TONYO CRUZ

Category: Events

  • Anti-Arroyo, anti-Chacha rally on June 10

    Everyone’s invited to: Please repost in your blog and attend this important event.

  • US conference applauds Pinoy texting power

    Yes, folks, our sophisticated use of cellphones makes Filipinos a star here in the Los Angeles conference I’m attending. Speaking at the Beyond Broadcast 2009 plenary session yesterday (Thursday in Manila), I shared how we make use of mobile phones for pro-consumer and pro-people ends. Read more about it at the TXTPower website. I’ve met…

  • Event alert! A forum exclusively for Manila bloggers!

    Bloggers in Metro Manila and nearby areas are invited to: “Nakamamatay na Pagbubuntis: Makialam, Makiisa, Tumulong” A forum with bloggers and reproductive health advocates on Tuesday, June 2, 2009, at 4:30 PM at Centerstage Alfresco, 2nd Floor, CTTM Square, Timog corner Tomas Morato Avenues, Q.C.  

  • iBlog5 5th Philippine Blogging Summit at UP Diliman

    Hundreds trooped to the University of the Philippines on Saturday for the iBlog5 5th Philippine Blogging Summit, including my old and new friends friends in the Philippine blogosphere.

  • Remembering Philippine labor’s heroes Felixberto Olalia, Crispin Beltran

    Today is Labor Day. Perhaps one of great ways to mark this day is to remember some of the greatest leaders of Labor in the Philippines, those who inspired and were themselves inspired by laborers and workers. They who lived and died as paupers, but gained the respect and admiration of the common Pinoy.

  • Meet Mong Palatino, first elected youth representative in Philippine Congress

    Raymond Palatino is set to make history in a matter of days when we expect him to take his oath as the first elected youth representative in Congress where he will carry the colors of Kabataan Party. Mong, as he is more popularly and fondly known, invites everyone to an afternoon of coffee and conversation…

  • PCIJ, Newsbreak hold workshop on reporting human rights issues and extrajudicial killings

    What do the Alabang, Paranaque and Quezon City incidents, the Kuratong Baleleng rubout, the suspicious slays of crusading journalists and the murders of nearly a thousand activists have in common? They are all arguably extrajudicial or extralegal killings — deliberate murders of individuals by elements or agents of the state, with approval or sanction by superiors,…

  • Francis Magalona is dead; Long live the King of Pinoy rap!

    Francis Magalona is dead. He succumbed to leukemia this morning at the Medical City hospital. Vic Sotto, host of noontime show Eat Bulaga where Magalona was a cast member, made the announcement during the program. This page requires a higher version browserFor the latest Philippine news stories and videos, visit GMANews.TV Magalona’s family is expected…

  • Joey de Venecia III to appeal CA dismissal of his habeas data petition

    From the email loop, Joey de Venecia III announced that he will move to appeal a Court of Appeals ruling that junked his petition for habeas data: All legal remedies have not yet been exhausted. They will be. Businessman Joey de Venecia III said he learned of the Court of Appeals decision dismissing his case…

  • Unmasking the myth of reciprocity: Visiting Forces Agreement

    Everyone’s invited to a forum on the Visiting Forces Agreement tomorrow March 3, 2009, 1:00 to 4:00 pm at Malcolm Hall, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City. Speakers include: Senator Francis Pangilinan, Dean Pacifico Agabin, Atty. Evalyn Ursua,

  • ‘Selected Writings of Jose Ma. Sison’ to be launched Feb. 19

    As the world searches for solutions to the global economic crisis, Prof. Jose Ma. Sison publishes his views on politics and the economy, on democracy and socialism and on the problem that is imperialist globalization. This is another step forward for Prof. Sison and the national democratic movement as they offer help to the country…

  • Newly-freed labor lawyer to launch book today

    Released from prison only last Feb. 5, a victim of trumped-up charges by the administration, labor rights lawyer Remigio Saladero Jr. will personally launch his book “Husgahan Natin” today, Feb. 13, 1:00-4:00 pm at Popular Bookstore, Tomas Morato corner Timog Avenue, Quezon City. From Stuff

  • Tribute to Piston leader Medardo Roda on Feb. 14

    Everyone is invited to attend a public tribute in honor of Medardo “Ka Roda” Roda on Feb. 14, 2009, 4:30 pm at the garden of  Bulwagang Bonifacio (SOLAIR), UP Diliman. From Stuff

  • Chossudovsky to discuss global economic crisis in Manila forum

    What ails the global economy? Why did we plunge into this crisis? Whodunnit? What alternatives are available to us?  Join noted economics professor Michel Chossudovsky as he helps local academics and activists answer these questions in two events on Monday, February 9 at the De La Salle University in Manila:

  • Change quickly comes to the White House website

    At around noon time Tuesday in Washington DC, Barack Obama became President and immediately brought change to America: Obama’s web team swiftly revamped the White House website. The redesigned website reflects the simplicity of Obama’s campaign portal.

  • Full text: Inaugural speech of President Barack Obama

    Barack Obama delivered the following inaugural speech on Jan. 20 in Washington DC where a huge crowd witnessed him take his oath as the 44th president of the United States and the country’s first black Chief Executive. In his first act as president, Obama proclaimed his inaugural day as National Day of Renewal and Reconciliation.…

  • Live streaming of Barack Obama’s inaugural

    Barack Obama will be sworn in today as the first black president and as the 44th chief executive of the United States. Millions are going to watch it live: Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Other live-streaming sites:

  • Alliance to hold forum on Poznan climate change talks

    With killer floods hitting Cagayan de Oro and the sights and sounds of powerful typhoons that wrought havoc on Luzon still fresh in our memories, here’s something that should enrich our knowledge and compel us to take action: The Philippine Climate Watch Alliance (PCWA) invites the media and the public to a forum on the…

  • Goodbye 2008 — and thank you

    As 2008 quickly fades away, I’d like to pause and remember to thank those to those who made my year great. Now is the time to say my thanks.

  • CPP marks 40 years of leading the national democratic revolution

    Dec. 26 this year will be a red-letter day 40 times over as communists, socialists, national democrats and their sympathizers mark the 40th anniversary of the Communist Party of the Philippines. One thing that cannot be denied about the CPP is that it offers a comprehensive program on how it wishes to bring changes to…

  • Merry Christmas 2008!

    To my online and offline friends and to everyone: May you all have a very merry Christmas! Christmas is a happy time indeed. While we are taught that Easter is the greatest Christian feast, for many Filipinos, Christmas is the happiest and we mark it through song. Together, let us celebrate our boundless hope and…

  • Stop Gloria’s Chacha now! — Invitation to the Dec. 12 rally

    Everyone’s invited to tomorrow’s rally versus the Charter Change Redux of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo! Here is the invitation from organizers: Dear Friends and Concerned Citizens, Greetings of peace in these turbulent and uncertain times! Recent moves in the House of Representatives by no less than Speaker Prospero Nograles and other administration allies to railroad their…