Jay-R Patron speaks with TJ Agulto and Mark Ruiz, filipino social entrepreneu...

Mohammad Yunus paved the way for the destitute to pick up the pieces and build their lives through micro-entrepreneurship via micro-financing.  The system, which started three decades ago, proved well for the people of Bangladesh, and is now being employed in...

NAB Okays probe against 3 forex companies

" Updated at: 1430 PST, Thursday, November 13, 2008 ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has given a go ahead to an inquiry into the allegations regarding illegal business and money laundering against three forex companies.The Securities and...

McCain raises specter of nuclear war

John McCain's campaign seems to be throwing everything but the kitchen sink at the wall in the waning days of the campaign, hoping something will stick. Now McCain has brought up nuclear war."John McCain raised the specter of nuclear war as he struggled to overcome rival...

Vidal urges schools to give room for academic freedom, teach truth

"WHILE denying that Catholic schools convert or “proselytize members for the Church,” Cebu Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal asked that they be unashamed in proclaiming Jesus’ truth. He said the words while celebrating mass during the Sacred Heart School-Jesuit (SHS-J)...

Savings windfall for firm that moved from Microsoft Outlook to Gmail

"Taylor Woodrow, a UK-based construction company, has switched its 1,800 employees' e-mail from Microsoft Outlook to enterprise Gmail. The company is also beginning to use other components of Google Apps, the suite of Web-based applications that includes, in addition to...

Apple 3G iPhone Release Has Analysts Talking

The release of the 3G iPhone by Apple CEO Steve Jobs at the World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco this week has created a stir among Apple stock analysts and experts. Confidence had dropped slightly in the days preceding the announcement due to...

Confirming months of speculation, Apple has announced that it will begin ship...

I am really glad that I delayed my decision to purchase an iPhone. It was launched at $599 for an 8GB iPhone and then was reduced to $399The iPhone 3G will be available July 11th in 22 countries. The maximum price around the world is $199 USD. The 16GB version will...

"Tribbles" Director Dies

Another of the old guard passes on."Joseph Pevney, who directed some of the best-known episodes of the original “Star Trek” television series, died on May 18 at his home here. He was 96. ...Mr. Pevney directed 14 episodes of that 1960s series, including “The City...