Check it out on Yahoo! Meme — it’s the most popular post as of this writing.

For more clips, visit her YouTube channel.

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Awesome clips from this talented teen, who declares music as her passion.

Here are some of her clips.

Thanks to Yahoo! Philippines search editor Ederic Eder for the heads up on his Yahoo! Meme.

Keep it up, Carmina, great stuff!

Back in October, I blogged about Filipino couple Michael Paul and Jennifer, who were hoping to reach the finals of the Ultimate Thailand Explorers competition, in which contestants would use blogs and social networks to chronicle their adventures in Thailand.

I’m happy to share that they made it to the finals, vying with four other couples for the top prize. They’re now asking for the help of fellow Filipino Internet users to check out their blog, vote for them, and help spread the word.

Read the full story.

You can also check out my CNET Asia blog post.

Attesting to how social media can be effectively tapped for the tourism industry, the Ultimate Thailand Explorers competition sees Internet-savvy travelers vying for the chance to explore five of the country’s top holiday destinations: Bangkok, Phuket, Pattaya, Chiang Mai, and Koh Samui.

Making it to the semifinals for Koh Samui are Filipino newlyweds Michael Paul and Jennifer of Zamboanga City, Philippines. You can vote for Michael Paul and Jennifer here after registering at the Ultimate Thailand Explorers site.

By voting, you won’t just be helping your favorite team, but you’ll also get the chance to be one of two lucky voters who will each receive $2,500 price packages.

Read the full story.

Here’s an excerpt from my CNET Asia blog post.

At 8:30 pm PT (11:30 am today in the Philippines and Singapore), join thousands of fans around the world who will watch U2′s Rose Bowl concert for free via the live video stream on YouTube.

This isn’t the first time YouTube is live streaming an event, but with the expected success of a concert of this magnitude by a band of U2′s stature, I’m hoping that YouTube will leverage on its dominance of the online video space to make live streaming a permanent fixture on the site.

Read the full story.

What?

An online petition calling for Revillame’s ouster has gathered nearly 50,000 signatures already; the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board has filed a complaint and called for the preventive suspension of Revillame; Facebook users have launched the Anti Willie Revillame Movement Facebook Group; and different organizations like the Alyansa ng Filipinong Mamamahayag have issued statements against Revillame, and somehow all this convinced Villar that Revillame should run for senator?

Here’s an excerpt from the abs-cbnNews.com story. Read it and weep.

“Oo, naman, very qualified naman si Willie, wala naman akong nakikitang problema kay Willie,” Villar said. “Yun ay isang bagay na dapat niyang pagisipan.”

Villar visited Revillame in Tagaytay after he found out about the controversy involving Revillame’s move to cut the live streaming of the late President Corazon Aquino’s August 3 procession which was being shown simultaneously on Wowowee through an inset video.

Revillame’s move irked many viewers and prompted him to go on indefinite leave from his popular entertainment show. Nearly 50,000 have expressed support for an online petition seeking Revillame’s ouster from Wowowee.

Villar said that although he didn’t get to watch that controversial Wowowee episode, he nonetheless wants to express his support for the popular host.

I guess we should expect it by now, but this move again shows how politics in this country mainly revolves around personalities, rather than principles. A controversial but popular TV host, despite all his past and present sins, is “very qualified” if a politician uses the twisted logic of “winnability” that is so prevalent in this country.

Villar, however, should rethink this decision. Already, those reacting to this news on Facebook and my Twitter and Plurk timelines are saying this would make them think twice about voting Villar for president, as this move to make Revillame a senator is an indication of Villar’s decision making process.

Not only that, but many of the people who are calling for Revillame’s ouster are Filipinos abroad — overseas Filipino workers and Fil-Ams who were outraged when they saw that Wowowee episode on TFC.

How do you think all these people will react to the thought of Revillame becoming senator? How do you think they will feel about Villar making this a possibility?

The sad thing is that people who otherwise would have voted for Villar are now disappointed in him because of this move.

That’s a thought that should give him pause.

Please, Senator Manny Villar, ‘wag magpadala sa maling akala.

As of this writing, the online petition now has 48,009 signatures. The irate viewers are protesting Revillame’s on-air comments on the Aquino cortege video that was shown as an inset during the airing of Wowowee.

Revillame’s critics have also set up the Anti Willie Revillame Movement Facebook Group, which now has over 5,000 members.

Meanwhile, the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board has filed a complaint and called for the preventive suspension of Revillame.

You may also check out Rodel Rodis’ “Oust Willie!” column piece for Global Nation at INQUIRER.net. Here’s an excerpt.

CALIFORNIA, United States—The death of Corazon Aquino produced an unprecedented outpouring of collective sorrow, with hundreds of thousands lining up at the Manila Cathedral to personally bid her farewell, from marginalized squatters to high society matrons, from leftist revolutionaries to rightist coup plotters.

The one discordant note in the otherwise unified sea of harmony came from Wowowee host Willie Revillame, who complained on the air that showing the Cory funeral cortege was sucking the fun out of his hugely popular ABS-CBN variety show.

For other Revillame-related new stories, check out my previous blog entry.

Here’s a copy of the video in case you haven’t seen it yet.

You may sign the online petition to oust Revillame here.

Here’s an excerpt from the abs-cbnNews.com article.

Willie Revillame is on leave “indefinitely” in the wake of the controversy generated by his order to cut the simultaneous live broadcast of the procession of President Corazon Aquino’s remains from his noontime show last August 3.

“Yes, naka-leave [siya]. From his (Revillame) own text [message] to me, indefinitely,” Bong Osorio, head of ABS-CBN’s corporate communications, told abs-cbnNEWS.com in a phone interview.

For those who haven’t seen it, here’s the YouTube clip of Revillame commenting on the Aquino cortege video.

A report from the Manila Bulletin, however, has stated that Revillame has gone on a three-week leave.

In an interview with Philippine Entertainment Portal, “Wowowee” director and Star Magic head Johnny Manahan spoke up in defense of Revillame. The article noted that Manahan was speaking as a “personal friend and ally” of Revillame and not in an official capacity for the network.

An earlier report on INQUIRER.net said Revillame was “unperturbed” by the online petition calling for his ouster. The petition has gathered 34,020 signatures as of this writing.

According to this column piece on PhilStar.com, Kris Aquino said Revillame has apologized to her and her family, and that for her, “end of story na.”

Meanwhile, on Aug. 7, Aquino family spokesperson Dee Dee Siytangco rebuked Revillame, issuing a statement that said: “It is regrettable and a crass attempt to desecrate the memory of the beloved Tita Cory.”

Another abs-cbnNews.com story dated Aug. 7 reported that Revillame apologized anew, and that the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board was mulling sanctions against Revillame.

On Aug. 6, the Alyansa ng Filipinong Mamamahayag issued a statement against Revillame, condemning his arrogance and calling on the MTRCB to give him “the hardest lesson.”

Will Revillame be returning to “Wowowee,” and will ABS-CBN issue an official statement about his leave?

Stay tuned.