Philippine TV Ratings April 18, 2007

TV RATINGS - 4/18/2007

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TV RATINGS
Wednesday - April 18, 2007

10.9 SiS
07.2 Homeboy

14.1 My Strange Family
17.0 Pilipinas Game KNB?

20.0 Eat Bulaga!
22.0 WoWoWee

18.2 Daisy Siete
12.1 Inocente De Ti

14.5 Muli
14.5 Princess Charming
13.2 Kapamilya Cinema

14.6 Full House
09.9 Pangako Sa 'Yo

24.4 24 Oras
21.8 TV Patrol World

32.9 Asian Treasures
22.0 Maria Flordeluna

32.4 Super Twins
20.2 Rounin

31.9 Lupin
24.7 Sana Maulit Muli

26.3 Jumong
25.4 Maging Sino Ka Man

16.8 Nuts Entertainment
23.5 Pinoy Big Brother Season 2
12.1 Bandila

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Philippine TV Ratings April 17, 2007

Narito ang overnight ratings ng mga programa ng GMA 7 at ABS-CBN 2 noong MARTES (Abril 17):

SiS 11.9% vs. Homeboy 10.4%;

My Strange Family 13% vs. Game Ka Na Ba 19.7%;

Eat Bulaga 21.3% vs. Wowowee 20.9%;

Daisy Siete 18.3% vs. Inocente De Ti 14.2%;

Muli 14.1% at Princess Charming 14.8% vs. Kapamilya Cinema 13%;

Full House 14.3% vs. Pangako sa 'Yo 7.7%;

Gokusen 17.6% vs. Sineserye 14.7%;

24 Oras 26.9% vs. TV Patrol World 23.7%;

Asian Treasures 35.9% vs. Maria Flordeluna 21.1% at  Rounin 19.7%;

Super Twins 34.6% vs. Sana Maulit Muli 23.7%;

Lupin 34.4% vs. Maging Sino Ka Man 23%;

Jumong 25.7% vs. Pinoy Big Brother 21.6%;

Bahay Mo Ba 'To 13.2% vs. Bandila 11.7%.

First climate debate divides UN... thanks to BBCnew.co.uk

First climate debate divides UN

Mrs Beckett proposed the debate

The United Nations Security Council has held its first ever debate on climate change with some members arguing it was not the place for such a discussion.

British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett justified the debate by linking the issue to security.

But Russia and China said that as an international security watchdog, the 15-member council was not the right forum to debate climate change.

Mrs Beckett said an unstable climate could lead to increased world conflict.

The debate was initiated by the UK, which holds the presidency of the Security Council this month.

No resolution or statement arose from the discussion, in which 55 member states spoke.

Two world wars

"Our responsibility in this council is to maintain international peace and security, including the prevention of conflict," said Mrs Beckett.

She said the Stern report on climate change, which was commissioned by the UK government, warned of potential economic disruption on the scale of the two world wars and the Great Depression.

But China's deputy UN ambassador, Liu Zhenmin, said that the council lacked "professional competence in handling climate change".

Pakistan's UN delegate Farukh Amil said it was "inappropriate" for the Security Council to debate climate change.

He said there were other UN bodies which were better suited to dealing with the issue.

However, Panama, Peru and a number of small island states backed the British initiative.

Maritime dispute risk

UN chief Ban Ki-moon said that "issues of energy an climate change have implications for peace and security".

As examples, he said that scarce resources such as water and food could help turn peaceful competition into violence while migrations driven by climate change could deepen tensions and conflict.

The British mission to the UN circulated a paper explaining why it feels a discussion is needed.

It warns of "major changes to the world's physical landmass during this century", which will cause border and maritime disputes.

Some 200m people could be displaced by the middle of the century and "substantial parts of the world risk being left uninhabitable by rising sea levels".

And there could be conflicts over "scarce energy resources, security of supply and the role energy resources play once conflict has broken out", the document adds.

The moderate citizen ... from YOUNGBLOOD of INQUIRER.net

YOUNGBLOOD
The moderate citizen
By Arnil Paras
Inquirer
Last updated 02:00am (Mla time) 04/19/2007

MANILA, Philippines -- I wonder if some Filipinos who participated in Edsa People Power I (or any of the other so-called Edsas) have lost faith in the reformative powers of People Power. If the answer is yes or leaning toward yes, I would not be surprised. Such loss of faith could have been caused by the realization that People Power did not engender abiding positive changes. Things just don't seem better 21 years after. I have heard someone say: "Twenty-one years ago, People Power in the Philippines toppled a dictator and inspired democratic change around the world. But here at home, the promise of better times remains unfulfilled."

There are certainly different ways of explaining, understanding and solving the perplexing problems of Philippine democracy. I have mine:

Many of us consider ourselves as "just citizens" and feel powerless to change things in our society. Although we may not condone wrongs, we feel muted and minute compared to the colossal problems of our country. And so we feel that our citizenship is useless.

But democracy depends a lot on its citizens because, unlike alternative political systems, it devolves a lot of responsibilities to the people.

I believe there are two false and extreme kinds of citizens: the deficient and the excessive. The deficient citizen is one who conveniently retreats to his own private concerns without regard for his duties to society. He sees himself primarily as an individual, apart from the rest. When he is criticized for his apathy, he declares with so much conviction: "Iisa lang ako, ano ba ang puwede kong magawa?" ["I am just a single individual, what can I really do?"] Since he thinks he has successfully shielded himself from the duties of citizenship, he passes the responsibility on to others. He is deficient because his citizenship is slightly used, if at all.

The excessive citizen is one who suffers from the "I-will-save-the-world" complex. He thinks the exercise of his citizenship is fulfilled by joining rallies. Not that this is inherently wrong, but his participation in rallies is motivated less by the spirit of reform than by the passion of hate. And so, he becomes wary of others. He is excessive because his exercise of citizenship borders on recklessness.

Between these two false extremes is what I call the moderate citizen. This is not meant to glorify mediocrity. The moderate citizen is not one who is in between the good and the bad, the hot and the old. He is not the gray area. He is the one in between the deficient and the excessive, where the golden mean lies. Just as the virtue of courage is located between cowardice and recklessness, so does the moderate citizen lie in between the deficient and the excessive.

The moderate citizen knows that he must live in solidarity with others to attain society's common goals and aspirations. Not through the means of the reckless citizen, and certainly not with the apathy of the deficient citizen. By exercising justice, honesty, diligence, nobility, excellence and all of the other human virtues in his workplace, at home, in school, at the Edsa highway, at the mall, the moderate citizen contributes to the development of Philippine society. Indeed, his everyday life becomes an opportunity to promote public order and peace, freedom and equality, justice and solidarity, and respect for human life and for the environment.

Changing our society will require more than People Power. That movement was successful in replacing our leaders -- two of them in fact (and maybe the incumbent). Yet reality shows that changing our leaders through mass demonstrations is not the panacea. (In case you haven't noticed, please look outside the window.) I'm sorry for being anti-romantic, but nation-building is more boring and silent, and it begins by changing our individual habits. Every citizen must strive to fulfill his daily duties in order to change society.

I have shared these ideas of mine with others, and they have gotten a lukewarm response. "Good idea but unrealistic!" some people said. "You must be dreaming!" others have jeered.

Maybe I am really dreaming. But, as C.S. Lewis put it, "To know that one is dreaming is to be no longer perfectly asleep."

Arnil Paras, 23, is a graduate of the University of Asia and the Pacific, and now teaches at the same university.

Copyright 2007 Inquirer. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Interesting Chinoy Names

> Some of us Filipinos have some Chinese blood in us. Below are some
> interesting (and funny) Chinoy names.
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> Born during the night - Andy Lim
> Born blind - Kenneth Sy
> Born being swindled - Lino Co
> Born while cooking - Nilo Toh
> Born as 10th child - Sam Po
> Born while being courted - Lily Gaw
> Born fat - Bob Uy
> Born little - Kathy Ting
> Born different - Eva Yan
> Born with porridge - Lino Gaw
> Born looking for someone - Allen Sia
> Born while counterfeiting - Faye King
> Born during Sunday - Lyn Go
> Born with malice - Mali Sia
> Born angry with someone - Ally Tan
> Born with picture - Lara Huan
> Born with sweets - Ken Dy
> Born undefined - Sam Ting
> Born while taking a bath - Lily Go
> Born not to take a bath - Dinah Lily Go
> Born while buying - Bill Li
> Born secretly - Tina Go
> Born to pass flatus - Otto Tin
> Born ugly - Kow Yan

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Philippine Tv Ratings April 16, 2007

Narito ang overnight ratings ng mga programa ng GMA 7 at ABS-CBN 2 noong LUNES (Abril 16) na nagsimula na ang Rounin sa ABS-CBN 2 at Who’s Your Daddy Now? sa GMA 7.

SiS 13.2% vs. Homeboy 10.7%;

My Strange Family 14.2% vs. Game Ka Na Ba? 18.7%;

Eat Bulaga 18.5% vs. Wowowee 22.8%;

Daisy Siete 16.9% vs. Inocente De Ti 13.5%;

Muli 14.1% at Princess Charming 13% vs. Kapamilya Cinema 12.2%;

Full House 14.6% vs. Pangako sa ‘Yo 8%;

Gokusen 18.4% vs. Sineserye 12.5%;

24 Oras 27.7% vs. TV Patrol World 21%;

Asian Treasures 31.8% vs. Maria Flordeluna 24.4%;

Super Twins 32.3% vs. Rounin 24.5%;

Lupin 33.2% vs. Sana Maulit Muli 26.1%;

Jumong 25% vs. Maging Sino Ka Man 22.3%;

Who’s Your Daddy Now 15.8% vs. Pinoy Big Brother 19.1% at Bandila 12.6%.