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French tourist met girl victims on Facebook

He met the girls on Facebook.

Posted: June 19th, 2013 in CDN - News,Cebu Daily News | Read More »

The many creative uses of social media in learning

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Gone are the days when teachers and students cannot be “on the same page.” Today, they are most likely to be on the same Facebook page

Posted: June 10th, 2013 in Headlines,Learning | Read More »

Bishop warns vs bogus Facebook pages

Alarmed at how technology is used to fool people, San Fernando Archbishop Paciano Aniceto has warned people not to fall for fake Facebook accounts that purport him to be soliciting donations or friendship.

Posted: June 2nd, 2013 in Headlines,Regions | Read More »

Thai PM files lawsuit over ‘prostitute’ facebook post

Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. AFP FILE PHOTO

A lawyer for Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has filed a defamation suit against an influential cartoonist alleging he compared the premier to a prostitute in a facebook post, police said Friday.

Posted: May 3rd, 2013 in Latest News Stories,World | Read More »

Ati people tap Internet in quest for justice

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“We are on Facebook. Please follow us,” asked Lourdes Tamboon, a leader of the Ati tribe on Boracay Island.

Posted: April 21st, 2013 in Headlines,Regions | Read More »

Madrigal’s online contest could be a form of ‘vote buying’

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Comelec Law Department Director Esmeralda Amora-Ladra shows to reporters their printouts of senatorial candidate Maria Ana Consuelo “Jamby” Madrigal's Facebook contest that promises to give away an iPad to whoever best completes the sentence "Corruption is bad because..." Photo by Matikas Santos

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Friday said an online contest by senatorial candidate Maria Ana Consuelo “Jamby” Madrigal could be a form of “vote buying.”

Posted: February 22nd, 2013 in Election Photos,Latest News Stories,Nation | Read More »

Madrigal still up for Comelec probe on alleged Facebook contest

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Former Sen. Jamby Madrigal. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

Senatorial candidate Maria Ana Consuelo “Jamby” Madrigal could still face the consequences for holding a contest over social media with an iPad as a prize even though she has stopped it.

Posted: February 20th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Nation | Read More »

Jamby Madrigal probed for FB contest

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Former Sen. Jamby Madrigal. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

The Commission on Elections yesterday disclosed that it was closely monitoring a senatorial candidate of the administration-led Team Pnoy who could be slapped with an election offense for illegal campaigning on cyberspace.

Posted: February 20th, 2013 in Editors' Picks,Headlines,Nation | Read More »

‘What’s so important about MacArthur’s landing?’

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Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s statue in Dagupan City is left at the mercy of the elements and vandals. WILLIE LOMIBAO / CONTRIBUTOR

Sixty-eight years after American Gen. Douglas MacArthur and the Allied Forces landed on Jan. 9, 1945, on the shores of the Lingayen Gulf in Pangasinan to liberate the Philippines from the Japanese, the exact spot where he first set foot is still the subject of discussions in the province.

Posted: February 5th, 2013 in Headlines,Regions | Read More »

‘1 million likes’

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It’s surprising to see every now and then what new trends the Internet can set. Recently, we saw the cute and irresistible wish of children who got 2.6 million Likes on FaceBook when their father, Ryan Cordell, agreed to buy them a puppy if they got 1 million Likes on the social network.

Posted: February 2nd, 2013 in CDN - Opinion,Cebu Daily News | Read More »

Comelec to monitor political ads on Internet

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The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will be monitoring closely all political advertisements on the Internet including social networking and microblogging sites such as Facebook and twitter.

Posted: January 16th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Nation | Read More »

‘Fake’ photo of Delhi rape victim goes viral

Indian women carry their children as they march during a protest to mourn the death of a gang rape victim in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. India's top court says it will decide whether to suspend lawmakers facing sexual assault charges as thousands of women gathered at the memorial to independence leader Mohandas K. Gandhi to demand stronger protection for their safety. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)

The father of a student in south India has complained to police after Internet users circulated a photo of his daughter on social media claiming it was the Delhi gang-rape victim, officers said Friday.

Posted: January 4th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,World | Read More »

Top education news in the year that was

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The 465-meter University of the Philippines-Department of Science and Technology (UP-DOST) Automated Guideway Transit (AGT) made its maiden trip on the Diliman campus on Dec. 14, nearly a year and a half after it was launched. Constructed by Miescor Builders Inc., the P31-million AGT stands on a 6.1-meter-high, 465-meter-long track and runs on rubber wheels to reduce the noise factor. The DOST said the AGT is an entirely Filipino venture and will be a “fully automated, driverless” electricity-run monorail.

Posted: December 31st, 2012 in Headlines,Learning,Photos & Videos | Read More »

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