How protest technology is being used by the leaderless movement in Hong Kong
Originally published at Manila Times, Sunday Business and IT, September 15, 2019 After the failure of the Umbrella Revolution in 2014, Hong Kong (HK)...
Hongkong activist Joshua Wong on their cause on democracy #StandWithHongkong
The opportunity to meet Hongkong’s pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong at the Humboldt University on September 11 was just too good to pass up. The “Germany...
That thing called….delicadeza
If you look it up in different dictionaries, you will get its literal meaning. Delicadeza, a Spanish word that has found its way to the...
Human Rights in Human Resource Management
This article was first published at ASKSonnie.INFO. Republished with permission. Humanity is the reason why there is laughter and fun in the workplace, it...
Disinformation innovations used in the May 2019 Philippine elections
Three months after the May 2019 elections, the Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey results showed 80 percent were satisfied with the conduct of the elections....
But what is the Digital Divide?
It is with great sadness to announce the passing of our friend and colleague Juned Sonido. He was a co-founder and Editorial Board Member of...
China can’t cover the truth
Letter to the editor entitled “The Ultimate Betrayal of Mang Kanor to the Filipino People and his utter love for China and “Pooh”” I refer...
On Vico Sotto: From #ibaNaman to #ibaNa
Several pleasant surprises and upsets happened a few hours after voting ended on May 13, 2019. While awaiting in frustration for the media report from...
Get out and vote!
We must not just vote. We must use all our powers as social media users to encourage others to vote and to guard the vote....
May 13, 2019 election monitoring: What to report
I will be at Kontra Daya Election monitoring center. One can report incidents on vote-buying, harassment, illegal campaigning, malfunctioning Vote Counting Machine (VCM), and Voters’...
Social media and its impact on Philippine elections
Now that the Philippine election day is next week, would social media have an impact in informing, and mobilizing voters? Or convince them to vote...
Fighting back election-related disinformation by sharing the truth
This is my presentation for “Fighting election-related disinformation” for Kontra Daya’s People’s Assembly Against Election Fraud held today at St. Thomas Hall, Colegio de San...
State of Philippine Media, World Press Freedom Day
This is a summary report and data graphics on the state of Philippine media, with reports on attacks and threats recorded from June 30, 2016...
How we can help the Senatorial candidates in the Opposition
Published with permission from Dino Manrique of filipinocreative.com from “WHY THERE IS STILL HOPE FOR THE OPPOSITION AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP THEM”...
The only survey that matters is the one on May 13, 2019
In his book, The Opinion Makers, David Moore makes the startling conclusion that pollsters “do not measure public opinion, they manufacture it.” He anchors this...