1 Kz Tandingan wins X factor Philippines

Manila, Philippines- Kz Tandingan, 20 years old and aspiring singer from Digos, Davao became the first winner of talent search "X Factor Philippines. Despite her throat problems in the past Kz Tandingan proved that you don't need to be a biritera or belters to impress the judges and the people.

Kz Tandingan, who is said to be the judges and crowd favorite garnered 55.45% of total votes while Gabriel Maturan and Daddy's home gaining 32.33% and 12.90%. Kz jumped and burst into tears while KC Concepcion (host) announced her as the winner.

Being the first X factor winner, Kz will also take a price of 4 million pesos and will also have a contract to star music. While Gabriel will take home 150,000 pesos and 50,000 for Daddy's Home.

Kz's rendition of "Superstar" from the Carpenters during the final performance night made a good impression to the judges and the people. Charice, who is Kz's mentor is with her throughout the whole competition. Kz also tells how lucky she is to have Charice as her mentor.

What a musical night to see in the results night. Our favorite local artists, judges sang together with the x factor finalists and semi finalists. To end the show, Kz sang a song while still in tears of joy.

3 Social Media Black-out to protest against Cybercrime Law of the Philippines

        People from the Philippines changed their profile pictures on Social media like Facebook and Twitter to support against the Philippine Cybercrime Law which will be on effect tomorrow October 3,2012. What is this Cybercrime Law that is being bashed over Social Media? Basically, it says that:

1.) Any negative criticism, cyber bullying and/or inhumane acts will be held under investigation under the PNP(Philippine National Police)
2.) Any profanity or irrelevant statements on social websites (ex. Facebook) will be censored. (Currently what many Filipinos are doing to their profile pictures and posting it on their profiles with a black bar with a small statement of "Comment Blocked, RA 10175")
3.) Copying any status or picture on Facebook or Twitter is good enough for investigation.
4.) Downloading torrents, files from the internet or any unofficial website in your laptop or computer will be traced to the PNP.

 If you want to see the full article you can go here: http://www.gov.ph/2012/09/12/republic-act-no-10175/

 The said law has many negative comments on Facebook, Twitter and other social media networks. Will this social media affect the implementation of the republic act? But it will surely affect many Filipinos since internet and social media is a part of our daily lives. Let's see what will happen tomorrow.