While the greedy and those now no longer getting funds from PAGCOR seem to be the loudest voices over the charges made by the Freeh report vs. a Pachinco king from Japan and Las Vegas gaming magnet Steve Wynn. Meant to be a corporate battle, Wynn accused Okada of spending more than $110000 to curry [...] [...more]
If your like me and got from Apple the invite for next Wednesday’s event to be at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. In my case if the G5 was sent out to pick me up I’d might make the trip – but flying commercial – I think I’ll pass on [...] [...more]
The news grabbed the headline of a local newspaper in Manila that a ‘underground river’ in Palawan was polluted with cancer causing levels of pollution. My heart jumped – not that river? a quick read showed it was perhaps an ignorant and over-eager headline writer who perhaps has never been to Palawan who wrote it [...] [...more]
Some days there’s just nothing to report I guess – but – it seems the local bureau of the NHK got took hook line and sinker. Allegedly over a plan to put up a base on Ulugan BAy in Puerto Princesa City named after all things the ‘fortress base’ of the cartoon series voltus 5! [...] [...more]
President Benigno S. Aquino III led on Wednesday the Globe Telecom network modernization program launching in Malacanang assuring investors of a level playing field to enable every Filipino to live a dignified life. In his message during the launching and contract signing for Globe Telecom, the President echoed his administration’s stance against law breakers saying the [...] [...more]
Watching the news I keep hearing, seeing some reports talk about the number of post event ‘aftershocks’ an easy term to use for some – but – news is more than just reporting. Part of the job is informing – some think to inform people too much is hard work. That kind of attitude is [...] [...more]
The message seems to be more of a attention call than a threat of any action using the typical slogan of “We are Anonymous. We are Legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget. Expect us,” It has a few hundred views at this writing on YOUTUBE under a user identity of “ThePhilanonymous” The [...] [...more]
Manila – Senior figures in three capitals whose citizens have been victims by the tactics of terror of the Al Qaeda franchises Jemaah Islamiah and the Abu Sayyaf are reviewing video shot from a UAV on friday. The information on the video is being reviewed to see if indeed three of Asia’s most wanted terror suspects were [...] [...more]
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