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Don’t forget ‘Earth Hour’ tonight at 8:30pm (local time)
Posted in Advocacies, Events
Tagged Advocacies, Earth Hour, Energy Conservation, Special Event
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Tax my consumption, not my income
† WHAT A COOL IDEA! † I overheard this from a radio interview this morning. †Apparently, renowned economist, UP professor and former Budget Secretary Ben Diokno came up with this nifty proposal very recently. †From what I gathered, this proposal … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacies, Musings, People
Tagged Ben Diokno, Diokno Proposal, Philippine Taxation, Taxes, Winnie Monsod
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The sorry state of PH education
IN a professional/consultant capacity I am currently involved in an NGO-led project that aims to uplift the quality of public education in the Philippines with a vision to “nurture teachers to build a nation of readers.”
Posted in Advocacies, Musings, Projects
Tagged ADB, Boy Scouts of the Philippines, DEPED, Education, Philippine Education System, reading, Sa Aklat Sisikat
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PH Bloggers Beware! ‘Martial Law’ looming in Blogosphere.ph
ALL PH-BASED BLOGGERS and Web content developers should already be pressing the Panic Button by now! But they aren’t. Or at least there is no significant chatter yet on Blogosphere.ph about this matter. To me this lack of attention on … Continue reading
‘Our Enemy’ by Alexander L. Lacson
THIS ONE is definitely worth sharing… OUR ENEMY by: Alexander L. Lacson Philippine Daily Inquirer (First Posted 00:37:00 11/30/2008) (Alexander L. Lacson is author of the book “12 Little Things Every Filipino Can Do To Help Our Country.”) DURING the … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacies, People
Tagged Alexander Lacson, Philippine Daily Inquirer, social concerns
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BFAD Advisory on Peanut Butter from the US
† A COLLEAGUE sent this advisory to everyone in our office this morning. †I believe this is worth sharing. † Please click on the image above or the text link below to download the advisory. † BFAD Advisory: Peanutbutter
After Milk, Honey from China is World’s next Food Safety Nightmare
† THIS WAS RECENTLY POSTED in BlueGenes by an ex-IBMer who is based in the US.† BlueGenes is the Yahoo Group of ex-IBM Philippines employees. I haven’t heard of it nor seen it in any of the regular/mainstream news sources … Continue reading
Start 2009 by donating to a cause; I am donating to Wikipedia
I FEEL SO BLESSED in 2008, so much so that I felt compelled to somehow give back even in small and simple ways as 2009 beckons.† To those who feel the same way, a very easy way to give back … Continue reading
‘Loving our neighbor is at the heart of rebuilding our nation’
THIS IS THE TITLE of an article recently written by my good friend Boogie Boydon. †It is also the central theme of ‘Ang Bagong Pinoy’ (‘The New Filipino’), an online forum also launched by Boogie, first as a simple Yahoo … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacies, Plugs
Tagged advocacy, national renewal, nationalism, Philippines
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FREE Online Training, no kidding
WWW.ALISON.COM†–>†thatís the site.† Go check it out. I checked it out myself and it really offers free online training, from such basic courses as Introduction to Information Technology, to more technical stuff like Learning Microsoft Excel 2003, to not-at-all IT-related … Continue reading
“Kaya Natin” — Among Ed’s message to Fil-Am Organizations and Individuals
HERE IS ANOTHER one from Gov. Ed Panlilio, courtesy of the US-based members of Blue Genes, the Yahoo Group of ex-IBMers. †I am not really sure if this was delivered as a speech or written as a letter sent by … Continue reading
ìMust LOVE Treesî
THERE ARE THOUSANDS (maybe even millions) of armchair environmentalists in the Philippines (I am one of them).† These are the people who claim to be concerned with the environment and the many ecological issues of our time.† They gasp in … Continue reading
