A big number of bloggers attended today’s WordCamp Philippines at the De La Salle-College of St. Benilde in Manila. Touted as the first such event in Southeast Asia, the event is now part of local blogging and internet history.

Keynote speaker was Matt Mullenweg, Mr. WordPress himself, who had an instant rapport with the admiring audience of Filipino bloggers.

Here are news items published since Tuesday, regarding TXTPower’s views on President Arroyo’s claim that she has lowered text rates to a mere 50 centavos: