August 2nd, 2004 by Ashu Mathura Posted in Trends | No Comments »
In a move to curb gambling among students, the Philippines’ Department of Justice wants to ban mobile phones on campuses. How much do you want to bet it won’t do any good?
The acting secretary of the Philippines’ Department of Justice asked the Commission on Higher Education on Thursday to consider banning mobile phones from high school campuses in an effort to stop students from participating in an online lottery game called ending games, in which players try to guess the last digits of the final scores of various pro sports games. Ironically, one of the articles comes with an editor’s note at the bottom asking people to send in their comments via SMS — just not from a school campus, right? More …
