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April 30, 2015 0

#SaveMaryJane TIMELINE OF EVENTS: What happened in the last 5 years

It’s time to breathe a sigh of relief for now. The past weeks has been a rollercoaster of emotions but now is the time to look back and see what our country learned from this crisis situation . [read more]

April 13, 2015 0

Bantayan yung binoto mo #juanvote

If you are interested to know more, just drop an email . To volunteer please sign up here I am feeling so accomplished. I just finished a four week massive open online course (MOOC) on “Citizen [read more]

March 30, 2015 0

Philippine hemophilia community seeks public support

In celebration of the World Hemophilia Day on April 17, the Hemophilia Association of the Philippines for Love & Service (HAPLOS) will spearhead a national gathering of different Hemophilia [read more]

March 18, 2015 0

If you are participating at the #RightsCon2015, Blog Watch is inviting you to our sessions

It’s full blast ahead for RightsCon SEA 2015 here in Manila, the first time the summit is held outside Silicon Valley! RightsCon is the premier summit series bringing together civil society, [read more]

March 5, 2015 0

Interested to be a Blog Watch intern ?

Blog Watch seeks voter empowerment , citizen engagement and governance transformation. Initially called a Blog Watch project for the 2010 elections, it was our vision to simply provide another avenue [read more]

February 28, 2015 0

Distorting truth and accountability through black propaganda? #mamasapano

A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on his shoes. – Mark Twain The phrase “negative campaigning” is often being done during the campaign period. In the 2010 [read more]

February 26, 2015 0

How the Noynoy Aquino administration is betraying the spirit of people power

If there’s a time of the year when it becomes somewhat acceptable wearing yellow as a symbol of unity and resistance to oppression, it’s perhaps February 25, the day of the historic EDSA People [read more]

February 24, 2015 0

PANTS ON FIRE meme : “Nag-simula ka sa kasinungaliam, mababaon ka sa kasinungalian”

By Inday Espina Varona as posted originally in her Facebook wall. PANTS ON FIRE meme. (from this morning’s inbox content) It apparently refers directly to Alan Purisima. “The President [read more]

February 20, 2015 0

#Mamasapano: Seeds of Doubt and Mists of Half-Truths

It’s been nearly two weeks after the first public hearing on the Mamasapano massacre. So far, more questions seem to have emerged as the scarcity of believable answers is sowing seeds of doubts and [read more]

February 5, 2015 0

Our Beloved “Keyboard Revolutionaries”

as originally posted on Blog Watch, Philippine Online Chronicles For those who spend much of their internet time on social media sites, you have seen this more than once. While skimming through your [read more]

February 4, 2015 0

Hocus PCOS: An elections ‘hostaged’ by a single supplier, Smartmatic

By Marjohara Tucay as originally posted at the Philippine Online Chronicles 1 and 2 The 2016 presidential elections is just around the corner, and the Commission on Elections (Comelec) is in the [read more]

January 30, 2015 0

A few good fallen men #Fallen44 #SAF44

by Lakwatserang Paruparo , as originally written on Blog Watch, Philippine Online Chronicles I can just imagine how hard it must be to be in the shoes of President Noynoy Aquino at this point in [read more]

January 28, 2015 0

A reflection on the Global Voices Summit: Citizens advocating a stand in Citizen Media #GV2015

When I started my parenting blog in 2006, I had no idea it would lead me to co-founding Blog Watch Citizen Media in 2009. I was aware of Global Voices even before 2009 because I would receive [read more]

January 23, 2015 0

Transcript: Undelivered speech of Pope Francis calls for concern for the environment

This is the full transcript of Pope Francis’ prepared and deemed official speech for the “Encounter with the Youth” event at the University of Santo Tomas held last Sunday, January [read more]

January 19, 2015 0

This is my personal Pope Francis story

by Raffy Magno, as originally posted in his Facebook wall post The whole journey started at 3:00AM. Very eager, I went out of the house and waited for a cab to bring me to our meet-up place. After [read more]

January 17, 2015 1

Reactions on the killing of pine trees in SM Baguio

“It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.” Ansel Adams (2nd update) Three years ago, I wrote about the plan of SM Baguio to earth-ball pine trees but [read more]

January 16, 2015 0

Papal Mania in Manila – A welcome distraction #PopeFrancisPH

Pope Francis has come! The charismatic head of the Roman Catholic Church has finally set foot on the sole Christian nation in Asia that is in dire need of one prominent and popular figure that is not [read more]

January 8, 2015 0

AES Watch questions @Comelec -Smartmatic midnight deal

This is a press release from the AUTOMATED ELECTION SYSTEM WATCH (AES Watch) Why did the Comelec award a new contract with the foreign company Smartmatic on Dec. 23 last year – without any prior or [read more]