Ms. Corazon de la Paz-Bernardo, Chairperson of the National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL) urges the Filipino voters to go the extra mile when they vote tomorrow, May 13 by being citizen-observers for a free, honest and orderly elections. The first order of the day for every qualified voter of course is to go [...]
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Anti-Epal Intensifies Campaign Through Change Family Political Dynasty #phpoliticaldynasty
Aimed at educating the public on the problems of Philippine politics, the Anti-Epal campaign created a fictional political dynasty led by Rep. Juana Change and the Epaliticians Party List, hailing from the province of Nueva Change Occidental Sur. The Change Family believes in “political destiny, not dynasty.” “Mula pa noong panahon ng himagsikan laban sa [...]
Join the May 8 #juanvote Blog Action Day: “Dear Candidate/s: Time to listen, time to answer questions”
by Tonyo Cruz and Noemi Lardizabal-Dado More than 80 days have passed since senatorial and partylist candidates started their campaign. But they have yet to answer important questions and present their campaign pledges. On May 8, days before the elections, bloggers and netizens across the Philippines will hold a Blog Action Day with the theme [...]
Netizens’ miting de avance relaunch #juanvote ahead of elections
Netizens across the country are revving up a bigger #juanvote campaign in the run-up to the May 13, 2013 elections, promising to direct social efforts towards greater citizen participation in the democratic process. Here is the audio version #juanvote is an offline and online community efforts led by Blogwatch, with support from various individuals and [...]
Top senatorial candidates based on social media
It is interesting to see how our senatorial candidates fare in social media discussion. Here are two studies that show how some candidates fared out in social media. Acee Vitangcol of ABS CBN presents their social media tracker. He explains: “Need a survey that is raw, organic, unfiltered, and transparent? Check out our social media [...]
Comelec launches ‘e-Leksyon 2013’ website and mobile app via @bitoopi & @SmartDevnet community!
This is a press release from Smart Communications. The Office of the Spokesperson of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) launched today a website and mobile application to help inform, educate, and empower voters for the coming May national and local elections. Both dubbed e-Leksyon 2013, the free website and mobile application were developed jointly by [...]
Video and Audio Podcast : Livestream chat with @RisaHontiveros
Know more about her profile and legislative platforms at Wikipilipinas #knowyourcandidate and the Philippine Online Chronicles feature article The beautiful fighter: Risa Hontiveros. Our livestream chat is broken down as Part 1 and Part 2 . Download/Stream or listen in Itunes Part 1 Part 2 Here are her Campaign Platforms Hontiveros’ platforms centers on women’s [...]
It’s More Fun (With More Jobs and Income) in the Philippines
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PTV recently launched gov@Work, a TV show that allows ordinary Filipinos to talk to the Cabinet Secretaries by Google Hangouts online chat. Through this medium , the public can learn more about government projects and how they may benefit from it, and more importantly be able to air their concerns with the heads of government [...]
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- Three engagements that citizen voters may participate in on election day #juanvote May 12, 2013
- Anti-Epal Intensifies Campaign Through Change Family Political Dynasty #phpoliticaldynasty May 9, 2013
- Join the May 8 #juanvote Blog Action Day: “Dear Candidate/s: Time to listen, time to answer questions” May 6, 2013
- Netizens’ miting de avance relaunch #juanvote ahead of elections May 3, 2013
- Top senatorial candidates based on social media May 3, 2013
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