey to boycott Manila Standard Today and People Asia. It was then that some joined calling for sobriety for the publisher and Malu to address the issue squarely immediately. It was providential that Malu opted to extend her apology and tender her resignation, maybe upon realizing the extent of the damage caused by the snowballing effect of the controversy. Malu resigned. It might have been the honorable way for her publisher and their editors.
If there is a lesson to be learned from the above experience - in today’s world of advance digital age – one thing was proven: corporations, publication houses and big media outfit does not have the monopoly of the media to stir public opinion. Individuals, independent publishers, artists and private citizens, in their own right may freely participate and express their own views and opinions through the use of modern technology, the internet, which power to influence people is more of a reality than perception. The Malu Fernandez incident awakened Pilipino sentiment worldwide. It demonstrated to the world how Pilipinos took a stand on issue affecting a class within their own social structure. Unlucky, the object of criticism is one of their own. Unlucky, it has caused damage to the publisher of Malu’s article. Whether they like it or not, the stain remains on the outfit where Malu’s article were published and it may take time to heal.
Others may go on with the advocay. Others may choose to close that part of history in blogging communities to look forward for a more challenging exercise when the situation calls for our spirit of patriotism to once again be awakened. The Malu Fernandez scandal.
THE RIGHT TO BLOG
July 14, 2007
Modern technology opened the doors for photographers, artists and bloggers alike to publish and display their works in a wider perspective with far raging coverage in the world wide net. One can easily publish his work and enhance its presentation through the use of graphic software or designs readily available in the net and display the same in blogger’s sites such as Blogspot, Pinoyblogosphere and other sites. Knowledge in Adobe Photoshop coupled with creative writing skills can easily surpass a newspaper or television presentation with far ranging effect. In fact, it can stay in the net for unlimited period with its own domain, which can be viewed repeatedly all over the world. However, others are hesitant to publish their work because they treasure their creativity and ideas, which might only be copied by others. Or, it may pry upon other’s privacy and they are afraid of getting into trouble. Don’t be.
Ownership over your writings, photographs or artistic works are protected by the Intellectual Property Law. Insofar as the subject or person in your picture, however, is concerned: so long as they are public figure or has acquiesced to be taken picture of, you have every right to publish it in the exercise of your freedom of expression. The definition of ‘public figure’ covers a wide latitude of persons.
Dirty War
July 2, 2007
Juwono Sudarsono is the Minister of Defense of Indonesia and he blogs. I found his site, which is updated monthly, a few weeks ago. As the first civilian to become Minister of Defense, he seems to be very cultured and progressive.
The Indonesian official’s latest entry, “Clash of Civilizations,†tells me that he is not “utak pulbura†unlike some Filipino generals and civilian defense officials. Or at least he tries to look like it. And that can make a big difference for a country that is just as tumultuous as ours.
While present-day Indonesia is not free from human rights violations, these cannot compare to the scope and systematic viciousness that accompanies the Arroyo administration’s campaign against legal parties and organizations in the guise of wiping out the armed struggle waged by the Communist Party of the Philippines since the late 60s.
Many Thanks To You*
June 26, 2007
The Kalayaan2007 contest is over and I won. Yipee!
There are plenty of people whom I’d like to thank for giving me the votes that I needed. Hehe. 73 votes is a lot and honestly, I cannot account where all of them came from. I can only name a few though.
- Pedestrian Observer
- Kidjie
- Coy
- Marlon
- Diane D.
- Denley
- Paolo Mendoza
- Flager
- Yatot
- Michelle
- Baby Doll
- Amelia
- Pinoyblurker
- colleagues
- orgmates
- friends
If I seem to have forgotten you, please do drop me a comment here. I’ll make sure that I give you the link love that you totally deserve.
Thanks a lot guys and to PBS peeps, I hear there’s going to be a new one coming up! Haha. I’ll think I’ll pass on that one though.
*Cross-posted from my blog.
Kalayaan2007 Update: We have a winner…
June 25, 2007
CONGRATULATIONS to Peachy Galias for winning the Kalayaan2007 contest.
Independence Day: Are We Really Free?
http://www.pinoyblogosphere.com/?p=926
http://atomicgirl.blogdrive.com/archive/585.html
We would like to thank everybody for making this activity a success. Again, thank you very much!
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70-290 and 70-293 on ones credit makes him a preferred candidate for 70-294. Of course 646-203 confirms the matter.
A Blueprint for Cebu’s Emerging Cities
June 24, 2007
With thriving opportunities for business and investment, Cebu is poised to place itself at the center of the drive to move the country’s economy forward.
Cebuanos expect the addition of Bogo, Carcar, and Naga to Cebu’s growing list of emerging cities to further speed up the momentum of the economy.
However, this economic expansion will be stunted or go side by side with the specter of uninhibited growth for the sake of growth if left undirected.
Kalayaan2007 Update
June 18, 2007
Submission of entries is now closed. You may start voting NOW at Pintig.PinoyBlogoSphere.Net under the Kalayaan2007 category.
http://pintig.pinoyblogosphere.net/index.php?category=Kalayaan2007
Tara na’t pulsohan ang Kalayaan2007.
Did you know?
June 17, 2007
I just found some trivia on the website of “National Historical Insitute“.
Do you know that in Spain, Spaniards eat “Filipinos?”
“Filipinos” is actually a brand of cookies covered in chocolate produced by a company called United Biscuits Iberia, S.L. The cookies were inspired by “rosquillo” biscuits produced in Iloilo and Negros and the Spaniards added another twist by coating it with brown or white chocolate
Do you know that Bonifacio had his image photographed he would look like Jose Rizal?
According to Bonifacio’s friend and comrade Guillermo Masangkay, as an agent of foreign companies doing business in the Philippines, Bonifacio had to dress well. He wore coat and tie, trousers and shoes which is far from his barefooted Katipunero image wearing shoes, an undershirt, loose pants and brandishing a bolo. On the very day the Katipuneros shouted the cry for freedom, Bonifacio was wearing his coat and tie. While presiding over a meeting with other revolutionary leaders whether or not to begin the revolution against Spain, Bonifacio realized that he was going to be overruled. He took off his coat and went outside where five hundred to a thousand Katipuneros were waiting for their decision. After telling them that all of them could be arrested by the Spaniards, the Katipuneros then decided to revolt then they tore their cedulas as a sign of defiance to Spain.
Ohh Pilipinas
June 16, 2007
KALAYAAN nang PILIPINAS
June 12 ang araw kung saan ginunita ang kalayaan nang pilipinas(1895) at ginugunita ito sa pamamagitan nang mga parada sa boong pilipinas at mesa sa simbahan. At ang pinakamalaking paggunita nang kalayaan ay ginaganap sa Grand Stand of Rizal Park in… more
Paano Kaya Kung Naimbento Na Ang Blogging noong 1898?
June 15, 2007
Ito ay isang espesyal na handog ni Karlo Licudine, Ang PinoyBlogero, para sa paggunita ng araw ng kalayaan ng Pilipinas sa taong 2007. Ito rin ay kalahok sa paligsahan ng PinoyBlogoSphere.com na Kalayaan 2007.
Noong mga panahon na namumuno pa ang mga Kastila sa Pilipinas, mahigpit na ipinagbabawal ng gobyerno ang pagsasalita ng masama laban sa kanila. Pinagbabawal din ang malayang pagiisip at ang mga ideyang radikal. Ginawa nila ito para madali nilang makontrol ang kanilang mga nasasakupan. Lahat ng lumalabag sa batas na ito ay dinadakip at pinaparasuhan. Oo, parang martial law.
Dahil dito ay napilitan ang mga Pilipino na magtikom ng bibig at manatiling tahimik sa loob ng tatlong daan na taon. Ngunit sa kabila ng katahimikan, hindi parin napigilan ng mga mananakop ang gumaganang kaisipan at mga nagbabagang damdamin na nakatago sa loob ng mga Pilipino.
Gamit ang time machine na aking naimbento, ako’y naglakbay sa taong 1898 at aking binigyan ng pagkakataon ang dalawang indibidwal na malayang makapagisip at makapagsalita sa pamamagitan ng pagblo-blog. Pagdating sa paguusap tungkol sa araw ng kalayaan, sila ang mas nakakalam ng tunay nitong kahulugan.
Pagkatapos ng ilang araw na pagpapagod, natapos narin nina Ate Lorenza, Ate Marcela, at Ate Delfina ang pagtatahi sa magiging pambansang bandila ng Pilipinas.
Pambansang bandila? Oo. Sila ang naataasan ni Emilio Aguinaldo na gumawa nito. Ang sabi nila sa akin, gagamitin daw ito sa nalalapit na pagproklama ng paglaya ng Pilipinas. Hindi ako makapaniwala, pero totoo raw iyon, walang etching.
Isa akong katulong sa tinutuluyan ng ng aking tatlong ate. Kinupkop ako at ipinalaki ng pamilya Agoncillo mula pagkabata, kaya sa kanilang pagpunta dito sa hongkong, ako rin ay kanilang pinasama. Lubos ko silang hinahangaan dahil hindi naging hadlang sa kanila ang pagiging babae para magawa ang kanilang mga gusto. Masasabi kong napamahal narin ako sa kanila.
Ilang araw lang ang nakararaan, mayroong biglang dumating na sulat. Galing ito sa Pilipinas. Ang nilalaman nito ay isang sulat ng kahilingan mula kay Emilio Aguinaldo.
An Unending Revolution?: Some thoughts on teaching Philippine history for the 21st century
June 15, 2007
History is not merely a record of the past. It is not a regurgitation of chronicles or tomes. And above all, it is not a grocery list of names, dates, places and events.
It is a story with a beginning, a middle and an end; it is rewritten every time inasmuch as it is retold. And like all stories, it is an interpretation of reality as seen through the eyes of a writer. It carries with it a message which the writer hopes is sufficient for us to affect our own realities. Any story without that ambition is empty and hollow.
By default, we believe that history is taught so that we can learn from the mistakes of the past. That is not necessarily so. That too is an artifice created by the historian. History can be used similarly to repeat the mistakes of the past (just don’t label them as mistakes) or to justify past acts contrary to our present values. I also find this position tenuous since what we may perceive as mistakes today may have been the best choice during that time. Hindsight, after all, is always 20/20.
And history is not a science of hindsight. More importantly, it is the very art of foresight.
Today we celebrate our 109th Independence Day. Lately, I have felt that the story of our Independence Day has become empty and hollow as the date has been juxtaposed with headlines that state the obvious — the Maguindanao CoCs have been stolen! Is this what we have come to? Is this what we have done with our freedom from tyranny? Sure no society can be perfect, and so I need not point out that over a century since our independence, we still have political killings, poll fraud and vote fixing.
And all this we can trace to the very first elections held for the Malolos Republic.
Bakit Hindi?
June 15, 2007
Bakit hindi holiday ang June 12? Araw ng Kalayaan ngayon. Bakit first day of school sa U.P.? Bakit may pasok?
Ang traffic tuloy. Marami kasing flag-raising ceremony (sa village namin nga meron), fireworks display, etc. Alangan naman kasing porke’t June 11 ang nakadeklarang walang pasok, June 11 alalahanin ng mga Pilipino ang Independence Day?
Ang labo.
Convenient Life in the Philippines
June 14, 2007
We all think (well, almost) that life in the United States is more convenient than in the Philippines. That is part of our colonial mentality that we still had since the Philippines was colonized by Spaniards and Americans.
Still, I believe (or discovered) that life here in the Philippines is more convenient than in the United States (or other countries, deemed by Filipinos as “Land of Opportunities“.) As part of my post this Independence Week Celebration, here are some reasons why:
Malaya? Ows?!
June 14, 2007
Kuha ng watawat sa harap ni Rizal sa Luneta
Araw ng kalayaan natin ngayon pero bakit lahat yata ng Pinoy ay kumakayod? Bakit hindi tayo malayang naglalamyerda sa kung saan sana natin gusto?
Marahil dahil din sa kalayaan. Nagawa ni Madam President na i-urong ang isang National Holiday sa isang mas maagang araw, para nga naman hindi ipit ang bakasyon. Gayunpaman, kakaiba pa rin na ganuon-ganoon na lang ang pagrereschedule ng isang makasaysayang araw para sa bayan natin.
Hindi naman ako magpapanggap. Naenjoy ko rin naman ang long weekend dahil nga kahapon, Lunes, e walang pasok. Pero hindi ko naramdaman ang dahilan kung bakit paid holiday kahapon. Hindi naman kasi ika-12 ng Hunyo, di tulad ngayon. May pagkakaiba talaga ang kahapon at ngayon.
Para tuloy tinutuya ang ating “kalayaanâ€. Malaya kuno pero, tingnan nyo, kayang idikta ng isang tao kung anong araw natin gugunitain ang ika-109 na taon ng ating pagiging malaya sa mga mananakop.
Kung sabagay, hindi rin naman tayo tunay na malaya sa mga makakapangyarihang bansa sa paligid natin. Kung tunay tayong malaya sa kanila, e di sana Piso lang ang katumbas ng isang dolyar at hindi na kailangang magpaalipin ng mga kababayan natin sa bansa ng mga puti, itim, singkit, at may-anghit.
Hindi maitatanggi na marami pa tayong bigas na itatanim, aanihin, tatahipan, isasaing at kakainin bago tayo maging tunay na malaya. Pero sa ngayon, ganito muna tayo. Sa parehong araw, 109 na taon na ang nakakalipas, kung kailan nagdiwang ang mga kanuno-nunuan natin nang akalain nilang iniwan na sila ng mga tisoy na Kastila, tayo ay kumakayod; kumakain ng All-American Big Mac, French fries at Coke; nagbabasa ng latest Harry Potter book na padala pa galing London; nanunuod ng pinaka-hot na Koreanovela sa TV, hawak ang remote control na gawa sa Taiwan sa kaliwang kamay at ang Cellphone na galing Finland sa kanan!
Lacking a sense of local history
June 14, 2007
Crossposted from my weblog.
MUCH has been said about the Filipinos’ weak sense of history, a topic that usually becomes a flavor of the month in June. Or more specifically, flavor of the week where June 12 falls as the country celebrates its annual Independence Day.
The spartan celebration of its 109th edition last Tuesday at Naga city hall — which had Juan Dialino, Camarines Sur 2nd district commander of the Veterans Federation of the Philippines, as guest of honor — brought to the fore another glaring deficiency: we sorely lack a sense of local history as well.
Dialino’s address — where he took the Arroyo administration to task for neglecting its promises, including the basic social benefits our aging veterans richly deserve in their twilight years — might sound like an old refrain.
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