OTOP (One Town, One Product) Philippines is a government program that supports micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to manufacture, offer, and market distinctive products or services through the use of indigenous raw materials and local skills and talents. The initiative started in the country in 2004 following the success of the One Village One Product movement pioneered by former Oita Governor Morihiko Hiramatsu in Japan. The program highlights the key concepts of regional pride, rediscovery of indigenous products, entrepreneurship, and public-private partnership.
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Industry hiring rate for ICT-related graduates is within 29% to 33% in Cebu, that according to Cebu Educational Development Foundation of Information Technology (Cedfit) official Gregg Gabison, while absorption of ICT related graduates is at 65 percent. This means that ICT courses offered by different educational institutions in Cebu have, at the least, matched the IT industry’s needs from its workforce, particularly those who came fresh out of college. This, although, some companies still see a need to train newly hired graduates for specific techniques/knowledge for job performance.
The identified contributors to an apparent success in ICT education are, among others, teachers or faculty members are trained by ICT experts in different fields on how to develop effective course’ outlines for the students with high emphasis on hands-on training, than theory orientation.
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The International Olympics Committee has declared the new host for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Only two cities have remained after two rounds of voting in Copenhagen. Chicago, being the widely expected City to come out as the victor, was surprisingly eliminated in the 1st round – even with a personal pitch by US President Barack Obama before the OIC. Tokyo was likewise voted out after the 2nd round of voting.
After 3 rounds of voting, Rio de Janeiro will the first South American City to host a Summer Olympics. During the Country’s passionate appeal to the OIC, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva told the committee that “it was time time to light the Olympic flame in a tropical country”. Rio won a majority of the 95 votes eliminating Madrid in the final round.
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The internet is full of bad things. So much that you could just imagine the worst unimaginable things that could happen to you.
I remember the movie which starred Sandra Bullock. Its title was “The Net”. It was a story which revolved around identity theft. It was quite unimaginable at the time the movie was shown but now, it appears a probable reality.
Though losing entirely one’s persona beyond recognition from anybody is quite far off, but your essential personal data in the wrong hands could be very costly.
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