CTE will holds it's annual Education Week on December 10-11, 2009.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Monday, November 30, 2009
Thursday, November 26, 2009
National Day of Mourning
National Day of Mourning for the victims of the massacre.
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Ampatuans not ‘untouchable’ -- Ermita
Palace plans disarming political clan
MANILA, Philippines -- Under fire for allegedly taking it easy on the Ampatuan clan, Malacañang declared on Wednesday that President Macapagal-Arroyo’s political debt of gratitude would not keep the government from going after the family in connection with the Maguindanao massacre.
No less than Ms Arroyo acknowledged that the mass killings had something to do with the political rivalry in the province and vowed that, “the perpetrators will not escape justice.”
Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said the government was preparing to “disarm” the Ampatuans, who boast of a large private armed group that has control over territories in Maguindanao.
“This is not a simple election feud between opposing clans; this is a supreme act of inhumanity that is a blight on our nation,” Ms Arroyo said in a strongly worded statement read by Ermita in a media briefing.
Ermita said Ms Arroyo insisted that the statement come out on Wednesday, apparently in the wake of criticisms that the administration was treating the Ampatuans—who traditionally delivered votes for Malacañang—with kid gloves.
“Masama talaga ang loob ng Presidente (The President really feels bad),” he said.
Ms Arroyo announced that Thursday (Nov. 26) would be a national day of mourning for the victims of the massacre. Ermita said black ribbons would be tied all around the Palace grounds in commiseration with the victims.
“I understand too well the volatility of the political situation in the area and for this reason, I reiterate with even greater urgency my personal appeal for calm and restraint,” she said.
“This crime is too outrageous not to prick the conscience of this nation, or any other nation for that matter. Let us hope that the outrage is overcome by reason and by our need to live our lives in peace, honor, and human dignity.”
Ermita confronted allegations that Malacañang could not risk antagonizing the Ampatuans because of its long political ties with the family.
In the 2004 elections, the clan delivered huge votes for Ms Arroyo over Fernando Poe Jr. The same was true in the 2007 senatorial election where the administration ticket scored an improbable 12-0 win in Maguindanao.
In last week’s national convention of the Lakas-Kampi-CMD party, Gov. Zaldy Ampatuan of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) took the microphone and pledged to deliver votes for standard-bearer Gilbert Teodoro and the rest of the administration ticket in the May elections.
“The sense of debt of gratitude as a result of the political exercises before should not becloud the issue of whether anyone or any group has committed some illegal acts or have violated the law,” Ermita said. “It should not be made an excuse for us not to follow the law.”
Ermita said Secretary Jesus Dureza, head of the Maguindanao crisis committee, was preparing a list of “immediate” recommendations including the dismantling of the Ampatuan private armies to help “diffuse the situation in the area.”
“We are looking toward that direction,” he said.
Ermita, former interim party president, said the Ampatuans could be sanctioned by Lakas-Kampi-CMD if they were found guilty of the Maguindanao massacre.
“They’re not (untouchable),” he said. “Nobody should be untouchable and I mean nobody. If anyone commits a crime especially as heinous as this one, I don’t see why anybody could think people should be considered as untouchable.”
Said Ms Arroyo: “The gruesome killings in Maguindanao constitute a most heinous crime. What makes it particularly so is the fact that it counts among its victims, lawyers, media reporters, and other defenseless and innocent civilians. Like many others, I am appalled and outraged by it, and I join the rising chorus of indignation against it.”
Ermita urged Zaldy Ampatuan to “go above his personal interest and be very cooperative in the conduct of the investigation to show that he is a man of the law, a leader who can be trusted.”
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Monday, November 23, 2009
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
What is a blog?
Blogging is a way of collecting links to webpages and sharing thoughts and ideas with people online.
Blogs (or Weblogs) are basically online journals or diaries which are great for sharing information and ideas.
Blogger.com says:
"A blog is a personal diary. A daily pulpit. A collaborative space. A political soapbox. A breaking-news outlet. A collection of links. Your own private thoughts. Memos to the world."
As well as text, blogs often contain audio, music, images and video.
They're also really easy to make, so you can have one even if you aren't very technical.
Anything can be posted instantly to a blog.
Why Blog
Surfing's no fun if you can't tell people what you've found.
How many times have you sent e-mails to your mates with the address of a particularly interesting web page, annotated with your own hilarious comments?
Wouldn't it be good to get your own web page where you could publish these comments, plus the links you find, turn it into a daily journal of thoughts and ideas and make the whole thing available to the world?
Well now you can, and if you do, you'll be joining the phenomenon that has become 'blogging'.
The history of blogs
Blogging has become something of a big thing in the last few years, and some of the biggest and best known weblogs attract the kind of traffic that even big name e-commerce sites would be jealous of.
Weblogs are more than pages of links - they tend to reflect the personalities of their owners. They are personal web pages, updated very often.
They are the product of their owners' imaginations, interests and wit, and it's probably this personal touch which has made them so popular, especially for political issues.
The word 'weblog' was coined by Jorn Barger, owner of the long-established and extremely popular Robot Wisdom weblog. You can get a lot more about the history of weblogs from his site at robotwisdom.com
reference: http://www.bbc.co.uk/webwise/askbruce/articles/browse/blogging_1.shtml
Before I define the ‘what is a blog’ question - here are a few definitions from other much wiser people to get us started:
‘A weblog is a hierarchy of text, images, media objects and data, arranged chronologically, that can be viewed in an HTML browser.’ Source
‘A frequent, chronological publication of personal thoughts and Web links.’ Source
‘From “Web log.” A blog is basically a journal that is available on the web. The activity of updating a blog is “blogging” and someone who keeps a blog is a “blogger.”‘ Source
‘A weblog is kind of a continual tour, with a human guide who you get to know. There are many guides to choose from, each develops an audience, and there’s also comraderie and politics between the people who run weblogs, they point to each other, in all kinds of structures, graphs, loops, etc.’ Source
‘A blog is basically a journal that is available on the web. The activity of updating a blog is “blogging” and someone who keeps a blog is a “blogger.” Blogs are typically updated daily using software that allows people with little or no technical background to update and maintain the blog. Postings on a blog are almost always arranged in cronological order with the most recent additions featured most prominantly.’ Source
‘A blog is a website in which items are posted on a regular basis and displayed in reverse chronological order. The term blog is a shortened form of weblog or web log. Authoring a blog, maintaining a blog or adding an article to an existing blog is called “blogging”. Individual articles on a blog are called “blog posts,” “posts” or “entries”. A person who posts these entries is called a “blogger”. A blog comprises text, hypertext, images, and links (to other web pages and to video, audio and other files). Blogs use a conversational style of documentation. Often blogs focus on a particular “area of interest”, such as Washington, D.C.’s political goings-on. Some blogs discuss personal experiences.’ Source.
So What is a Blog???
Confused yet? Don’t be - its really quite simple. To put it as simply as possible - a blog is a type of website that is usually arranged in chronological order from the most recent ‘post’ (or entry) at the top of the main page to the older entries towards the bottom.
Have a look at the main page of my blog at here for an example. for a different example you might like to look at this one (another of mine).
Ok - now you are a seasoned blog reader - you’ve seen two already at least.
Blogs are usually (but not always) written by one person and are updated pretty regularly. Blogs are often (but not always) written on a particular topic - there are blogs on virtually any topic you can think of. From photography, to spirituality, to recipes, to personal diaries to hobbies - blogging has as many applications and varieties as you can imagine. Whole blog communities have sprung up around some of these topics putting people into contact with each other in relationships where they can learn, share ideas, make friends with and even do business with people with similar interests from around the world.
Blogs usually have a few features that are useful to know about if you want to get the most out of them as a reader. Lets examine a couple briefly.
Archives - You might look at the front page of a blog and think that there is not much to them. A few recent entries, some links to other sites and not much else. However its worth knowing that there is a lot more going on under the surface that might initially meet the eye. For example in addition to the main page of this blog - at the time of writing this post there are over 520 other pages or posts below the surface that I’ve written over the past few months.
When I write a post like this one it goes to the top of the front page. As it gets older and as I add more current posts it begins its journey down the page until it disappears from it. This is not the end of its life however, because it goes into the ‘Archives’ of my blog. It sounds like a dusty dark place but its really just like a filing cabinet that is easily accessible in a couple of ways. You can read my ‘archives’ simply by looking on the ’sidebar’ (over on the left of this blog) at the ‘archives’ or ‘categories’ section. There you will see links to all my old posts which you can access either by category. You’ll see a category for ‘Advertising’ - click that link and you’ll see all my old posts on the topic of Advertising with the most recent at the top and the oldest at the bottom.
Comments - Not all blogs use comments - but most do. This blog is not a monologue but a conversation. You can give me feedback on almost everything I write simply by clicking the ‘comments’ link at the bottom of each one of my posts. This will take you to a little form where you leave your name, email and a link to your own blog if you have one as well as your feedback, comment, critique, question, essay on why you love my blog, promise of money…. etc). Try it now. Scroll to the bottom of this page, click ‘comments’ and fill in the blanks with a little introduction to yourself.
A great way to learn about blogs is to read a few. Leave some comments, ask questions and bookmark your favourites. An even better way to learn about blogs is to start your own. Ok - you might be laughing at me now - you think you are not web savy enough to have your own site? You wouldn’t know where to start? You don’t know how?
My Secret
Let me share a secret with you - three years ago I knew nothing about blogs, I had never used the internet for anything more than email, surfing and chatting to friends and I could only barely do any of that! But one day I discovered a blog and after surfing from one to another (blogs tend to link up to other blogs a lot) for a few hours I was hooked and wanted to start my own. I found that there are free blog services that almost anyone could set up in a matter of minutes. Really it is that simple. Literally millions of people blog from around the world. Its not just something for young people, or geeks, or cool folk, or Westerners, or even for people with their own computers - instead its something virtually anyone with access to a computer and the internet once or twice a week can start up.
Are you still confused? Would you like more information? Below are a few helpful articles on the topic - there are many more on the web - just do a search on your favourite search engine. Otherwise shoot me an email using my ‘contact’ button with your question and I’ll do my best to get back to you.
reference: http://www.problogger.net/archives/2005/02/05/what-is-a-blog/
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