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6 March 2011

A national bloggers association

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 [...]

20 May 2010

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Ratify Freedom of Information!

[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 [...]

22 March 2010

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Mindanao blogger in America

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 [...]

28 June 2009

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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 [...]

12 June 2009

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111th Independence Day

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 [...]

31 May 2009

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Philippine Climate Change Initiative

[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 [...]

30 May 2009

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Top 10 emerging influential blogs for 2009

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 [...]

25 February 2009

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Bloggers and the Right to Reply

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 [...]