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Lessons learned from the Manila HK bus hostage taking

December 29, 2010

After the bloody hostage taking last August 2010 which resulted in the deaths of 8 HK nationals and the hostage-taker, what has been made to our law enforcement response so this doesn’t happen again?

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What the hell is wrong with our country?

December 22, 2010

What the hell is wrong with our country? Ex-General Carlos Garcia was able to walk free (on bail) after pleading guilty to a lesser offense and offering to return less than half of what he took from the AFP’s coffers, a plea bargain others think was not necessary.

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Vizconde massacre case aftermath

December 16, 2010

After languishing in jail for 15 years based on prosecution star witness Jessica Alfaro’s inconsistent statements, Hubert Webb was acquitted by the Supreme Court on December 14, 2010 for the gruesome murder of Carmela Vizconde, her mother, and her sister in 1991.

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Be a fighter

July 17, 2010

To be a great fighter does not stand only to fight for sickness or diseases including sports competition but it implies lots of things of great insight and aspiration to cling on. Why when storms comes to you, you do not allow in manifesting disappointments or frustrations because we have this innate strength to fight [...]

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Why Philippine business groups root for Noynoy

May 6, 2010

Here’s a nice post from someone over at Pinoy Exchange on why influential business groups favor Noynoy to win this coming election

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DailyManila is now in Alltop!

February 16, 2010

My mundane day was energized after I read an email from a staff of Alltop.com, the web’s “online magazine rack,” informing me that DailyManila.com was approved for listing! What could be more ecstatic than that?!

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Free Aperture 3 presets pack to make your photos pop

February 12, 2010

Apple Aperture 3.0 has a cool new feature that allows you to share Adjustment Presets with other Aperture users. Kind-hearted guys from Mac Create has released a set that contains presets that will make your pictures pop out. It has presets that simulates the Lomo and Holga, 6×6 cameras, boosted contrast, creative monochrome and more. [...]

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Apple Aperture 3 trial lowdowns

February 10, 2010

After two years of being stuck with version 2.x, Apple has finally released the newest version of its digital asset management software — Aperture 3.0. Boasting more than 200 new features, the photography community is excited to test this new baby. Before you download and install the trial version of Apple Aperture 3.0, here are [...]

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CamFrog: the new porn channel

February 9, 2010

Way back in the early years of the internet, the only way to get porn was through the web, newsgroups, and sometimes via bulletin board systems. Porn was somewhat limited to pictures and not much videos because it was difficult then to upload files bigger than 10 megabytes with limited bandwidth. With the recent popularity [...]

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Wireless broadband at 5x the current speed

February 6, 2010

Sooner than expected, telcos are now gearing up to provide wireless broadband speeds at a blazing speed of 10Mbps (megabits per second) or five times the current speed of 2Mbps. Thanks to the amazing technology called WiMAX or Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, it is now possible to access the internet at more than 2Mbps!

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