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Focus on the Filipino youth: The Lost Generation

The business of beauty

by Cheryl Chan

THE QUEUES in mall bathrooms attest to our national vanity. With all the women putting on lipstick, powdering their noses, and whipping their dangerously long, buhaghag-free hair between vigorous brushstrokes, it is nearly impossible to get to the sink to wash hands. Whether the vanity is cause or effect, I’m not sure. Probably a little of both.

Read more… | Posted Friday, September 2nd, 2005
The Vice President

The man who would be President

by Luz Rimban

LIKE IT or not, Filipinos will have to accept the fact that Noli de Castro might just be president one of these days. It could be sooner, if President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo suddenly gets stricken with delicadeza and resigns, or later, if Congress eventually decides to put an end to the crisis and impeach her. Either way, Filipinos will have to get used to the idea of a de Castro presidency, especially if they don’t want Susan Roces heading a caretaker government or Jose de Venecia becoming prime minister for life.

Read more… | Posted Friday, September 2nd, 2005
TV and Technology

The screenager generation

by David Celdran

THE FUTURE of television is here. At least, its prototype is. Today we use our mobile phones for more than just communicating. We use them to take pictures, play games, share music, and download news and celebrity gossip. More and more, we turn to our phones to kill time when stuck in traffic, while waiting in line, or in the presence of boring company. Nokia, the global leader in wireless telecommunications, has spotted the trend. “Be entertained anywhere” is its new tagline, a radical departure from its roots as a mobile-handset manufacturer.

Read more… | Posted Saturday, October 2nd, 2004

In these elections, the airwaves are for sale

by Chay F. Hofileña and Aries Rufo

CAN ELECTIONS really be an even battleground?

That is a question that campaign strategists and media organizations have to grapple with, given the caps on election spending and the limits set by the Fair Elections Act on campaign advertising and media exposure.

Read more… | Posted Tuesday, May 4th, 2004

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