What is GMA-7 doing wrong?
By CARLOS BANAAG
Manila Bulletin
In the Service of Man, For the Glory of God.
That was then.
Today it’s “Kapuso Mo, Anumang Kulay ng Mundo,” which on the GMA-7 website is translated into “One in Heart, Regardless of the Colors of Life.” One imagines that what they mean is that GMA network knows and shares your desires, no matter who you are.
The fact is they do seem to have divined what most Filipino televiewers want. On its premiere night, the primetime reincarnation of “Darna” starring Angel Locsin, again with …

Observers are so impressed by the surge in the network’s ratings and profits that they do not see or care what principles may have been forfeited in order to achieve these numbers. Besides, the Filipino public has bigger problems to deal with at the moment. [more]

Scientists in the U.K. have shown that human embryonic stem cells grown in a laboratory can develop into early forms of egg and sperm cells, raising the possibility that stem cells might be used to help couples conceive. [source]

In the textbook description of photosynthesis, sunlight fuels the production of sugars that are in turn converted into fuel for the photosynthetic organism. But a recent discovery from the deep blue sea may force a revision of that account. Scientists have found a photosynthetic bacterium that doesn’t live off the light of the sun. Instead, it uses the dim light given off by hydrothermal vents some 2,400 meters below the ocean’s surface.[source]

Arayata made it clear that “Bubble Gang Jr.” was meant as a summer project for the network’s child discoveries, particularly the finalists of its talent search, “StarStruck Kids,” which wrapped up late last year. “We observed that, between 7 and 9 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday, a lot of kids watched TV. So we decided to create a show for kids just for summer. If it clicked, we said, then we could extend its run as long as we aired earlier than 7 p.m., when most school kids went to …

Some actresses find their careers after getting married to be non-existent. Take Kristine, her last TV show was a failure. And even the guy he married doesn’t give much attention to her anymore. So the annulment is a logical step to regain her career and her life.
Show biz couple Diether Ocampo (Diether Pascual in real life) and Kristine Hermosa (Kristine Orille in real life) never publicly admitted they had tied the knot but now she wants their marriage annulled.
Through her lawyers, Hermosa filed a petition with the Makati Prosecutor’s Office …

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Nicholas Negroponte, chairman and founder of MIT’s Media Labs, says he is developing a laptop PC that will go on sale for less than $100 (£53).
He told the BBC World Service programme Go Digital he hoped it would become an education tool in developing countries. [source]
First China, but how about the Philippines?
The idea is to distribute the machines through those ministries of education willing to adopt a policy of “one laptop per child.” Initial discussions …

Findings of a study suggest that human evolution has created two different types of brains designed for equally intelligent behavior.
The study shows women having more white matter and men more gray matter related to intellectual skill, revealing that no single neuroanatomical structure determines general intelligence and that different types of brain designs are capable of producing equivalent intellectual performance.
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Gray matter represents information processing centers in the brain, and white matter represents the networking of – or connections between – these processing centers. [source]

the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) approved Friday the nationwide expansion of the landline business of Globe Telecom, Inc. unit Innove Communications, a privilege reserved for dominant carrier Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT).
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NTC said Innove is “legally, technically and financially capable” of providing landline services in the whole country. [source]