Archive for August, 2006

House plenary session on the impeachment complaint

Thursday, August 24th, 2006

House plenary session on the impeachment complaint
Some issues debated but not settled -
Whether or not the complaint was sufficient in form on the basis of its recital of facts constituting the offenses charged and determinative of the jurisdiction of the committee.
Impeachment process is admittedly a political process but has been highly politicized reducing the process […]

FOSS and Education: Evolving a Policy Framework and Action

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006

21 August 2006
Dear friends in FOSS/stakeholders in Philippine Education
Greetings of solidarity!
The Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA; www.fma.ph)  is a nongovernmental organization that works the area of information, communications, and media, with a focus on promoting communication rights of various communities for popular empowerment. FMA is currently producing seven policy papers, as part of our Project […]

Caterpillar season

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006

It must be the caterpillar season. After a brief drizzle this morning, the sun shone and you could feel the warmth from underneath the earth rising (which is called singaw and is actually supposed to be bad if it gets into your stomach!) Anyway, when I went out to inspect the plants, I […]

The proposed Philippine ICT roadmap

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006

Dear friends,
My comments on the proposed Philippine ICT roadmap is here http://www.korakora.org/projects/?q=node/163
And based on comments on my comment, I am thinking of making a few revisions. I would really welcome more comments, please. And I would be interested on other peoples / organizations inputs on the ICT road map as well.
I don’t know what your […]

Blessings

Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006

It definitely wasn’t a good feeling, this weekend. I suspect it was triggered by the lull after having finished the Fuzzy Logic essay which was pending until I finished an earlier writing commitment. There was a lull because I had been waiting for the museum to email some images that could still be included in […]

Weekend

Sunday, August 20th, 2006

I missed the appointment to see the doctor three days ago. A few reasons, first, I wasn’t feeling very well; second, I needed to stay home and finish writing an essay due the next day; third, I didn’t have enough money to pay the consultation fee.
So, if I can’t see the doctor then I could […]

Forked-tail Lizard

Thursday, August 17th, 2006

I just saw a forked-tail lizard in the kitchen. So I rushed off, got my camera and took this photo. According to what I have read, a lizard that escapes danger drops its tail but sometimes it doesn’t drop off competely, and ths becomes forked when it regenerates. Having a forked-tongue is one […]