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In the wake of filing the FOSS Act of 2007, discussions about free/open source software (FOSS) in the Philippines have tended to focus on the benefits that the country may reap. But is the Philippine government sufficiently equipped to deal with a comprehensive migration to FOSS?

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The first-ever community radio run by women in Nepal is now on air. Radio Purvanchal started its 10-hour daily broadcast on October 1 with news and programmes focused on women’s education and health care issues.

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In defiance of the Burma military regime’s strict censorship, bloggers are using the Internet to tell the world of the events unfolding in their country. Burma’s bloggers are posting photographs, video clips, and eyewitness accounts of the recent protests led by Buddhist monks on the web.

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The newly released e-primer “ICT for Disaster Management” examines the use of information and communication technologies in disaster management. A useful resource for policymakers, it features case studies from all over the Asia-Pacific region and includes the use of various media and ICTs during natural disasters.

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A new report by Panos London, “At the heart of change: The role of communication in sustainable development,” challenges governments and all policymakers to involve civil society in decision making and to recognise the importance of media in debating development issues and challenging government accountability.

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With the aim of correcting some of the more wasteful and polluting household practices, Korean media and Korean-American environment activists recently launched a Zero Waste Campaign in the San Francisco Bay Area, encouraging customers in a local supermarket to use environment-friendly household products.