The most awaited mini-series, “Nandito AKo” starring David Archuleta, Eula Caballero, and Jasmine Curtis-Smith has finally and officially aired on TV5 today at 9:30 PM (Philippine Time) weeknights.

Josh, a Filipino-American, was born and raised in the Philippines until he was 5 years old when he got separated from his mother, Cara, during a hotel fire. After the incident, he moved and lived in the U.S.A. then became an international singer. Years later, Josh returns to the Philippines to find out what really happened to his mother and also search for the little girl he encountered and befriended during the hotel fire.

The theme song of the mini-soap opera with the same title was originally performed by Ogie Alcasid.

This is not just another Facebook scam circulating on the web targeting a lot of innocent users. 

This is a message purporting to be from Facebook claims that the recipient's Facebook Profile has completed its "100% Gold Status membership" thereby qualifying him or her for an award of $2.5 million.

Based from Hoax-Slayer, Brett Christensen on his website, this message is not from Facebook and the claim that the recipient has been awarded a prize is a lie. The message is an attempt by scammers to trick users into sending them money and personal information. 

On his detailed analysis, this message, which claims to be from the "Facebook Team", informs the recipient that his or her Facebook Profile has just completed its "100% Gold Status membership". Supposedly, the completion of this "Gold Status membership" has qualified the lucky profile owner for a Facebook award of two million five hundred thousand dollars. The message instructs the recipient to contact Facebook's "Executive Secretary" to find out how to claim the prize money. 

However, the message is not from Facebook and the claim that the recipient has been won a $2.5 million award is a lie. In fact, the message is an advance fee scam designed to trick people into handing over their money and personal information to cybercriminals.

Those who fall for the ruse and contact the "Executive Secretary" as instructed will soon be asked to send upfront fees, ostensibly to cover various - entirely imaginary - costs such as insurance, legal and banking expenses. The scammers will insist that these fees cannot be deducted from the cash award, which of course is also entirely imaginary. Often, requests for more fees will continue until the victim runs out of money or at long last realizes that he or she is being conned. The scammers may also trick their hapless victim into divulging a large amount of personal and financial information that may subsequently be used to steal his or her identity. 

While the cover stories for such fraud attempts are many and varied - this example is even more absurd than usual - the underlying scam is the same. People all around the world have lost money to such prize related advance fee scams for decades.  

Reference: Hoax-Slayer by Brett Christensen

Thanks to Hoax-Slayer author, Brett M. Christensen who debunks email hoaxes and exposes internet scams from his website. 

One of the hoaxes revealed was "The Tale of the Racist Airline Passenger" which was posted on this blog entitled "Racist On Board!". 

While the story has recently resurfaced on Facebook, versions of the tale have circulated since at least 1998 and have been set on several different airlines in several countries. There is no evidence that the incident described actually took place on any airline. The tale is almost certainly apocryphal. 

Brett's Detailed Analysis
This story, which is currently circulating vigorously on Facebook, relates an incident in which a racist passenger on a TAM Airlines flight is firmly thwarted by airline staff. When the woman complains about being required to sit beside a black man, staff resolve the issue by moving the black man to a first class seat so that he does not have to sit next to such an unpleasant person, thereby humiliating the racist and eliciting a round of applause from other passengers.

The story is certainly an entertaining one. The idea of such an obnoxious individual being so elegantly and thoroughly put in her place is one that many of us would relish. The story is obviously intended to rely to readers the immorality of racism. And as an anti-racist anecdote, it does a splendid job.

But, while it may be uplifting, it is almost certainly a work of fiction. In fact, dozens of different versions of the story have circulated, by word-of-mouth, email and, more lately, via social media posts for well over a decade. The various versions of the story have been set on many different airlines. The nationality and gender of the racist passenger have also altered many times in different incarnations of the tale. One popular variant, which has circulated continually since 1998, portrays the passenger as a white South African woman en route to Johannesburg via a British Airways flight:On a British Airways flight from Johannesburg, a middle-aged, well-off white South African Lady has found herself sitting next to a black man. She called the cabin crew attendant over to complain about her seating. 

"What seems to be the problem Madam?" asked the attendant. 

"Can't you see?" she said " You've sat me next to a [derogatory term for a black African person]. I can't possibly sit next to this disgusting human. Find me another seat!" 

"Please calm down Madam." the stewardess relied. "The flight is very full today, but I'll tell you what I'll do-I'll go and check to see if we have any seats available in club or first class." The woman cocks a snooty look at the outraged black man beside her (not to mention many of the surrounding passengers). A few minutes later the stewardess returns with the good news, which she delivers to the lady, who cannot help but look at the people around her with a smug and self satisfied grin: "Madam, unfortunately, as I suspected, economy is full. I've spoken to the cabin services director, and club is also full. However, we do have one seat in first class." Before the lady has a chance to answer, the stewardess continues ... "It is most extraordinary to make this kind of upgrade, however, and I have had to get special permission from the captain. But, given the circumstances, the captain felt that it was outrageous that someone be forced to sit next to such an obnoxious person." With which, she turned to the black man sitting next to the woman, and said: "So if you'd like to get your things, sir, I have your seat ready for you..." At which point, apparently the surrounding passengers stood and gave a standing ovation while the black guy walks up to the front of the plane.In some versions of the story the person accosted by the racist passenger is Jewish. In others, he (and yes, it usually seems to be a "he") is Asian. In at least one variant, the story focuses more on class distinction than race, and features a wealthy female passenger who stridently objects to being seated beside an obviously poor and scruffily dressed man. 

It is unclear who originally penned the piece. But it seems doubtful that the incident described ever actually took place in real life.

While the anti-racist message that the story conveys is compelling, some versions may backfire somewhat in that they potentially portray a particular group or nationality in an unfair way. For example, according to Snopes.com, some years ago, a New Zealand cereal company was castigated for including the above South African version of the story in an inserted children's newsletter. Some South African people living in New Zealand felt that the story unfairly portrayed all white South Africans as racists.

The Facebook version of the story calls on users to "share if they are against racism". However, as with similar stories that ask people to share to fight against child abuse or animal cruelty, it is difficult to see how simply sharing will do anything to help. The act of sharing such posts often leaves people with the largely misguided belief that they have actually done something to remedy the specified problem. Unfortunately, racism is still deeply entrenched in many people and societies. Often, racism is exhibited in much more subtle - but equally destructive - forms than the blatant example outlined in the story above. Of course, effectively combating racism in all its insidious forms requires a lot more than sharing a story on Facebook. 

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This is my second mail I received from Google Maps stationed in Tokyo, Japan.  The first mail was actually the same I just received yesterday about Finding Nino’s listing on Google Maps.

Yes, you read it right! Finding Nino is now viewable and officially listed on Google Maps.

You might be asking why I signed-up for such listing. Well, everyday, people search on Google Maps for businesses in specific neighbourhoods. And now that I have signed-up for a Google Maps listing, these potential customers who are our readers can find us, too.

Attached on the mail is the instruction on how to activate our listing. The activation was really fast and incredible that it took only one hour for it to be displayed on Google Maps.  Check it yourself! Click here or click on the image below. #