Entries Tagged as 'cebu news'

The Internet is for sale

March 25th, 2008 · 15 Comments

Do you have a spare P350,000? The Internet, apparently, is for sale for that amount.
I regularly read the classified ads section of Sun.Star Cebu, the paper I work for. At any given day, you’d have people selling anything from pets, houses, power tools to second-hand vehicles to adult toys (under Various Items, together with [...]

Tags: Odd · cebu news

Munisipyo Wi-Fi

February 25th, 2008 · 15 Comments

I spent a day in Argao recently and was pleasantly surprised to find several dependable and free Wi-Fi hotspots. I was surprised because in Cebu City, free Wi-Fi access isn’t as widespread as they say it is in places such as Davao City.
Many shops, at least the last time I went warbiking or going [...]

Tags: Free services · Government · Highlights · Internet · cebu news · productivity

Cebu bloggers meetup

February 4th, 2008 · 10 Comments

If you’re a blogger based in Cebu, please drop by at the iBrowse Internet Cafe near Cebu Doctor’s University at the North Reclamation Area on Thursday, Feb. 7 at 6:00 p.m. We are organizing a short blogger meet-up there with the indefatigable DigitalFilipino founder Janette Toral.
Janette will be in Cebu for a workshop on Web [...]

Tags: Blogs · cebu news

Is Sony Ericsson trying to buy off Cebu journalists?

May 8th, 2007 · 6 Comments

What if politicians announce, during their press conferences, that they will be holding a “writing” contest and the journalist who publishes the “best article” about the press conference gets to win P5,000 in cash.
What do you call that? If you were a journalist or a blogger, what would you feel?
That, in effect, is what Sony [...]

Tags: Journalism · Mobile · Personal · cebu news

Read this and weep

March 16th, 2007 · 5 Comments

Here’s a quiz for you. Look at the photo below (don’t read the caption yet). Which is more expensive? Is it 1.) the street lamp on this road in Mandaue City in Cebu or 2.) the motorcycle and the bag that contains a laptop, digital camera, and various other gadgets of my trade?
Here’s a hint: [...]

Tags: Government · Journalism · Politics · cebu news

When you cover a motel fire, make sure you’re not a regular

February 25th, 2007 · 3 Comments

A radio reporter was busted on air while covering a fire that gutted New Colon Lodge in downtown Cebu City last Feb. 16. The broadcast journalist was reporting live and conducting interviews when, I’m told, the seedy motel’s front desk clerk shrieked “suki!!!”
Suki is what Filipinos call frequent customer. I wasn’t able to hear the [...]

Tags: Journalism · cebu news