Entries Tagged as 'Asides'

Globe unveils new Globe Broadband Tattoo USB skins

June 28th, 2009 · 19 Comments

GLOBE Broadband Tattoo has unveiled three new designs for its USB skin—Black Dragon, Purple Brushstrokes, and White Techie.
Globe is “the first to offer funky broadband-equipped USBs in the Philippines,” the company said in a press statement.

BLACK DRAGON USB skin for Globe Broadband Tattoo.

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Cebu needs to work to keep IT talents: Damarillo

June 27th, 2009 · 5 Comments

CEBU has the potential to be the next Silicon Valley but it must deal with the movement of its talented workers to Manila and abroad and improve its marketing as a technology hub, an information technology entrepreneur said Friday.
Winston Damarillo, one of the founders of G2iX and its chief executive officer, said that because of [...]

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Cebu artists strip for Budoy

March 24th, 2006 · 1 Comment

Cebu’s reggae king Budoy is a candidate for eviction from the Pinoy Big Brother show. To express their support and generate votes for Budoy, artists in Cebu, including UP Professor Raymund Fernandez, stripped in Kahayag Cafe. To view the photos (warning: may be not safe for work if you have as boss someone like Dr. [...]

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Sigbins unite

March 20th, 2006 · 2 Comments

Original sigbin and Cebu’s reggae imp Budoy has been nominated for eviction in Pinoy Big Brother. To save Budoy, text BB BUDOY to 231 for Smart and 2331 for Globe. What’s a sigbin? Here’s how Budoy describes the mythical creature in his song Original Sigbin:
kon molakaw magtuwad
abtik molayat, kusog molupad
moabante pina-backward
moatras pina-forward
Here’s a link to [...]

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A call for solidarity

February 27th, 2006 · 2 Comments

For a few years now, the global media community has named the Philippines among the most dangerous places for journalists. In the past two years, our country has been second only to Iraq in the number of media killings. Philippine journalists have fought hard to roll back the tide of violence. Today, however, the Philippine [...]

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Pity the policemen

February 22nd, 2006 · No Comments

It seems having sex during anti-prostitution raids is a sacrifice for them. Chief Insp. Romeo Perigo of the Cebu Provincial Police Office says so. Provincial Prosecutor Jane Petralba, however, says police should stop having sex in anti-prostitution raids because they are “not only exposing their butts, but also (themselves) to criminal case for having sex [...]

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