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 Club.
iBlog is, in my view, the realization of what the Filipino blogger had been yearning for, and has paved the way for other likeminded events to follow.
From the South, the Mindanao Bloggers Summit is now gearing up towards its 3rd annual conference, which will be held in Cagayan de Oro City this year. 
MBS, while patterned loosely after iBlog, is more of an advocacy undertaking by the bloggers of the Philippine South. Its purpose is to make the world more aware of the true and down-to-earth images of Mindanao through Mindanaoans’ various and myriad blogs. To achieve the Summit’s goals, bloggers gather at a different city each year.
The MindanaoBloggers Community is spearheaded by yours truly, with Andrew dela Serna, Migs Hipolito, Ria Jose and Winston Almendras in the core group.
In keeping with the an organized community’s penchant for recognition (vindication?), an awards body has also been instituted: the Philippine Blog Awards. The 3rd Awards, as well as the organization behind it, is to be presided by Juned Sonido, with the able backing of his team, including Gail Villanueva, Jayvee Fernandez and Aileen Apolo, among others.
Perhaps the most prestigious event that has had an impact upon the local blogosphere is WordCamp Philippines, which had its debut last September 2008. 
Attended by close to 300 WordPressers and enthusiasts, and graced by no less than Matt Mullenweg himself, the event was a big success. Planning for WordCamp Philippines 2009 is already in the pipeline. The organizing team is the same one behind the Mindanao Bloggers Summit.
It is interesting to note that the ‘movers & shakers’ behind these — and other similar but smaller — bloggers’ events belong to one loosely-knit yet cohesive group of individuals. This year, the main organizers have started to realize the need for more fluid interaction in order to better coordinate efforts and movements. Communication lines need to be more open so that there might be no unnecessary duplication of material (content scraping is indeed evil!), and that no two events impinge upon each other in terms of scheduling. Of course, there is also the question of the availability of sponsorships.
The Philippine Blog Press shall endeavor to report on the progress of these, as well as other similar, events.
Mabuhay ang blogistang Pilipino!
geee… i’m getting more excited. :D four major events.. i’d die if i miss one. :D
I’m really looking forward to these four big events! How I wish I can possibly attend MBS though :D
Fingers crossed :D
ah okey.. aw..
I really want to attend the Mindanao Bloggers Summit 3. I’ve attended the first two since they were scheduled during my sem breaks. How I hope this year’s event would fall on my sem break again. :D
Hope I could attend the MBS haha! I’m really excited for these events this year!
I am excited for WordCamp 2009 ;) Will Matt be here again?
no date for the Mindanao Bloggers Summit yet? I might be able to go,since its CDO.
MBS3 will be in October 2009, but no definite date has been set yet. WordCamp will be in September, and will be held in Makati this time. And yes, I am fairly confident Matt will be back for our WordCamp.
Gaahh! I kicked myself for not attending WordCamp last year! Never Again! :D
Well, you will have your chance this year! :)
Its going to be an exciting time for all. :)
i just hope the MBS will not coicincide with my bacolod trip this october. mewants to go to CGY!!!
I hope so too! It would really be great to have you as a special guest for MBS3. Maybe you could give a talk about online copyright. Hahaha! XD
wala pa pong exact date ng events na ito? thanks!
Wala pa eh. Don’t worry, we’ll keep everyone updated via this blog!
Hope that the MBS3 will be held on the last week of October para makapunta ako.
2009 looks like a fun filled year for bloggers. Looking forward to these events, even though I won’t be able to attend any of them. Hehe :D
Thanks for this list — still a lot of room for valuable blogging events.
We also have the 1st Philippine Web Designers Conference coming up in July 2009.
Lots of amateur and professional web designers. We’ve had 3 successful mini-conferences so far.
To be updated, we have an FB group http://groups.to/philippinewebdesigners
BTW, my OpenID authentication didn’t work. “We were unable to authenticate your claimed OpenID, however you can continue to post your comment without OpenID”
Thanks for the info, Marie! And good luck on the Web Designers Confab!
(I will check the OpenID plugin. I hope it works for you next time.)