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She-ka is all about the woman in you: informed, empowered… yet gentle and nurturing.

Celebrity host and model Issa Litton treats viewers to an array of topics from beauty, fashion, wellness and better home management to advocacies, legal matters and business know-how.  Co-hosted by Celine Gabriel, Monica Llamas, Atty. Mariz Manalo and Lovely Rivero.

Airs Mondays through Fridays at 8am.

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Watch Bobby Guanzon and Cathy Villar separate the spin from the subtance as they tackle the latest and hottest issues of the week,  in a way that lets you hear all sides of the story.

Airs Mondays at 9:15-10pm.

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An hour of quality talk as veteran broadcaster Mario Garcia and Atty. Mariz Manalo  give  their two cents worth on news and issues that impact our lives.

Airs Monday nights at 10pm.

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No matter where you are in the Philippines, there’s only ONE MORNING! 

NBN, RPN, IBC and Radyo Ng Bayan teams from around the country are up and about every 6am to help pack your mornings with news, information, laughter and lively talk.  Anchored by Veronica Jimenez and Aljo Bendijo.

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We don’t stop at merely giving you the news! On Friday nights at 7pm, Rey Langit and Angelique Lazo get to the bottom of major news stories and try to answer questions and resolve issues that are otherwise left hanging by the wayside.

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It’s business news you can use!  Be up-to-date on hidden market trends; get tips on the choicest plays in a trading session; know what to watch out for in a bull market in commodities; learn the secrets to positioning yourself for profit with foreign currency-driven investments.

Mondays to Fridays at 11am with Nikka Alejar, Miguel Gil and Kim Bernardo Lokin.

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I closed my Windows three days after I opened my door.  Opened it to Mac, that is!

I thought it would take me at least a week or two to make the shift, so I had insisted on Julien to activate bootcamp on the Mac, install my original XP OS and all the windows-based software that had kept me productive for years.  I’m a heavy user of word processors, presenters, PDF makers, video downloaders or grabbers and graphics editing/animation software.  But lo… one night of ’shopping’ for Mac equivalents to all my production software yielded not only good alternatives but better ones at that!

Here’s a shortlist of those made-for-Mac production software:

1. TubeTV – a cool tool that intuitively grabs every moving media on your browser.

2.  Flip4Mac WMV plugin – installed as an extension to Quicktime,  it did away with the need for a TV tuner to capture on-air signal.  I just watch our windows media livestream, click on a small button at the bottom right of the player, and set it to record the stream in good old-fashioned “TOA” way.  With that, it also eliminated the need for Total Video Converter, as the Flip plugin can be configured to automatically convert the recorded stream into media for playback on cellphones, TV and computers.

3. PDF Maker – no need to install any third party software as the Mac has it built-in.  On any word/number processing software on Mac,  just go to File–>Print–>Save-As-PDF!

4. Zipeg – a kewl, more intelligent alternative to any of the .rar or zip software that we have been using for years.

5. Wirecast – Talk about broadcasting live from any location without OB-Vans!  Wirecast from Telestream turns any Macbook or laptop into a mini-studio switcher capable of two-way windows, chroma backing and live graphics switching.  I’m currently studying its applicability for possible deployment to our regional networks and field production teams and will be writing a full review soon.

WATCH NBN LIVE ONLINE!

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People are not about to close down their bank accounts (yet) but over in Paris, when news of a financial meltdown raised concerns over where best to keep one’s investments, people seemed to turn to the old way of keeping their money in a safe.

There has been a 30-40 per cent increase in the sale of safes, according to one manufacturer!

Oooo… time to check if there’s a similar rise in the sale of “baul” –those wooden chest where Grandma used to keep her bandana, jewelry, money, tabako, apog and nganga.

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Ok, buck up election campers!  US Election Day isn’t ahead of us — it’s already here!

Early voting began Tuesday in eight states — including the key battleground of Ohio, where voting begins today — and it will be starting in a dozen more states over the next two weeks.

To the American audience who know by heart how elections are conducted back home, that’s not quite big news, but to our Filipino readers, you’d most certainly get a… ‘what?? Isn’t it supposed to be November 4?!’

Humm, ok, here’s what… we should have been doing a “US Election for Dummies” sort of video packages but our election programming had to stop for reasons I find unthinkable to this day.  Anyway, the US Embassy in Manila is fielding its Political and Public Affairs experts to NBN on Friday to conduct briefings along that line.  That should do for now… till we get our act together and figure out how to fill in the info void :/

At stake in Ohio are 20 electoral votes, and yes, even the presidential post!  This battleground state had tipped the scales in favor of President Bush four years ago and may likewise determine his successor… but a lot of unlikely events have come into play so, who knows… really!

Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama are focusing intently on Ohio as they seek to garner state-by-state victories to reach the 270 Electoral College votes needed to land at the White House.

Recent state polls show a dead heat, others give McCain a slight edge, while national surveys show Obama ahead.  Ohio might provide the sneak peek to what’s up ahead.

The upcoming (and much-awaited) Vice-Presidential debate could change the landscape as well.  So, stay tuned, these are interesting times… within and beyond America’s borders!!