US drops support for GMA
August 5, 2005
Written by News Team, in Articles/Stories
WASHINGTON – Washington has scaled down its “unequivocal” support
for embattled President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as the raging controversy over
the Garci tapes continued to erode her presidency.
American analyst says the US must adopt this new stance because it should stay
neutral in the crisis and not give the appearance of supporting a President whose
credibility and ability to [...]
McCain, Hillary in film premiere
August 5, 2005
Written by News Team, in Articles/Stories
WASHINGTON -Former First Lady and now Senator Hillary Clinton, Democrat from New
York and Senator John McCain, Republican from Arizona, were the special guests
at the July 28 Miramax premiere here of “The Great Raid,” a World
War II movie.
The movie is based on “The Great Raid in Cabanatuan” by historian
William Breuer and partly on the best-selling “The [...]
How long will Arroyo last?
August 5, 2005
Written by News Team, in Articles/Stories
MANILA – She will be out by December, or earlier!
This was the general consensus of various political and sectoral groups here early
thjis month as the controversy over the Hello Garci tapes continued to rage.
The most radical observers even predict a bloody ending if President Gloria Macapagal
Arroyo insists on remaining in power. The fear is that [...]
House pledges fast action on complaints
August 5, 2005
Written by News Team, in Articles/Stories
MANILA – Opposition congressmen formally filed impeachment charges against
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo shortly before she delivered her State of
the Nation Address during the opening of Congress July 25.
House Speaker Jose de Venecia immediately referred the impeachment complaints
against the President to the plenary and then to the [...]
Filams: No to new People Power
August 5, 2005
Written by News Team, in Articles/Stories
By Jennie L. Ilustre
WASHINGTON – Filipinos in the Greater Metropolitan D.C. Area are weary and wary
of another “People Power” and foresee a solution within the law in
the worsening political crisis in the Philippines.
And unlike the U.S. Filipino Catholic Ministries and the New York Theological
Seminary, no area group has called for President Gloria Arroyo to resign, [...]
It’s War I Tell You!
August 5, 2005
Written by News Team, in Tech Updates
As you may or may not know, a new computer is extremely vulnerable when you first get online with it. There are ways to insure security though. You can get the Windows Update CD from Microsoft and install that before you get online. You can also get most Antivirus Definitions dnloaded and save em to [...]
Google A Bit of History
August 5, 2005
Written by News Team, in Tech Updates
The first question most people have is, Â?What the heck is a Â?Google?Â? It is a play on the word Â?googol,Â? which is the mathematical figure 1 followed by 100 zeros. Depending on the level of your love for math, this is either the greatest or lamest name for a search engine. Regardless, the clever [...]
Wireless Revolution Spawns Generation Laptop
August 5, 2005
Written by News Team, in Tech Updates
In May of 2005 U.S. hardware history was made. This was the first time that laptops sold more than desktop computers in a single month. Indeed, Current Analysis, an innovative research firm headquartered in Sterling, Virginia, confirmed that laptop sales leapt to 53.3 percent of the total PC retail market in May 2005.
Were these figures [...]
The importance Of Email Backup
August 5, 2005
Written by News Team, in Tech Updates
Viruses, software failures, power failures, human errors, hard drive failures are only a few examples of what could destroy the data on a hard drive, including all documents, pictures, emails and other files!Most home computer users don’t need an expensive backup solution; as they only need to burn the folders with important documents and pictures [...]