2 Foreigners Abducted...again?

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine National Police (PNP) has confirmed the kidnapping of two foreigners in Pasay City on Tuesday.

The two foreigners were kidnapped along Macapagal Avenue.

PNP spokesperson Sr. Supt. Agrimero Cruz said the identities of the abductors, or the motive behind the kidnapping, remains unknown.

He added the suspects, who were wearing police uniforms, have yet to make any demand.

Cruz said the PNP is closely following up the case since foreigners are involved. -- Report from Gretchen Malalad, ABS-CBN News; ABS-CBN News Channel

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/metro-manila/08/31/10/2-foreigners-kidnapped-pasay

Sad Thing...Bad Hackers!

By Erwin Oliva

Yahoo! Southeast Asia

The website of the Philippine Information Agency got defaced Sunday.

The defaced site showed a Chinese flag and played a hip-hong song while a user was viewing it.

As of this writing, the defaced site has been taken down. But the government website is inaccessible.

The defaced site is indicated that it was cracked by “7z1.”

http://ph.yfittopostblog.com/2010/08/29/pia-website-defaced/

Attendance Please

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Miss Universe 2010

Mexico made it!

Asked by Olympic gold-medal figure skater Evan Lysacek how she felt about unsupervised Internet use, Navarrete said the Internet is important but parents need to be careful and watch over their kids.

"I do believe that Internet is an indispensable, necessary tool for the present time," she said through an interpreter. "We must be sure to teach them the values that we learned as a family."

Bloody Monday for Filipinos

An ex-policeman who hijacked a tourist bus, identified as Rolando Mendoza, speaks to a negotiator while a female hostage peers from the window of the bus in Manila. The dramatic hostage siege in the Philippine capital involving a busload of Hong Kong tourists has ended after 12 hours with several captives walking free but the fate of 11 others unknown.

The hostage crisis experienced by the Hong Kong tourist passengers of Hong Thai tourist bus on Monday morning, August 23, 2010 is one of the most horrible story made in the Philippine history under the present administration of Pres. Benigno "Noynoy" C. Aquino III.

Answer the following questions honestly:

1. As a Filipino student, how it feels like being a citizen of this country watching the hostage crisis in a nationwide television coverage? 
2. Do you feel ashamed of being a Filipino? 
3. What is the first thing that comes in your mind right there seeing the live coverage of the hostage crisis? 
4. What is the role of information communication technology in mass media during the hostage crisis?
5. What is your message to the world who have witnessed the live hostage crisis?

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