From INQ7.net: Joey Alarilla, an INQ7.net contributing editor, won third prize for Essay (English Division) in the…

As follow-up to my previous post on Government’s statement on the “Faye” story, Ms. Ruby Cristobal of SEI-DOST emailed me, last Friday evening, a follow-up message stating that they “decided not to have a press release on Faye’s story anymore … [the]…

In a hearing Tuesday, November 8, 2004, the Senate Finance Subcommittee G, chaired by Senator Manuel A. Roxas II, deferred approval of the Proposed Year 2005 Budget of the FY 2005 budget of the Office of the Director General (ODG) of the National Economic and Development…

Mr. Federico D. Pascual (click here for bio), former Philippine Daily Inquirer editor-in-chief who presently writes a Philippine Star column, POSTSCRIPT, writes again on Ms. Faye Nicole B. San Juan, the young lady who had caused quite a stir in some circles both…

Ms. Ruby Cristobal of the Department of Science and Technology sent me an email containing government’s, in particular DOST’s, statement of the “Faye” story. While I do not personally know Ms. Cristobal, I’d like to thank her for sending me this information…

A reader left this comment on my first post on the Faye story. Perhaps we should still take the ‘Faye’ story with a wee bit of scepticism. Indeed, her story came out in the front pages of some Philippine broadsheets (i.e. the Inquirer, 8 November 2004). But as we in…

This Business Week Online article captures the essence of Filipino ingenuity, especially that of local telcos, in providing fund-transfer services over-the air. In a country where the mobile phone penetration rate is about 24%, and foreseen to…

I was planning to go to SM Megamall for lunch this noon, but as I crossed the footbridge near the back gate of the NEDA compound, I changed my mind. I decide to walk to the nearest Mini Stop convenience store (no website, but you can click here for…

Mr. Fedirico D. Pascual, in his POSTSCRIPT Op/Ed Column in the Philippine Star, writes on the existence of Faye..

Links to the article here (Philstar.com), and here (manilamail.com).