politics + tech + advocacy
Members of online community PinoyPSP quietly launched this week a web ad campaign titled “PSP is better than sex”, featuring photos of Sony Playstation Portable users in provocative poses while playing their favorite handheld. The photo set by amateur photographer Mark Baul of darckedesigns has received compliments from members of the Digital Photographer Philippines online […]
MoreHere are photos I took when we went to see and cover the reported use of indelible ink at the National Food Authority warehouse in Legazpi City. I’ve never seen anything like this. I was part of a generation who were made to believe (and believed!) in elementary school that the Philippines was one of […]
MoreHere’s a slideshow of some photos sent to this blogger/journalist by the Gloria Step Down Movement-Hong Kong chapter and the Hong Kong Campaign for the Advancement of Human Rights and Peace in the Philippines (HKCAHRPP), the groups spearheading the protests during President Arroyo’s visit to HK: More photos below, this time by Reuters and Associated […]
MoreHere are photos from wire agencies as posted on Yahoo! News. All rights belong to these photographers and/or the news outlets they belong to Romeo Ranoco (Reuters) and Bullit Marquez (Associated Press).
MoreThanks to Yahoo News!, we can see photos taken by wire agencies Associated Press, Reuters and Agence France Presse and which they dispatched to newspapers and other media outlets across the world. Full credit goes to the following photographers: Bullit Marquez, Pat Roque, Cheryl Ravelo, Darren Whiteside, John Javellana and Romeo Ranoco, and their respective […]
MoreToday, thousands of farmers from all over Luzon will be marching to Mendiola to press their demand for authentic land reform. They deserve all our help and support. If your house , school or office is along the route of their march from the DAR office to Mendiola, express your admiration for them. Give them […]
MorePeople Power remains a tool for social change that is available to a people who want to institute changes in government, said Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo in a Bloggers Kapihan on Saturday at Kape Tasyo in Anonas, Quezon City. In his sharing with bloggers, Ocampo stressed that “Filipinos are not frustrated over People Power […]
More“My most favorite, dearest dog Poofy Silverio died last night at 1130PM of organ failure. She was 7 years old & 5 months old. She was much loved & will be deeply missed.” Thus read my good friend Ina’s text message this morning. I am sure she’s mightily depressed, devastated even. I wonder how Kim […]
MoreHere are some photos (courtesy of the Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines) taken during the protest on Dec. 5 at a Four Seasons Hotel at Hamilton Place, Park Lane where President Arroyo was holding a meeting. The protesters assailed President Arroyo over her human rights record, and demanded government action for senior carers […]
MoreAll sorts of people — rich and poor, gay and straight, discreet and overt, etc. — joined the Pride March 2007 in Malate, Manila. Twas not about violating public morals. Twas not about pushing the limits. Twas about reminding the nation that lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgendered people are people too, and that the quest […]
MoreHere are some photos we took at the 2007 Pride March held today at Malate. More photos tomorrow.
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