TONYO CRUZ

Month: September 2013

  • Pork ain’t good: Social media for social change in PH

    Social Good Summit 2013 gets underway in Manila today, Sept. 21, and in the next few hours and days in over 120 other cities across the globe. The objective is fairly simple but important: Find new, innovative ways of using social media and technology for social good and social change. In the Philippines, social media…

  • 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 by: Senators Angara, A. Cayetano, Ejercito, Escudero, Guingona, Honasan, Legarda, Osmena, and Trillanes. I made and delivered the following remarks: Honorable Senator Grace Poe, other honorable Members of…

  • A year after Cybercrime Law, netizens take #ForwardMarch vs. pork barrel system

    Exactly a year ago today, on Sept. 12, 2012, President BS Aquino III quietly signed the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 into law. For many, President Aquino’s signing of the new law displayed either his ignorance of the developing role of the Internet and social media in our way of life as Filipinos or a…

  • Keep the faith, sign up and #ForwardMarch to #AbolishPork

    After the Million People March, the fight continues for so many reasons. We have yet to meet our goals. The President continues to defend and to lie about the pork barrel system. Janet Lim Napoles and her co-conspirators have yet to be charged with plunder. Social services and important infrastructure projects have yet to receive…