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Blogie - who has written 10 posts on The Philippine Blog Press.
It must've been keen foresight on the part of my folks to have nicknamed me "Blogie" when I was still in diapers. Now I'm a Web warrior living up to his name!
Mindanao Bloggers Summit 3
This year’s appointed local organizers of the premier bloggers event in Mindanao have now posted an official announcement regarding the third edition of this annual event in the Philippine South. CDO Bloggers, Inc. will host the 3rd Mindanao Bloggers Summit on the 24th of October 2009 in Cagayan de Oro City. Online pre-registration is now open [...]
Continue reading...111th Independence Day
Friday, June 12, 2009
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Today, the Republic of the Philippines celebrates the nation’s 111th Day of the Declaration of Independence. Since last night, blog post upon blog post have been published to commemorate this momentous event. Now, especially, the meaning of being a free and independent nation is deeper and more poignant for a growing number of bloggers. Here are [...]
Continue reading...Philippine Climate Change Initiative
Sunday, May 31, 2009
[Media Release] Designer Villages Challenge: A Global Campaign for Climate Adaptability (Manila, Philippines) — The Philippines is pioneering a project on climate change adaptation aimed at building communities that would not only be sustainable but also be prepared to deal with the adverse impacts of climate change. The project, Designer Villages Challenge, is the country’s contribution to the [...]
Continue reading...Top 10 emerging influential blogs for 2009
Saturday, May 30, 2009
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Another year has rolled in for one of the most anticipated online activities for bloggers — the Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs. This project, initiated by Janette Toral, is now on its third year. Bloggers are encouraged to come up with their list of 10 new blogs (created anytime from May 2008 onwards) that they think [...]
Continue reading...Bloggers events for 2009
Monday, February 23, 2009
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 [...]
Continue reading...Plagiarism on the Internet
Monday, February 9, 2009
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] [...]
Continue reading...Site update
Monday, February 9, 2009
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 further [...]
Continue reading...The Vision
Friday, February 6, 2009
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 [...]
Continue reading...Open to contributors
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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! Interested? [...]
Continue reading...Bulletin 
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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!
Interested? Click here to apply!
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Sunday, June 28, 2009
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