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“@likhanews5, @bernard_tv5, Arnold Tenorio at SMX, attending event that’s part of #adbmeet2012
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Host country reception for #adbmeet2012 delegates at SMX Convention Center http://lockerz.com/s/206344434
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“Heads of delegation being invited to the right of the stage on second floor of the SMX convention center at #adbmeet2012.
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“Lechon at SMX convention center as part of #adbmeet2012. http://mypict.me/mXfol
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“Dessert at the SMX convention center that’s part of the #adbmeet2012. http://mypict.me/mXfsv
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“Friday’s #adbmeet2012 dinner at SMX convention center took a week to prepare for, chef tells @interaksyon.
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“More than 4000 guests were expected for Friday’s #adbmeet2012 dinner at SMX convention center, chef tells @interaksyon.
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Cultural presentation during the Host country reception for #adbmeet2012 delegates @interaksyon http://lockerz.com/s/206344898
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“Ten hot items and 10 cold items are currently being served at the Friday night #adbmeet2012 in the SMX convention center, chef says.
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“#nowlistening to Manila, Manila at Friday’s #adbmeet2012 at the SMX convention center. “I’ll be coming back to Manila.”
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“RT @likhanews5: The theme for the Host country reception for #adbmeet2012 delegates is Philippines, Land of Gold @interaksyon
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“Of the ten desserts served during Friday’s #adbmeet2012 at the SMX convention center, seven are native concoctions, chef tells @interaksyon.
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“The Company singing “Manila” for the #adbmeet2012 delegates @interaksyon
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“Hotel Sofitel chosen to serve Friday breakfast, dinner at #adbmeet2012 at the SMX convention center, chef tells @interaksyon.
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“Hotel Sofitel chosen to serve Friday breakfast at PICC, dinner at #adbmeet2012 at the SMX convention center, chef tells @interaksyon.
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“Bituin Escalante joins The Company in singing “Kay Ganda ng Ating Musika” in #adbmeet2012 Host Country reception @interaksyon
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“An estimated 200 cases of beer were bought for Friday night’s #adbmeet2012 at the SMX convention center.
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Musicians during the cultural presentation for the #adbmeet2012 delegates @interaksyon http://lockerz.com/s/206349205
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“#adbmeet2012 guests, participants enjoying themselves at Friday night #adbmeet2012 at SMX convention center http://mypict.me/mXfUK
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“@bernard_tv5 asks participant of #adbmeet2012: how do you rate the food here at SMX convention center on scale of 1 to 10? Participant: 5.
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“Waiting for Leah Salonga ☺ at the Host country reception for #adbmeet2012 @interaksyon
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“Some 20 pieces of lechon were prepared, ordered just for Friday night #adbmeet2012 dinner at the SMX. http://mypict.me/mXg42
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Dancers wore gold bands & belts, the theme for the #adbmeet2012 Host country reception @interaksyon http://lockerz.com/s/206353006
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Dancing birds! Host country reception for #adbmeet2012 delegates @interaksyon http://lockerz.com/s/206353160
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Filipina models gracing the stage at the #adbmeet2012 Host country reception @interaksyon http://lockerz.com/s/206353412
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“Leo Valdes is also one of the performers at the #adbmeet2012 Host country reception @interaksyon
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“No Lea Salonga at #adbmeet2012 Host Country reception ☹ @interaksyon
Category Archives: on the job
VIRTUAL VISITA IGLESIA
Visit InterAksyon.com for the virtual visita iglesia when you can’t go out and do your real pilgrimage.
InterAksyon celebrates with the whole Christian world the Holy Week with a virtual visita iglesia, videos of the pasyon and article on the senakulong bayan.
Thanks to: Carmelite Order for the reflections on the Stations of the Cross.
Produced by: Chuchay Fernandez, Veronica Uy, Francince Marquez, Lira-Dalangin Fernandez, Bernanrd Testa, Edvilan Falcon, MJ Maramba, Alex Artillero, Jino Nicolas, InterAksyon.com
There is a video of the Pabasa and Lira writes, “Pabasa combines Filipinos’ musicality, religiosity, patriotism.”
“Da man” Bernard Testa has a photo gallery of the Senakulong Bayan. He writes, “As part of the Lenten Season, the senakulo is among the most awaited part of the celebration, with people vying for the coveted parts in the stage play on the life and suffering of Christ. Who will be Jesus? Pontius Pilate? Mary? Magdalene? Judas? Simon of Cyrene? The crowd who will choose to condemn him?”
So proud of these guys for producing this.
I think this will be our front page until Easter Sunday.
The dangers of being exposed
It took me 8 years before I had the guts to emerge from my pseudonym. It’s quite ironic since I’ve been writing for half of my life and I have my name in black and white for many years.
And yet I’m scared of blogging under my real name. What gives?
Is it because in blogging I become the message since I am the messenger and the gatekeeper rolled into one? I guess it’s because I don’t have anything that I could transform into some kind of barrier or screen between me and my readers, critics, detractors, what-have-you. Maybe because the accountability rests on my shoulders alone and no one else’s—no editors, no producer, no president or chief executive.
The trouble also with having my name bandied on a blog is that it automatically makes me censor myself. Last night my sister, who just recently arrived in Australia, told me over Yahoo Messenger to delete some comment I made on Facebook about the nuclear missile testing by North Korea. She said, “you cannot post those kinds of comments because you’re a journalist. You may compromise your credibility.”
At first my initial reaction was “screw you! screw them! This is my private Facebook account!”
But then nothing is really private in Facebook, isn’t it? Look at the “bikini photo” incident with a Catholic school in Cebu and two students.
Are journalists really banned to take sides, to express opinions? Even on Facebook? Can we not say, “stupid North Koreans for making radioactive sushis of us all?” Even in half-jest?
Where do I draw the line? Or am I forever limited to the confines of my paper-and-pen journal at home? Yes, I know, there are numerous journalists out there who have blogs and still manage to go out in the field unscathed. I just wonder how much self-censorship they do? How can they rein in their opinions? How do they deal with accusations of bias and yadda, yadda yadda?
The pseudonym I have allowed me to criticize systems, criticize the government, make fun of personalities, review gadgets, review restaurants, endorse products and food. Can’t I do that using my real name?
If I can’t do that then I guess this blog will only have 10 entries for all eternity.
DOGS’ WORST ENEMY IS HIS BE(A)ST FRIEND
I really didn’t have the heart to look at the pictures that our photographer par excellence, Bernard Testa, had been sharing with the Interaksyon.com team through Blackberry Messenger. I don’t want to see abused dogs, animals at the brink of death, suffering animals that had done nothing wrong to deserve such cruel treatment from humans.
I told Abigail Kwok, my fellow reporter who wrote about the rescued pitbulls that I am interested to adopt one dog. If I were rich, I want to adopt as many as I could. But I am just a reporter on a journalist’s salary.
Pitbull fighting for its life. Photo by Bernard Testa, Interaksyon.com
70 dogs rescued from Laguna pit bull ring to be put down
03-Apr-12, 12:28 AM | Abigail Kwok, InterAksyon.com
MANILA, Philippines—At least 70 pit bulls subjected to inhumane treatment in a dogfighting arena will be put down Tuesday, as animal welfare groups struggled to find appropriate housing and shelter for the abused dogs.
The Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) disclosed that out of the 246 rescued pit bulls and pit bull mixes from a South Korean syndicate, only a maximum of 50 will be adopted by a private citizen.
The rest will be put down in batches and the first batch, about 70 of them, will be put down Tuesday.PAWS program director Anna Cabrera said in a phone interview that there is no available shelter big enough to handle these dogs and provide them with food, water and therapy.
She added that subjecting these dogs to euthanasia will be humane and will save the dogs from the risk of being “recycled” into the arena again…
Continue reading here.
Yes, we have laws on animal cruelty and such but these do not have teeth and—as usual—enforcement of these laws are the main problems. My colleague Lira Dalangin-Fernandez tackled this issue, which may have been the main cause as to why these dog fighting rings continue to operate in this country.
Photo by Bernard Testa, Interaksyon.com
Happy ending in ‘101 Dalmatians’ not a reality in the Philippines due to largely unenforced law
03-Apr-12, 7:30 AM | Lira Dalangin-Fernandez, InterAksyon.com
“MANILA, Philippines – In 101 Dalmatians, police rescued the dogs and had villainess Cruella de Vil pay for her evil deeds. The movie’s happy ending for the canines, however, doesn’t mirror the reality in the country. It’s because like other Philippine laws that are only good on paper, the 14-year-old Republic Act 9842 or the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) lacks enforcement, according to animal rights advocates.
Anna Cabrera, executive director of the the Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS), says that despite AWA, the care and rescue of animals are not among the government’s priority.
Cabrera observes that many cities in the country do not have veterinarians or personnel in charge of animal welfare. And while there maybe growing concern on animal cruelty, people have very little awareness on programs and procedures that promote pet care, according to the PAWS chief…”
Read more here.
And on and on and on…
It really breaks my heart.
COMING OUT
i had been blogging on and off for almost 8 years now but under a pseudonym. those blogs had a total of 10 readers. it didn’t matter. i was not after the hits. all i wanted was an outlet where i can voice my opinions and express myself clearly. i started a blog as a coping mechanism since being in government—with all the ugliness of bureaucracy and politics—can drive anyone with my temperament insane.
and blogging kept me from being bored.
but when i started to work for a newspaper, my blogging became sporadic. when i became an assistant business editor, i didn’t have enough energy left to even blog about things, opinions, etc.
when i joined Interaksyon, i barely updated my blog since—i don’t know. i felt like i don’t have anything to say at all. besides i had Facebook where i can pour my angst and irritate my friends who get to read my reklamo sa buhay.
I also had my twins. They keep me from having a straight 8-hour sleep since April 11, 2011. Until now.
So why suddenly come out and blog under my real name with my complete identity in full view of the world?
Let’s just say this is an experiment.