The Philippine Blog Press

There has been much talk about this piece of law for several months now. And it seems to be reaching its crescendo from the beginning of the year. The proposed Right of Reply bill is not a concern of media alone. In the time where blogs and other online media are contributing to the news [...]

Since 2005 — or even earlier? –, blog-centric events in the Philippines have been on the rise, with a number of major events becoming well-entrenched in the Filipino blogosphere. Foremost is the five-year-old educational event, iBlog Philippines, led by Janette Toral, who has been a very active and visible Internet figure primarily through her DigitalFilipino.com [...]

Late last month, über-popular and highly-respected travel blogger, Enrico Dee of Byahilo.com, made it known to his fellow bloggers that a certain publication in Iloilo City had used several of his photographs without permission. Dee, who travels around the country to cover various festivals and regional events, has lodged a complaint against Panay News [website] [...]

The Philippine Blog Press is slowly but surely gaining momentum towards site completion, especially now that the publication has a fresh, new logo. Naturally, as in most of my online projects, the logo was designed by Andrew dela Serna. This is the initial and raw manifestation of the BlogPress.ph logo. We plan to enhance it [...]

Up until a couple of weeks ago, I’d been holding on to the blogpress.ph domain name for several months, imagining it to become something that would encapsulate — and perhaps somehow represent — the Philippine blogosphere. But the idea didn’t germinate for quite a spell. Then all of a sudden, starting in 2008, things started [...]

The Philippine Blog Press is now open to co-authors & contributors! We’re looking for bloggers who would like to be on top of what’s going on in the Philippine blogosphere. We’ll publish articles on current affairs & issues relevant to Filipino bloggers; features on influential (controversial?) blogs; posts on blog-related contests and events; and more! [...]

Welcome to BlogPress.ph! The Philippine Blog Press is designed to be a news and features site that will attempt to encompass all events, activities, developments, issues and other matters relating to the Philippine blogosphere. The “e-zine” interface, therefore, is intentional. But beyond that, BlogPress.ph will also contain other interactive “bells & whistles” in the months [...]