Join the battle for the internet
tonyo I’m joining the battle for the internet today, Sept. 10, to protect net neutrality. You should too. We Filipinos know how slow internet looks and feels like. It will only…
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Days after Yolanda, many questions beg to be answered
Five days since the world’s strongest typhoon first rammed through Guiuan and the the rest of a big area in central Philippines, we are all thankful for the nationwide and…
Dear PNoy (An open letter to the President about pork)
Dear PNoy, Nakakagulat naman na ang sikat at pinagkakatiwalaang presidente namin – ayon sa mga survey – ay magsasalita ngayong gabi. At sa sobrang napakaimportante pa yata, mukhang ipe-preempt ninyo…
‘You voted for them’
The title of this piece is one of the ultimate conversation spoilers when we talk politics, especially these times when we wish to hold the President, senators, congressmen and their…
Senate remarks: Time for gov’t to ‘like’ FOI, ‘share’ information
The Senate public information and mass media committee, chaired by Senator Grace Poe, today held a public hearing on the Freedom of Information bills. The Senate FOI bills are authored…
Fight continues as #PNoink gives Napoles special treatment
That Janet Lim Napoles is now in custody is a direct result of strong public pressure and the Million People March in Luneta and across the country. Had we not…
#MillionPeopleMarch, an awesome launch for #ScrapPork movement
Exactly a year after netizens fought President Aquino to eventually defeat the obnoxious Cybercrime Law, Filipino Internet users today waged another battle that showed the fight last year was not…
Why we should march to #ScrapPork
For as long as we remember, every time we ask the government to do something that is good for the country, the standard answer has been “no way, magtiis tayo,…
Challenge is to solve poverty, not just to hide it
Few days ago, as debates raged on the question of the urban poor and how we should solve the issue, I wrote a Note on Facebook. Here it is, improved…
Take 13 on the 2013 Elections: A Quick Post-Mortem
Even as the Comelec embarks on a slow canvassing of results of the senatorial and partylist contests and winning local candidates are being proclaimed one after another, many are trying…
I’m voting for Kabataan for partylist rep, Teddy Casino for senator
The elections are fast approaching and as we make our final choices, I wish to share two of mine. I hope you’ll join me in voting for them too. For…
#eDemokrasya: ‘Digital in politics, politics in digital’
Here are my prepared remarks for the eDemokrasya Conference on the Use of Social Media and Technology for Democracy Promotion” on Feb. 21 at Hyatt Hotel and Casino in Manila,…
Aquino’s Cybercrime Law destroys Internet freedom
Had lawmakers focused solely and exclusively on Identity Theft, Cybersex, Child Pornography, Computer-related Fraud and Forgery, Illegal Access and Interception, and Data and System Interference, there would have been no…
Noynoying 101: Fundamentals and Introduction to Noynoying
From Day One, Filipinos have looked for ways to catch President Aquino’s and his team’s attention whenever they f—k their jobs and whenever they needed to be reminded about their…
Self-fulfilling prophecy: Culture of impunity goes unchallenged under Aquino
Referring to extrajudicial killings and the killing of journalists in the Philippines in his July, 2010 State of the Nation Address, President Benigno Aquino III declared that his administration would…
Today, Nov. 21, is Blog Action Day for justice, against impunity
Over 500 days have passed since Benigno Aquino III assumed the presidency on a pro-change platform – but families of victims of extrajudicial killings have been made to wait and…
How is social media changing ASEAN?
Together with colleague Delwin Keasberry, a.k.a. @BruneiTweet and the man behind Projek Brunei, we led a master class with the same title at the ASEAN100 Leadership Forum on Sept. 29,…
On Social Media Day, President Aquino dumps CICT
The Office of the President announced the abolition of the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) today — World Social Media Day and the second day of the National…
Social media and conflict reporting
Friends from PECOJON invited me to speak at the forum and awarding of winners in the Red Cross Award for Humanitarian Reporting. The forum and contest revolved around humanitarian reporting,…
Who’s afraid of a national bloggers association?
(Post updated. Changes in brackets. Thanks.) I have long wanted to do something: To help form a national bloggers association in the Philippines. The premises are simple: We are a…
Netizens rebuke NBI over plan to register laptops
A number of Filipino netizens went ballistic today after reading news about the National Bureau of Investigation’s proposal to have all laptops and other internet devices registered as part of…
Take 5 as BlogWatch turns 5
Conventional wisdom today would say that an assembly of bloggers is like cats and dogs put together in one tiny space. We are said to be too feisty and too…