The Philippine Blog Press

Having witnessed progressive movements in the Philippine blogosphere, and having gone through challenges facing bloggers across the country, a few bloggers began talking about forming a bloggers’ association last year. Tonyo Cruz and I, in particular, spoke about this around middle of 2010. It was shortly after I’d arrived from an international conference where bloggers [...]

[Media Release] The Senate and the House of Representatives have agreed to advance the resumption of its session to 24 May 2010, Monday, instead of its original schedule of 31 May. When the House of Representatives convenes on this day, we, representatives of over 100 organizations and coalitions comprising public-interest groups, environmental protection advocates, independent [...]

In 2007 when I put together the Mindanao Bloggers Community, I had not imagined it would endure this long — this loose association of bloggers and “new media” practitioners in the region has been active for almost four years now, and we’re still around, still making waves. The whole purpose of the group is to [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

[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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]