The Filipinos love of high octane and physical sports is threatened to face extinction and completely become obsolete once a proposed bill succeed in congress. Congressman Eduardo Joson of Nueva Ecija filed House Bill 3743, which calls for the complete ban of all contact or combat sports in the country. In his proposed bill, the […]
The Power of Citizen Journalism: Ground Report Attests
The rise of online versus print media is one of the spectacular insights in media industry in the world today, Fred Obera investigates whether the industry is going to publish the untold stories regarding their danger, privacy, accuracy, agency, ethics, and compliance with libel laws. In the context of globalization, millions have remained […]
Ideas rule the world
Ideas rule the world, whether it be politics, science and technology, business or the personal lives of humanbeings. An idea is nothing but a thought that emanates from the human brain and applied to a given situation or problem come across by the humanbeings in their various walks of life,in various fields. […]
Can the government save democracy and journalism in one go?
My response to Michael Arrington’s post on "real journalism" and government support. Out of character for Arrington and TechCrunch, but reflects the realization that technology=flow of information=media. Agreed out of principal at first, but Columbia J-School Dean Nick Lemann’s response to the Forbes post made me think twice. He cites BBC, PBS (Frontline), stock structures […]
The Ambiguous Law causes worse effects
Under-age smokers no longer need to have much disguise in order to buy cigarettes nowadays. A survey found that many retailers, such as newsstand, convenience store or small stores can satisfy their needs. Underage is not an obstacle or a barrier anymore and that encourages teens to try smoking. Six teenagers, age fifteen to […]
Security Concern Throughout System Development Life Cycle
Defining a general structure for a security architecture is challenging because each organization attempts to tailor security according to its needs. To develop a secure system, a thorough understanding of the desired security properties and functional and non-functional properties of the system is required. What is Security Confidentiality – Ensuring that there is no deliberate […]