random points

• On pre-mature campaigning:
  http://www.gmanews.tv/largevideo/latest/23321/Miriam-lashes-out-at-senators-posturing-for-2010-polls
• According to the US Nat'l Counterterrorism Center,
  the Philippines ranked third next to
  Iraq and Nepal in terms of the total
  number of kidnapping incidents in the world.
  page 30 at http://wits.nctc.gov/reports/crot2007nctcannexfinal.pdf
• On blogging as a form of "new media":
  http://risingsun.dannyarao.com/2008/05/21/gusto-mo-bang-mag-blog/