politics + tech + advocacy
Here are some photos of the October 5 picket led by the National Alliance for Filipino Concerns (NAFCON) in front of the ABC studios in Manhattan, New York City. NAFCON has started a “boycott ABC” campaign yesterday. NAFCON is a national multi-issue alliance of Filipino organizations and individuals in the United States serving to protect […]
MoreMong rounds up bloggers’ views on Expensive Medicines. Tonyo (yours truly) surveys the blogosphere on the “new” impeachment complaint against President Arroyo. Also, Global Voices shares a link to Ninotchka Rosca’s latest post on her Lily Pad blog.
MoreSenator Antonio Trillanes IV, still detained by the Arroyo government despite the electoral mandate he won as member of the Upper House of Congress, today opened an “office” in the internet. GMANews.tv reported that the senator’s site at http://www.trillanes.com.ph but a quick visit as of this posting shows that the website is down for unknown […]
MoreHere are some eye-catching and interesting technology updates.International tech developments: Hong Kong-based DotAsia Foundation starts accepting registrations for the new .ASIA domain. Internet giant Google has gobbled up microblogging “activity stream” and microblogging manager Jaiku which directly competes with Twitter. See Jaiku’s announcement here. Google meanwhile still dominates internet search engines, according to a recent […]
MoreInday, the English-speaking character in endless SMS jokes these days, is now in the news. A feature on Inday appears on the Inquirer’s frontpage (upper fold) today Oct. 10. (Click the Inquirer frontpage snapshot; A red arrow points at the Inday story!) I’m sure Inday will be proud of this new achievement, as well as […]
MoreAnakpawis Rep. Crispin Beltran shocked many today with his revelation that it was Francis Ver, deputy secretary-general of President Arroyo’s Kampi party, who tried but failed to bribe him into endorsing the “impeachment complaint” that most people believe as a ploy to vaccinate her from a real ouster move. Beltran made the revelation this morning. […]
MoreAs a member of the Pinoy TV audience, I am disgusted by the delayed and commercial-infested telecast by GMA-7 of the Pacquiao-Barrera fight today. The telecast of the actual fight started roughly an hour after Pacquiao was dubbed winner by a unanimous decision. (Ditto for ABS-CBN which covered previous matches.) There was not even a […]
MorePacquiao wins over Barrera after 12 rounds, according to live bloggers! Unanimous decision by judges who scored the fight: 118-109, 118-109 and 115-112.
MoreIts like quarter to 1 pm here in Manila: GMA-7 is still showing one of the undercards. But according to livebloggers of the Pacquiao-Barrera fight in Las Vegas, the two fighters already fought 12 rounds. The winner, says this spoiler, will be announced in a few minutes from now.
MoreSomething smells like putrid sewer water in the GMANews.tv item which quotes Mrs. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo claiming that there is a need to “protect the cyber-education project from unnecessary controversy” soon after her administration got exposed in the ongoing National Broadband Network controversy. Surely, Mrs. Arroyo feels a need to protect Cyber-Ed perhaps because bigger […]
MoreStarting this weekend, I will feature fantastic sites that deserve more attention and more visitors because they are cool and helpful. Here are the first three: 1. Gahooyoogle — Imagine searching on Google and Yahoo! at the same time. You’ll be able to do quicker searches than before, right. Gahooyoogle does it for you. Just […]
MoreMrs. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s politics of survival is getting really destructive. Just yesterday, one of Arroyo’s loyalists in the House of Representatives endorsed a three-page impeachment complaint that is apparently meant to inoculate Mrs. Arroyo from an opposition-initiated and therefore more authentic effort. The misuse by the Arroyo camp of the impeachment process is too […]
MorePlease visit Global Voices Online for my blog roundups on the following topics: the storm of anti-racism protests against “Desperate Housewives” expanded Paypal services for Philippine users; and the resignation of Benjamin Abalos as Commission of Elections chairperson Mong also did some roundups recently on: the scandal that has reached Malacanang; and the conviction of […]
MoreLast night, I saw news about a new initiative of the Philippine National Police and a bus operator that will purportedly help bring down incidence of highway robbery against bus-riders and bus companies in general. The modus-operandi is for someone from the bus company take photos of each bus passenger so that any robber who […]
MoreA Dutch court today again dealt a blow against leftist leader Jose Maria Sison’s tormentors by rejecting an appeal by prosecutors who questioned his release. See reports from Inquirer.net and ABS-CBNnews.com for details. Prior to this, Dutch investigators visited the Philippines and spoke with the Philippine National Police which boasted of having solid evidence against […]
MoreI started today as pro bono author today at Global Voices Online with a round-up of Pinoy bloggers’ reactions to the resignation of Benjamin Abalos. Thanks to editor Preetam Rai for welcoming me, and for Mong for the inspiration.The Pinoy blogosphere is growing fast and full of dynamism. Let’s see what we can do to […]
MoreFrom the blogosphere: International bloggers are preparing an action to support the peaceful revolution in Burma. We want to set a sign for freedom and show our sympathy for these people who are fighting their cruel regime without weapons. These Bloggers are planning to refrain from posting to their blogs on October 4 and just […]
MoreHere’s a break from regular programming on this blog. I’m reposting a poem by Prof. Joi Barrios that urges public support and sympathy for striking workers of Nestle Philippines. Ma’am Joi explains: “This poem is for Diosdado Fortuna, president of the Nestle Workers’ Union in the Philippines, who was slain on September 22, 2005. Meliton […]
MoreHeretofore and unto now, this blogger-hosted weblog has had to rely exclusively on the blanket disclaimer provided for the corporate body of blog*spot addresses. While this kind of disclaimer is usually sufficient to protect a blogger from liability, it falls short when dealing with inherently offensive content, websites with a mind of their own and […]
MorePinoy bloggers and US-based Filipino doctors are disgusted over what appears to be a racist slur against us in a recent episode of the show “Desperate Housewives”. Kudos to GMANews for its report on the issue. Apologies from the writers and producers of the show should be forthcoming.
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