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Culture and Technology

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    Photo Courtesy: Yahoo.com                                                               Virtual Democracy The 1987 Philippine Constitution clearly guaranteed in Section 4, Article III (Bill of Rights) that “No law shall be passed abridging the freedom of speech, of expression, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the government for redress of grievances.” For the longest time it gives the people a notion that anyone could freely express everything. As the modern communication world continues to advance with the rising of internet, it also continuously raises a number of important issues of freedom of expression that...

Photo Walk: Capture the Vigan Experience

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                                             Photographers joins the 1 st Vigan Photo Walk VIGAN CITY – Tagged as “Capture the Vigan Experience”, the local government in this city organized their first ever photo walk. The participants were photographers from different places in Luzon. The activity aims to capture the beauty of different tourist spots in Vigan such as Plaza Salcedo, St. Paul Metropolitan Cathedral, Syquia Mansion, Pagburnayan and the picturesque Calle Crisologo.  The photographs will be used to promote Vigan on different social networking sites and websites. “Magandang advertisement ito ng Vigan dahil sa mga makukuhang larawan mas lalong mapapamahal o maeenganyo ang mga turista sa lungsod. All participant...

Emerging Culture

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Like or Unlike? Social Media Now and Beyond                                                                  Photo Courtesy: Yahoo The last fifteen years internet and later social media becomes too influential to the people’s lives. It became a significant tool for communication, information, entertainment, business and education. It became a part of the people’s daily life because of its interactivity, multimedia and multi tasking capacity compared to other traditional medium such as television and types of print media.  In social media one can interact with people in which they create, share, and exchange information and ideas in virtual communities and...