Causes and movements found a new friend in Twitter, Facebook and other social media platforms. During the elections, new media tools were used to discuss candidates and platforms. Campus mock elections were held online. Parties and candidates felt the need to engage the youth online audience and launched online campaigns. The strike movement against budget [...]
Archive | January, 2011
Broadband in the Philippines
The broadband internet hearing last January 11, 2011 brought a minor victory where NTC decided to remove the broadband cap in the draft memo. ANC featured a special episode on broadband internet last week where I listed down the demands of the online petition “No to broadband cap, yes to #betterinternet in the Philippines” and [...]
EDSA bus explosion and the wave of crimes
Photo by Gmanews.tv You scooper Jorrel Santos Not another crime. There seems to be a wave of crimes lately with this latest bus explosion, “the latest carnapping incidents made even more gruesome by the brutal murder of the victims Emerson Lozano and his driver as well as car dealer Venson Evangelista. Once again the Philippines [...]
Birth Anniversary of Former President Corazon C. Aquino
I loved Cory. I am aware the former president Cory Aquino was not a perfect president. At the time she was president, I was consumed with my desire for a good future for my children. Despite her imperfections as a president, I admire her as a person. Via Manolo Quezon Corazon C. Aquino: Person of [...]
Women to President Aquino: Listen to us, pass the RH Bill now
“We are the ones affected with the absence of contraceptives and other reproductive health services in our health centers, not the men in white robes alleging to know what’s best for us”, lamented the women from grassroots communities. Representatives from various grassroots women’s groups united as they appealed to President Aquino to make possible the [...]
The big bad blogger and the evil PR firm
I woke up to an alert in twitter to read the article on the “Please don’t give blogging a bad name” by Margaux Salcedo. My first reaction was “it could be PR’s fault”. I want to write about this because without names, most bloggers and even PR are affected. I do maintain two food blogs [...]
Why Noy needs Mar
Speculations are that Mar Roxas maybe more of a “troublemaker than a troubleshooter once he gets a government post in the Aquino administration.” Deputy presidential spokeswoman Abigail Valte retorted that Mar is not a troublemaker and that he has got fine expertise. Though Mar Roxas has no role in government yet, he has been seen [...]
Abortion in the Philippines: a documentary
Here are two documentaries that everyone should watch on the realities of abortion. Some Catholic priests say that the Reproductive Health Bill encourages abortion. Reality is abortion is done secretly. In fact women die from complications of abortion. Agaw-Buhay (Fighting for Life) literally describes the tragic struggle of two women in the film. However, it [...]
How true, our broadband is capped already!
It is good to read on Rom Feria’s take on the broadband cap is “It is capped already” and sort of a rebuttal of Art Samaniego’s “the Unfairness of the Internet“. The general point of the matter is this – our broadband subscription is already capped by the subscribed bandwidth that we pay for every [...]
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- Ombudsman complaint orchestrated to discredit CJ; Senators scold “dollar account” complainant May 16, 2012
- Day 38 Corona Impeachment Trial – May 15: The drama plods on May 16, 2012
- Day 37 Highlights of the Corona Impeachment trial – May 14, 2012 May 15, 2012
- The Powerpoint Presentation of Ombudsman Carpio-Morales on Corona Transactional balances May 15, 2012
- Day 36 highlights of the Corona Impeachment trial: The double-edged sword of justice May 9, 2012
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- Election2013 : No To Vote Buying ! April 29, 2012
- Early Campaign for 2013 April 16, 2012
- Campaign to increase Person with disabilities (PWD’s) electoral participation set April 14, 2012
- Senators as Judges – The importance of voting properly #CJtrialWatch February 14, 2012
- Registration of voters will continue until the 31st of October 2012 January 4, 2012
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Winning the future: Obama’s State of the Union Address
Via ABS-CBN Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans: Tonight I want to begin by congratulating the men and women of the 112th Congress, as well as your new Speaker, John Boehner. And as we mark this occasion, we are also mindful of the empty chair in this Chamber, [...]