Empowerement Technology

#YolandaPH:  Person Finder https://i.embed.ly/1/display/resize?ke2Fstatic.rappler.com%2Fimages%2Fyolanda-person-finder-11112013 On November 8, the biggest typhoon in recorded history battered the Philippines. When Super Typhoon Yolanda (international name of Haiyan) finally left the country, it left a swathe of destruction, so huge and unimaginable, the national government has been reeling from the sheer gravity of the situation. Millions of people in the Visayas Region have been affected and an estimated 10,000 people are feared to have perished (the present death count is pegged at 4,000 at present but it is expected to rise). And according to CNN, nationwide the death toll from the typhoon stands at 3,976 with another  1,598 missing.  http://1.bp.blogspot.com/Google-Person-Finder-Typhoon-Yolanda-Philippines During Typhoon Yolanda, the People Finder is a vital tool for people across the globe to track the situation of their relatives. This proved to be su

The Million Man March "Our rants, our opinions, including our stupidity, ignorance and shallowness, it gets amplified by social media because we get to have a louder voice. In social media, we are not alone," - Peachy Rallonza-Bretana The Million People March or famously known as " Pork Barrel Scam" was the first ever on-going series of protest in the Philippines held at Luneta Park on the 26th day of August 2013. Many Filipinos expressed their anger through creating blogs, pages, advertisements and even memes to show that they agree to the idea of stopping the Pork Barrel Fund. The Filipinos behind Power ng Pinoy, a TV Program in United States, created a Facebook event page were thousands signified their intent to join. The #MillionPeopleMarch had trend worldwide and it is the key that the Philippines' first social media protest is a success. .wikimedia.or/commons/thumb/3/3b-PDAF A Facebook event entitled "Million People Ma

EDSA DOS: THE FIRST E-REVOLUTION https://archijournal.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/edsa-revolution-dos EDSA Revolution of 2001, also called by the local media as EDSA II or the Second People Power Revolution. A four day political protest from January 17-20 2001 that peacefully end the administration of President Joseph Estrada. Advocates describe EDSA II as popular but critics view the uprising as a conspiracy among political and business elites, military top brass and Catholic Cardinal Jaime Sin.   The collapse of impeachment to remove the former President, Joseph Estrada was the start of text brigades. Propagandas about his corruption became dispersed. Text brigade was the fastest and cheapest way of relaying messages that time. Estrada ordered key government agencies to do something about the alleged text messages. The revolution wouldn't be succesful without mobile technology. https://tdeocampocnshs.jimdo.com/role-of-ict-in-history/ The mobile phones

The Role of ICT in   EDSA (People Power Revolution ) "I acknowledge that I owed my presidency to People Power. I resolved during my presidency that i would in turn empower the people." - Corazon Aquino Information and Communication Technology (ICT)  plays an important role in our world today, and even in the past.And it played as a crucial role in EDSA (People Power Revolution) the mobile phone served as the symbol of People Power II Evolution in the Philippines. And it also served as the reason of People Power II's success. But even if it played as a crucial role at that time, people haven't drawn a lot of attention to it. People Power II was arguably the world’s first EDSA-Revolution’s change of government, brought by new form of ICTs (Information and Communications Technology). February 25, 1986 marked a significant national event that has been engraved in the hearts and minds of every Filipino. This part of Philippine history g

  " We make the world we live in and shape our own environment." - Orison Swett Marden   The responsibility starts within us...   credits to pinterest.com Earth is a beautiful planet of the universe and as a common habitat of more than 7 billion of human population and millions of species of biodiversity. Earth provides us with food, shelter, and everything we need. Despite of all free services provide by Earth to humans, we are not paying off her kindness to us. Rather we humans are being cruel to her because of our selfishness.  Mahatma Gandhi said, “Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed.” But then we are not taking it seriously. We continue destroying Earth. Our own home. Our own Life. Our own Mother.  The question is... Why do we need to save our nature? God created us as custodians and we must take that responsibility seriously. Nature provides everything for us and gives us a s