The answer is no.

G-Pass, the newest way to enter the MRT using a wireless Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chip, made its debut last Friday.
What is G-Pass?
An alternative way to enter the MRT using a chip instead of a ticket. The G-Pass is stored value chip that is tapped on a sensor upon entry and exit from the MRT. [...]

Through a blog, I discovered that there is an open source bill courtesy of Bayan Muna representative Teddy Casino. Plus the benefits of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) can benefit the government.

I have been asked numerous times on what I thought about i.PH and have actually blogged about it on several ocassions before.

One thing that was a little confusing to some people was the fact that you can’t really distinguish if i.PH is a service for personal domains (with the likes of the .PH or .COM.PH [...]

Ever wondered how much IT manpower you would need to run a country?, about 4070 to be exact for the Philippines (as of 2003 and excluding Government Owned Corporations)

Looks like the people behind Y4IT have opened up the registration for this year’s event. Last year, there were over 7,000 participants. Can you imagine? That’s quite a lot. The three-day event will be held in UP Diliman. There will be simultaneous sessions in the following venues: UP Theater, UP [...]

Ahmed, a good friend and colleague of mine (okay, I technically work for the company he runs, but that doesn’t matter in today’s Internet-based economy, does it?) has just won a “contest” against himself to construct a local search engine in 24 hours. He writes about it on localbrit.co.uk:
About a week ago, by what can [...]

My ongoing experience with the Nokia N80 “multimedia computer.”

One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative leaves Philippines out of its $100 laptop per child initiative. Countries which will initially receive the laptops are China, India, Brazil, Argentina, Nigeria and Thailand

This is fun! See The Philippines on Wikimapia.org.
Quick, zoom-in and start identifying places in the Philippines!
On WikiMapia, there are “places” - boxes labelled to identify landmarks. In wiki tradition, anybody can add, edit and delete places.My first impulse was to find my home and label “bahay ko!”. Wikimapia exhorts: Label places that are of interest [...]