Posted by: quintessentialy on: December 29, 2009
Anti-piracy group nabs more hard disk ‘loaders’ By Anna Valmero INQUIRER.net First Posted 20:37:00 12/29/2009 Filed Under: Technology (general), Hardware, Software, Patents and Copyright and Trademarks MANILA, Philippines— Two men caught installing counterfeit software as an “add-on service” at the Greenhills Shopping Center in San Juan City were arrested recently by the Pilipinas Anti-Piracy Team [...]
Posted by: quintessentialy on: December 29, 2009
Comelec reports low registration turnout despite extension By Anna Valmero INQUIRER.net First Posted 17:05:00 12/28/2009 Filed Under: Politics, Elections, Eleksyon 2010 MANILA, Philippines—A Commission on Elections (Comelec) official said Monday the first three days of the extended voters’ registration nationwide had a low turnout but expects higher number of registrants between Monday and Tuesday. “Based [...]
Posted by: quintessentialy on: December 25, 2009
BEFORE JANUARY 1 24 injured from firecrackers, stray bullets—DoH By Anna Valmero INQUIRER.net First Posted 16:55:00 12/25/2009 Filed Under: Accidents (general), Festive Events (including Carnivals), Health MANILA, Philippines—Twenty-three Filipinos have been injured due to firecrackers and one from a stray bullet between December 21 and 24, the Department of Health said Friday. The number of [...]
Posted by: quintessentialy on: December 22, 2009
Of children and music The instrumental ensemble of the Philippine Montessori Center and Temple Hill International School hold their own against the Madrigal Singers in a night of talent and music. Video by INQUIRER.net’s Anna Valmero, Cathy Miranda, and Edzelle Peña. To read story, click this
Posted by: quintessentialy on: December 20, 2009
Understanding ‘total gun ban’ rule for 2010 polls By Anna Valmero INQUIRER.net First Posted 15:29:00 12/19/2009 Filed Under: Politics, Eleksyon 2010 MANILA, Philippines—The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will implement total gun ban for the May 2010 elections, prohibiting private individuals from carrying firearms and allowing only two security personnel for each candidate, an official said [...]
Posted by: quintessentialy on: December 20, 2009
No child’s play: Kids render music that transcends age By Anna Valmero INQUIRER.net First Posted 15:36:00 12/19/2009 Filed Under: Lifestyle & Leisure, Music, Children, Family MANILA, Philippines—Mariana Ablan, Kaira Palcos and Lia Nanca look like normal kids at first glance. but after the three played their Orff instruments, they made me realize: the universal language [...]
Posted by: quintessentialy on: December 18, 2009
Partylist groups have until March for nominees—Comelec December 18, 2009 15:14:00 Anna Valmero INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) ruled that registered partylist groups for the 2010 elections must submit a list of nominees to the poll body and publish the names in all campaign materials, a spokesman said Friday. The five [...]
Posted by: quintessentialy on: December 18, 2009
Comelec reopens voter’s registration Monday December 18, 2009 16:03:00 Anna Valmero INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines—The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has extended for five more days the voters’ registration starting Monday, Comelec commissioner Rene Sarmiento said Friday. This after the Supreme Court granted the Kabataan party-list’s petition for extension of registration until January 9 to accommodate first [...]
Posted by: quintessentialy on: December 18, 2009
.58M absentee voters register for 2010 polls By Anna Valmero INQUIRER.net First Posted 19:26:00 12/17/2009 Filed Under: Overseas Absentee Voting, Eleksyon 2010 MANILA, Phiippines—The Commission on Elections (Comelec) registered over half a million Filipinos abroad as absentee voters for the 2010 elections, an official said Thursday. There are 589,830 overseas absentee voters who were approved [...]
Posted by: quintessentialy on: December 18, 2009
Comelec junks ‘Ladlad’ appeal to join 2010 polls By Anna Valmero INQUIRER.net First Posted 19:32:00 12/17/2009 Filed Under: Elections, Eleksyon 2010 MANILA, Philippnes—The Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc on Thursday denied the motion for reconsideration of gay partylist Ang Ladlad to join the 2010 election. Comelec is upholding the earlier ruling of the commission’s [...]
