Blogging Nation: Focus on PH
tonyo Blogging has become very big in the Philippines — so many communities, achievements, opportunities, challenges. Here is my presentation I shared at a workshop at 4M Forum Jakarta, held on…
September 2014
#NeverAgain: They’re just waiting for us to forget
Once upon a time, a President described himself as the best and most indispensable. He said no one else, except himself, could be trusted to continue his “good work.” He…
UP’s shame: Florencio Abad School of Economics
In separate statements, 23 professors of the the University of the Philippines’ School of Economics and the UPSE Student Council this week brought shame to the University by rejecting its…
The IGF and the ‘inconvenient’ ungovForum
A year after Edward Snowden exposed massive U.S. spying practices and just five months after Turkey blocked Twitter and YouTube which were used to spread voice and video recordings tagging…
Bridging the digital divide and the role of “market forces”
ISTANBUL – One of the topics in the ninth Internet Governance Forum here in Turkey is the “digital divide” or just how to connect the world’s citizens who remain unconnected…
Filipinos join #IGF2014 – but where’s the Aquino gov’t?
ISTANBUL – The ninth meeting of the Internet Governance Forum opened September 2nd and runs until the 5th here in this beautiful capital city of Turkey. Organizers said the Istanbul…
Join the battle for the internet
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…