The Philippine Blog Press

This is only a proposal, and still very informal as it hasn’t even been decided yet whether or not to go ahead with the plan to institute a Filipino bloggers’ association. The purpose of my writing this is to attempt to dispel any notion that the organization might be an elitist clique or a political [...]

Why do we need a national bloggers’ association? One major rationale that I would like to discuss now is this: the preservation of the rights of bloggers as human beings and as citizen journalists. An association that is national in character and enjoys recognition by Filipino bloggers can have the mandate to uphold these rights. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]