Philippines
I currently work as a freelance writer and editor for a few technology and business websites. I am also an editorial services provider for a global financial institution.
Technology and business
Ukraine-headquartered firm AITrades has officially unveiled its bitcoin operations in the Philippines and is eyeing the potentially huge overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) base as a potential target market. The company, at its Philippine launching, disclosed that it is a management company for those interested to participate in bitcoin trading, a new and emerging "market" where bitcoins (or cryptocurrencies) are bought, store, and sold online.
There are many emerging uses for 3D printing in various manufacturing industries across the globe, and increasingly, 3D printing is becoming a key component of recycling practices particularly for global car manufacturers.
Most Filipino "prosumers" now consider trust as a rare value, according to a new survey. Marketing and communications firm Havas Ortega Group conducted the trust survey and recently unveiled the results of its "Pinoy Prosumer Report on The Future of Trust".
By Joel D. Pinaroc (www.zdnet.com) It is said that more than 10 typhoons visit the Philippines every year. As such, disasters such as large-scale flooding and landslides have become almost routine challenges for the government. For the hundreds of communities across the archipelago, typhoon season also means the looming threat of evacuation and the loss of home and property.
Current affairs
A team of archaeologists and researchers have unveiled "Homo Luzonensis," a new species of ancient humans living in the Philippines thousands of years ago. Dr. Armand Salvador B. Mijares, University of the Philippines associate professor, led the international and multidisciplinary team which discovered the ancient "cousin" of modern humans, from an excavation site inside Callao Cave in Penablanca, Cagayan.
A team of researchers and students from the University of the Philippines Cebu has unveiled a software application envisioned to help prevent fire in densely populated and high-risk urban areas in major cities in the Philippines.
Lt. Gov. Ralph DLG. Torres believes more surveys are needed before further steps are taken regarding the proposed bill to legalize the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes in the Commonwealth. He also said there are still a lot of questions on the proposed bill, and that the issue should be tackled with all the stakeholders, including the Division of Public Health and Public School System.
Lifestyle and travel
I had the opportunity to travel to Seattle, Washington way back in 2007 while I was working for a daily newspaper in Manila. I used to write for the paper's technology section and one of the topics I often wrote about was online gaming which was still at its infancy, back then.
Dagupan City in the province of Pangasinan is a highly-urbanized metropolis that will always be part of a traveler's itinerary whenever one needs to explore Northern Luzon. What is good about Dagupan City is its proximity to other places in the province of Pangasinan, including Lingayen Gulf.
It was my first real glimpse of Saudi Arabia. Unfortunately, there was not much to see, except the lights of some faraway city on the horizon, as we sped through the wide highway in the middle of the dark desert.