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November 25th, 2006
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Philippines: Boxing Champ Captivates a Nation
Boxing champion Manny Pacquiao is already one of the most popular icons in the Philippines today. His successive victories in the ring inspired a nation in need of a modern hero. The poor adores Manny, who is also called the ‘nation’s fist.’ Politicians take advantage of Manny’s popularity to win the hearts of the people. Companies swamp the boxer with advertising deals.
Image from danielhsu's Flickr photostream under CC license
Paglipad ng Diwa uploads a video of Manny’s last fight against Mexican boxer Erik Morales in Las Vegas.
Kuykuy describes how Filipinos react everytime Manny’s fight is shown live on television:
“Prior to the fight, the streets of this city were almost deserted as people are either in their homes or in carinderias, restaurants and other commercial establishments waiting for the fight of their hometown hero. Vehicular traffic resumed moments after live broadcast of the fight ended.”
Hide your monkey reports that blog traffic in the Philippines was down on the day of Manny’s fight in Las Vegas.
Dead End believes Manny is already in showbiz and politics.
Misteryosa.org is against the proposal of the Mayor of Manila to build a monument for Manny:
“Does winning a boxing match enough for someone the likes of Pacquiao to achieve national hero status? Is it even fair to forget the other athletes who have offered their lives to make us proud and instead focus on this one monkey who throws mean punches every now and then? Boxing is a violent sport, a bloody one, and we’re actually hailing Pacquiao for sharing the instinct serial killers posses.”
Web 2.0 in Brazil Displays the Powers of Participation
Web 2.0 is coming on strong in Brazil and showing its transformational impacts on the national mind. The recent elections were a dramatic example demonstrating that blogs and citizen media are playing an important role in the process of challenging mainstream institutions of Brazilian society and they seem to be beginning to deconstruct some known power structures. Now, with the challenge clear to many, players of all types are pouring energy into the race to occupy the newly opened spaces and there is evidence that the shift is moving beyond the specialized geek community to reach much deeper into established social institutions.
Abril lançará revista 100% escrita pelos leitores com periodicidade semanal e preço de capa a R$1,99. A “Sou + Eu” chega às bancas no dia 23 deste mês e tem conteúdo 100% escrito pelos leitores, com conteúdo colaborativo focado na vida real. Pelo que apurou a reportagem de Meio & Mensagem Online, os leitores contarão histórias de suas próprias vidas e estas se tornarão matérias escritas por eles mesmos. A redação da Sou + Eu irá checar cada história e edita-la para publicação. A seção de fotos de famosos, por exemplo, será com imagens capturadas pelos leitores e enviadas à redação. É a web 2.0 influindo no mundo on e off-line.
Conteúdo colaborativo chega às bancas - RPalavreando
Conteúdo colaborativo chega às bancas - RPalavreando
Online Life in Singapore
Decent broadband Infrastructure and familiarity with online technologies makes Singaporeans avid experimenters of emerging technological trends. It is not uncommon to find Singaporean blogger topping Technorati's listing once every couple of months and Singapore based meetup groups often have more members than the ones from bigger cities. Second Life, the three dimensional virtual world created by Linden Labs is fast becoming the new hangout of Singaporeans. Rinaz, a Singapore resident on Second Life posted a video tour of her home in Second Life
Kevin at theory.isthereason wrote an introduction to Second Life in response to a post about Linden Lab's CTO visiting Singapore on Singapore's blog aggregator Tomorrow.sg.
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Links for Sat, 2006-11
The Benin Epilogue asks whether there is a paradigm shift in African business.
11 lawyers representing Jean-Pierre Bemba, the Congolese Presidential-runner up, walk out of the Supreme Court.
A Zimbabwean filmmaker, Tawanda Gunda Mupengo, wins first prize at the Dakar Film Festival for his short film, Spell My Name, “The film is about a young albino girl sexually abused by the headmaster of her school and a young teacher who stands up to protect her.”
Dubai's spice market (suq) is being Disneyfied, says Secret Dubai Diary.
He has come to the conclusion after hearing from one of the stall keepers that the traditional bazaar will have a roof!
Palestinian Leila Al Haddad is still waiting at a road block in Arish to return home.
She says she has lost count of the number of says she has spent waiting and has come to the realisation that “Israeli decisions are without rhyme or reason.”
Oman has started to ban internet sites, says blogger Muscati.
He said Oman's most popular website, the controversial Arabic online forum known as Sablat Al Arab, has been closed down pending an investigation by the public prosecutor's office.
Abu Aardvark says Al Jazeera Arabic channel has devoted an entire programme to cover the Bahraini parliamentary and municipal elections being held today.
He says the elections have generated a lot of interest and scrutiny from the media.
Kosoof has published a photo showing how Iranian women go to the sea.
Bahrain is getting international exposure in the media with the Washington Post and New York Times covering its elections, which are being held today, reports Desert Island Boy.
But it isn't the publicity the government wants in the global spotlight, he says.
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