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January 26, 2012 0

How is the press faring in its Corona impeachment trial coverage? via @cmfr

@cmfr posed the question on twitter “How is the press faring in its Corona impeachment trial coverage?” The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) is organized to support the [read more]

November 18, 2011 0

Tweet Reactions: Pasay RTC issues warrant for Arroyo’s arrest

via POC breaking news On Friday afternoon, a warrant for the arrest for former president and Pampanga representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was issued by the Pasay Regional Trial Court branch 112, [read more]

July 23, 2011 0

Photos, tweets & videos of bombing aftermath in Oslo, Norway

Key points of Oslo updates via BBC 1. A bomb has been detonated at government headquarters in Oslo 2. Norwegian police have confirmed at least two deaths 3. Oslo police are advising residents to stay [read more]

July 13, 2011 0

Twitter reacts as Bishops appear at the Senate; return SUVs

Bishops to return luxury vehicles to PCSO The seven prelates figuring in the ‘Pajero bishops’ scandal have agreed to return the vehicles they received from the Philippine Charity [read more]

July 9, 2011 1

“Why did you think I left the country for good” – Abegail Bustamante

A schoolmate could not resist sharing this conversation of her fellow schoolmate, Abegail Bustamante and Jane Chua. Click the image to enlarge and read the conversation. It starts of with “I [read more]

July 8, 2011 0

Double standard on removal of sexy men’s billboard in Guadalupe

There is mixed reaction on the removal of the Bench billboard that featured the members of the Philippine rugby team posing in their underwear. The billboards feature “members of the team [read more]

July 7, 2011 0

First-ever Twitter Town Hall

White House had its first Twitter Town Hall where President Obama answered questions submitted via Twitter. President Obama answered a fraction of the 100,000 questions submitted on Twitter. He was [read more]

June 25, 2011 1

Monitoring water levels of major dams

If you had gone through the trauma of the Ondoy flood, one will never want to live through it. They say the Ondoy flood was caused by the release of the water from the dams at a time when rainfall [read more]

June 24, 2011 0

Photos: Marikina river, Flood updates from Twitter

Over 40,000 people were displaced and 11 were reported missing following Wednesday’s downpour caused by Tropical Storm “Falcon” (International codename: Meari), the National Disaster Risk [read more]

June 23, 2011 0

Tweeps share photos of Floods in Metro Manila

Photo via @josephthaddeus: Floodwaters get into stores in Palanca, Quiapo Tweeps share photos of flood situation wherever they are: [View the story “Floods in Metro Manila June 23” on [read more]

June 22, 2011 0

My sister, Myrna Lardizabal de Vera elected 1st ever Filipina mayor of Hercules, CA

The story is complicated but let me give you the short news as written by my other sister Lorna Lardizabal-Dietz : Our sister, Myrna Lardizabal de Vera, was elected Mayor of Hercules, CA tonight, [read more]

June 19, 2011 0

Pinoy tweeps on Rizal’s 150th birthday celebration

“It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice.” – Jose Rizal Photo via 10 things you [read more]

June 4, 2011 0

Blog Action Day on June 8. Netizens call for action on saving Philippine seas

Blog Action Day on June 8 for Philippine Corals and Waters! Join now. June 8 is also World Ocean Day. Via Team Manila Headlines are screaming of the rape of our ocean. Social media is outraged. The [read more]

May 26, 2011 0

Tweeps sad and angry over the rape of our ocean

It was just heart-breaking to see this stuffed turtle not to mention the devastation of an entire “reef complex”—almost twice as big as Manila—off the coast of Cotabato province when they [read more]

May 23, 2011 0

#antiRH tweeps on the RH Bill debate

Rep Manny Pacquiao joined the Grand RH debate on GMA 7 and said that ” Instead of focusing on the Reproductive Health (RH) bill, the government should exert more effort in fighting poverty [read more]

May 22, 2011 3

Bishop Bacani is…trending?

Why is Bishop Bacani trending world wide? is it his smile? his laugh? or his sexual harassment accusation in 2003 by his secretary? Bacani denied the accusations, but acknowledged making an [read more]

May 22, 2011 0

I survived the non-Rupture

(Image courtesy of osago.tumblr.com) On May 21, Tweeps were busy talking about the Rupture wondering it Judgment day would really happen. Today is May 22 in all parts of the world. Harold Camping, [read more]

May 17, 2011 1

Bagatsing and Garcia interpellators on #RHBill

Was it God versus man inside the session hall? There seems to be a lot of attribution to God never seen before in the last Congress as @Bethangsioco observed. This started when Rep Pablo Garcia asked [read more]

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Blog Watch receives the “Best Story” Award for the First Data Journalism PH 2015 from the Open Knowledge Foundation and Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism for their story on “Aid Monitoring: Citizens’ Initial Efforts in the Wake of Typhoon Yolanda” . Forbes Philippines also received the same award.