Jammed: Full into Capacity

Cell phones and SMS are now widely used for many purposes. Opportunists find a weapon through cellpones to spread scamming activities, promotional campaigns, and sending many unwanted text messages to defenseless subscribers. On the good side, cell phones and SMS have helped resolved a number of crimes.

With the coming of the May 2007 national elections, campaign ads will add to the “functionality” of your cell phones. The Commission of Elections (COMELEC) has not yet issued guidelines about this so the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) said that they had no choice but to allow the candidates to send campaign ads through short messaging service.
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Subject: What will make me leave the Philippines. ..
An Open Letter to Every Filipino – by Harvey Keh

I was watching a TV news program a while ago when they reported about a controversial e-mail from a youth leader being spread in the internet. I have received a copy from a friend and because I am not a fan of sending multiple messages, I am sharing it to everyone through this blog. I think this letter should serve as a wake up call for all Filipino voters.
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