Byahilo’s Eric Dormido dies at 39
tonyo Eric Dormido, more popularly known as Byahilo, passed away today October 5, 2018. He was 39. His sister Gladys Dormido said Eric was pronounced dead at 5:40 pm due to…
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Philippines: Digital, social and mobile stats in 2015
(UPDATED AUG. 2, 2015) Defying the challenges of income inequality and awful quality of internet and mobile services, the Philippines is marching forward in digital, social and mobile in 2015…
Dear Congress, #betterinternet now!
Here are my prepared remarks and presentation for the meeting of the House Committee on Information and Communication Technology, held on May 20, 2015: Honorable chair and members, good afternoon.…
PH citizen media: A quick overview
CEBU – Global Voices is now holding its Citizen Media Summit 2015 here at the Cebu Provincial Capitol, with 300 delegates from 70 countries. At a plenary panel this morning,…
#PapalVisitPH: Pope Francis sets Twitter records in Philippine visit
Pope Francis’ recent visit to the Philippines, long considered the world’s social media capital, “set several Twitter records”, despite orders of the government to take down cellular and mobile data…
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…
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…
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…
#juanvote Netizens’ Election Day Memo 2013
May 13 is Election Day. Whether you’re voting or not, you have many ways to participate in the process and make it move towards democracy that’s real and substantive. As…
#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,…
Bloggers gather at Siem Reap for BlogFest.Asia 2012
SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA – Bloggers from across Asia, including a number of Filipino colleagues, have started to arrive in droves here in this beautiful part of Cambodia for the BlogFest.Asia…
Draft DTI final report on online sales promotions by bloggers
The technical working group formed by the Department of Trade and Industry has released a draft final report on the application of DTI rules on the requirement of sales permit…
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,…
Philippines’ Net Index 2011 by Yahoo and Nielsen
Yahoo! Philippines and market research company Nielsen recently released the results of its Net Index 2011 study which, among others, “a shift from shared to private access” in how Filipinos…
Philippine Digital Strategy 2011-2016
The Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) led other government agencies, private sector representatives and other stakeholders in the launch of the Philippine Digital Strategy 2011-2016 on June 29,…
Winners of the first Red Cross Award for Humanitarian Reporting
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in the Philippines and its partners including the Peace and Conflict Journalism Network announced the winners of the first Red Cross Award…
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…
Full texts of pending ‘Cybercrime’ Prevention bills
While Filipino netizens are pressing government, Congress included, for action so we could finally have #betterinternet, some Members of Congress want to do something else: Launch a crackdown on vaguely-defined…
Facebook usage in the Philippines [Infographic]
How is the Philippines ranking in social networking on a global scale? Well, we Filipinos are way up in terms of number of users and how we use Facebook. What…
PH in grief, fury: President betrays, dishonors elite cops
Full credit goes to President BS Aquino for uniting the nation twice this week, but for the wrong reasons: First, in grief over the loss of 44 members of the…