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December 27th, 2008

Philippines: Uproar over mauling by mayor/son of Cabinet secretary

Tonyo Cruz · 22:07, December 27th, 2008 · East Asia

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Filipinos are unleashing online vitriol at the son and namesake of Philippine President Arroyo's agrarian reform secretary, who reportedly mauled two persons last Dec. 26 at a golf course. 57 comments · read »

December 16th, 2008

East Asia

In the Philippines, many are angry that a US-based company WebSapient plagiarized the entire portfolio of a Filipino web designer. WebSapient has brought down the plagiarized materials and have not been able to put up its own, as of posting time.

May 21st, 2008

Philippines in mourning over death of legendary labor leader

Tonyo Cruz · 10:26 · Philippines

The death of Filipino veteran labor leader, street parliamentarian and legislator Crispin “Ka Bel” Beltran at 11:48 am Tuesday due to massive head injuries saddened and shocked many Filipinos. He was 75. 11 comments · read »

January 2nd, 2008

Philippines: Bloggers look back to 2007

Tonyo Cruz · 18:50 · East Asia

Bloggers in Philippines reflects on the past year and talk about the things they blogged about across a range of subjects from sports to politics, music, blogging and life in general. 3 comments · read »

December 13th, 2007

Philippines: Jeepney Drivers Launch Strike

Tonyo Cruz · 17:02 · East Asia

Jeepney drivers in many parts of the Philippines did not ply their routes today to protest oil price increases which they branded as "unwarranted", "unchecked" and "oppressive". A Jeepney in Manila (from Wikipedia) The jeepney drivers group PISTON declared the strike a success, with the government saying it did not affect traffic. Bloggers ... 3 comments · read »

November 27th, 2007

East Asia

Akomismo introduces Wu Wei 10, a classroom game and merit system based on the principles of Taoism where:”students are rewarded with Chi points for the tasks they fulfill, and they use these Chi points to level up and cast spells. The objective of the game is to eliminate all the other teams or to be the first to unlock the Dragon King. The reward for doing so is exemption in the final periodic exam.”