Here’s a very nice video of Bangued, the capital town of Abra. Don’t miss the Sleeping Beauty around the 20-second mark. You can read more about the town of Bangued at Bangued Online. Our friend who is managing the site is doing a great job promoting the town.
If the DOST folks get some lessons from Bangued Online, they will realize that they don’t have to spend P97.1 million to build a tourism database. Thanks friend and more power to you 🙂
If there is one thing that online communications taught us, it is that you can do things cheaply. So why is the Department of Science and Technology proposing to spend P97.1 million (that’s a little over US$ 2 million) to build a tourism online database?
Granted we do not know the details of this project, but if the goal is to “build an online tourism database for Sagada and Banaue” and to “provide the medium for digital (travel) transactions directly from consumers to service providers” surely they can do it for much much less, say P500,000. Maybe P1 million to be a bit more generous. Boy, do we smell a fish?
From Sunstar Baguio:
Internet link for Sagada, Banaue proposed
Continue reading Project Watch: Tourism Online Database at P97.1 Million
UPDATE: Kalinga Tambayan has more pictures and some info about tattoos here. Thanks Nats.
PHOTO CREDIT: Dave Leprozo via Tribu sa Kordilyera.
Hey people of Baguio, do you know that your city government is a part-owner or a stockholder of the Pilipino Telephone Corporation (PILTEL)?
You don’t? Well you are not alone in not knowing because the city government itself also didn’t know — well, at least not until 2002 — that it is a PILTEL stockholder.
Here’s a video of Ramirr Grepo, a contestant from Baguio who made the top 12 [male group] in last year’s Philippine Idol competition. He was well praised in this performance but he didn’t have enough votes to send him to the next round.
It is likely that everyone assumed he will move further in the competition and so voted for other contestants who were perceived to be in danger of being cut. If we’re not mistaken, Ramirr is an Igorot-Caviteño mestizo.
Continue reading Philippine Idol: Ramirr Grepo’s Bed of Roses