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Sorry medyo late pero di ko mapalampas: INQ7.Net: World Bank: OFW money shouldn't distract gov't policies President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's spokesman, Ignacio Bunye, has said the administration acknowledges sacrifices made by Filipinos seeking opportunities abroad but added that the government will continue "to look for ways to keep them home by aiming at a strong economy generating well-paying jobs."

Neil Gaiman and Fully Booked is sponsoring the 1st Philippine Graphic / Fiction Awards and Comic Book Contest. About time something like this has come about to bring focus on a lot of talented Filipino comic book writers and artists. More details at Gerry's blog.

Spent the last few days in California with the wife. They had TFC and GMA Pinoy TV where we stayed and managed to catch a few shows. Some observations: 1. They're still giving shows to Bayani Agbayani and Smokey Manaloto. More Vhong! 2. They still devote way too much time on beauty contest winners. (Yeah yeah I know...pride of the Philippines all that but there's more to Pinoys than beauty ...

According to the Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China, the top 5 universities in the world are: 1. Harvard University (Americas) 2. University Cambridge (Europe) 3. Stanford Univeristy (Americas) 4. University California - Berkeley (Americas) 5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (Americas) I think it's telling that not one Philippine university was mentioned. Not UP, not Ateneo, and not ...

Got this one in the mail. At first I was a bit skeptical about it. I was never a fan of self-help books and cuddly-feel good literature like Five People You Meet in Heaven. But the writer raises some good valid points. There some simple things an "ordinary* citizen" can do. We forget that citizens also have responsibilities to the nation very much like elected officials. Italicized cynical ...

Conrado de Quiros, atapang a-tao. (via Kanto Girl, whose blog just turned 4 years old this week. Congrats xkg!)

Liberté, egalité, fraternité Happy Bastille Day! In keeping with the celebration, I thought I'd dig up some recent protest songs to remind our fellow Pinoys where we were at just four years ago. The message is sadly the same. Just exchange the names involved. Actually, some of them are still right in the middle of it. Launch player.