The earthquake-tsunami incident in Cebu and Negros last Monday, February 6, 2012 is still a hot topic and even trending for the past few days in the internet. More so because as of the time of this writing, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology has recorded more than a thousand aftershocks. Some of them are quite strong especially in Negros Oriental.  Relief and rescue efforts are currently under going. Of particular interest is the Tsunami scare in Cebu which caused mass hysteria and panic. Probably when Cebu City officials peered through the bamboo blinds in their offices and saw people running and panicking they pictured what Cebu City is like when there is a big crisis. City officials instructed the police to apprehend the culprit who started the misinformation that caused the panic and to charge said person/s with public disorder. Apparently a guy was arrested. Witnesses tagged him as the one who first announced that the "Tsunami" approaching Cebu City. He … [Read more...]

Last Monday February 6, 2012 Central Visayas was hit by a very strong earthquake. The epicenter was located in the middle of Tanyon Strait which is in between Negros and Cebu. Badly damaged was Negros Oriental more specifically the town of Tayasan, Gihulngan, La Libertad, Ayongon etc. Cebu was shaken but was not damaged although some cracks has surfaced in some public infrastructures. There were no classes for the next 2 to 3 days as establishments and the government checked buildings. What's so interesting about this event is that because of the strong quake the  Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology issued "Tsunami alert no. 2" which advised to "stay away from the shoreline and to watch out for unusual waves. People living in the shoreline are advised to be watchful. " Take note that no evacuation was recommended, but just for people to be watchful. Apparently some people have mis-understood the warning and some people living in coastal barangays in the City spread … [Read more...]

Nowadays the Supreme Court has been made the center of attention in the headlines because of the impeachment trial of Chief  Justice Renato Coroina.  But recently another member of the Supreme Court has made headlines, not connected to the impeachment trial but because the video became and instant hit and became viral in a matter of days and has been feasted upon by Netizens. Atty. Midas Marquez, spokesperson of the Supreme Court has a popular video circling around the internet.  No, Midas is clearly not gay, he is married and has two kids. As to why his reaction in the video was somewhat "gay" well only he can explain that. Some say he is quite a funny a guy and constantly makes faces off cam, so most probably he was just making fun of the situation. Some people say that you will know somebody is gay the way they react to abrupt situations. I really don't buy that argument. I'd say somebody is clearly gay if they wear equestrian boots and dress like a woman or if they have … [Read more...]

Tropical storm Sendong has become the deadliest cyclone to hit the Philippines in the last 12 years. To date the death toll has reached more than a thousand surpassing that of 2004’s typhoon Wennie, considered to be the deadliest before Sendong with causalities of only 893. The worst hi were the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan cities in Mindanao. Other areas hit are some parts of the Visayas especially the southern part of Negros. Flood waters washed away houses with families inside in coastal villages in these areas. The typhoon has affected and displaced more than 65,000 families. Infrastructure was wiped out, big businesses and small business with small business equipment lease and others really lost a lot. This is such a sad event for all of us as a nation especially considering that its Christmas time and it will be a very sad Christmas indeed for families who have lost loved ones or who lost their homes. Christmas is after all a time for giving so for those who haven’t … [Read more...]

All work with no play makes John a dumb boy, all play no work makes John dumber. This is what our parents and their parents taught them and all throughout the decades and centuries, the traditional view of playing games is that its childish, useless and done just for fun and that nothing good will ever come out of it except that it is done by children as part of growing up. Enter the 20th and 21st century with the advent of the internet, personal computers, mobile devices and gaming consoles, playing games has now evolved online. Parents frequently lament that their children are addicted to video games online and majority of psychologist say that it is not healthy for a child to play video games for long periods of time. Just recently there was a news item that a teenager died because of playing on a game console for more than 20 hours straight. So is playing games, especially sitting whole day on a hickory furniture and playing online games completely useless? If this is the … [Read more...]