It appears there’s something brewing in the Pinoy blogosphere. Abe Olandres reported over at Yugatech that a new issue has seemingly arisen from the recently-concluded Philippine Blog Awards: whether blogging is a right or a privilege. My take on that post and the accompanying comments: before saying anything, people should try to look up the true meanings of these two words first, then see what sets them apart. •••Read on»

SMS communication — or "texting" — has reportedly laid waste to our English spelling abilities. E-mail is said to have bastardized traditional letter-writing formats. And now, blogging? No, there’s nothing that blogging has done to our communication skills. But, I saw this article on the Web that’s dishing out how-to’s on blog-writing. Most of it was OK, but there was one piece of advice there that I just couldn’t stomach: that one should write using bullet points!

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Today MTC Academy - Davao, which was inaugurated only last 18 August 2006, launched its Basic Medical Transcription Course for high school students, starting with batch 2007. This program will offer training in MT for 18 months, which is equivalent to 3 semesters. The beauty of this is that, should the trainee decide to pursue a college degree, his units from the MTC will be credited, according to Wit Holganza, MTC Academy - Davao’s president and school administrator. An excerpt from the press release reads as follows:

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LAST 15 MARCH during Sen. Mar Roxas’ Job Fiesta sa Mindanao, I got a hint of just how many graduating students Davao City is expecting to produce this year. For that job fair, the senator brought from Metro Manila a dozen companies that are in constant need of human resources. Some of those who participated are call center operators, some are into medical transcription services, and still others are into customer service management. Most–if not all–of these companies require not work experience, but rather English proficiency.

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