All bloggers in the Philippines will need to register for a license?

Do you have a license to blog?


If the plan of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) gets approved and implemented, then all bloggers in the Philippines will need to register for a license.

This, of course, is not limited to bloggers but to anybody who creates content and publishes it online. The draft Memo can be found at .

The NTC scheduled a public hearing last January 22, 2009, but immediately cancelled it a few minutes before the scheduled hearing.

I am not privy to what their reasons are for canceling or postponing the hearing but I am hoping that the NTC will explain it on the website as to the real reason(s) for not pushing through with the hearing.

Frankly, I do not know who suggested this to the NTC but I find it absurd! From the point of view of an educator, sharing information is crucial in learning. Accessing content created by experts and peers are of equal importance to learning.

Now, imagine each student and each teacher being required to pay PhP6,300 per year just so they can post on the internet is highway robbery! How else can we allow our students to participate online?

What does this mean to our IT industry? Software developers creating web-based applications or distributing software online, creative folks who design web-sites, multimedia artists who craft audio, still and video content and all other IT-related professionals who use the internet will be burdened by this circular.

Personally, I’d rather move out of the country than be under this ridiculous rule! I am sure that IT companies who are thinking of setting up offices in the Philippines will think twice! No thanks to NTC!

The cost of publishing information online will increase and will definitely be passed on to the consumers. If this will be the case, then most will refrain from doing transactions online, which is supposed to make information access cheaper, and revert back to plain dead tree versions. Who wins? Only NTC wins because they get paid to issue a license to allow you to write a single paragraph on your blog!

I refused to admit it but this country is going backwards! Whilst the rest of the world is trying to capitalize on a new mode of information dissemination, our government, thanks to the NTC, wants to make it more difficult for its citizens to participate. In this so-called Participation Age, the NTC wants the Philippines to be left out by making it difficult for its citizens to even post a single relevant comment on a blog!

I honestly think that the NTC should push the country forward by requiring broadband providers to give better services to Filipinos. Access to information is crucial in today’s highly competitive landscape.

However, with telcos providing poor coverage, poor customer services, and relatively slow broadband connections, how can we be competitive? IMHO, NTC should require telcos to increase their broadband bandwidth offerings by doubling it every year.

Right now, we’re stuck at 3Mbps, which is PATHETIC! It would have been great if we are getting 3Mbps every single time and not only during the wee hours of the morning!

Anyway, I urge everyone to be vigilant. The NTC might announce another hearing on this circular, and just like this one, may try to slip it under our noses. Make sure that you oppose this circular because it does more harm than good for our country! (By Rom Feria)

http://www.mb.com.ph/issues/2009/01/26/TECH20090126146615.html

Full video of President Barack Obama Inauguration speech and oath of Office

Here are the videos of President Barack Obama inauguration speech and oath of Office as the 44th USA President.
For those who failed to watch the live coverage or for those who want to relive this historic moment over and over again.

Barack Obama Oath of Office 2009 inauguration



Click here to Watch the inauguration Speech video

Full text of inaugural speech of US President Barack Obama

By: President Barack Obama
44th President of United States of America
January 20, 2009

I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to our nation, as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this transition.

Pinoy say Putang ina mo in a skittles Commercial

A US Tv Commercial with a black guy, a middle-eastern guy, a hispanic and A Pilipino.

Watch the video at 0:22 when the Pilipino say Putang-ina mo anong gusto mo?(Mother fucker what do you want?)or something like that before he kick the mirror.

Click here to Watch the Video and read the full article

Make Money Online with PTC

How to earn money online through PTC?

What is PTC? PTC site or Paid to Click are websites that pay you by clicking and viewing ads or websites for not more than 30 seconds.

Most PTC sites pay $0.01 per ads you view, some pay higher like $0.050 for TakeTheGlobe. payout are from $1.00 to $10.00.

$0.01 may not be a big bucks. but it is not a tiring job, you just have to click links/websites and you can do this while surfing the net,chatting and even while playing online games.

How to get Started?

1. Choose a paying method. you can receive payment by check or by paypal or alertpay

click to register





2. Register to PTC websites and start clicking.

*here are list of Paying PTC sites.