Free posters: Take a stand to #StopLumadKillings
tonyo Thanks to crowdsourced suggestions, here are 40 posters to show your stand in support of Lumads and to #StopLumadKillings. Curious about the Lumad issue? Check out the Lumad Reader: What…
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#PapalVisitPH: Pope Francis sets Twitter records in Philippine visit
Pope Francis’ recent visit to the Philippines, long considered the world’s social media capital, “set several Twitter records”, despite orders of the government to take down cellular and mobile data…
Take 5 as BlogWatch turns 5
Conventional wisdom today would say that an assembly of bloggers is like cats and dogs put together in one tiny space. We are said to be too feisty and too…
How is social media changing ASEAN?
Together with colleague Delwin Keasberry, a.k.a. @BruneiTweet and the man behind Projek Brunei, we led a master class with the same title at the ASEAN100 Leadership Forum on Sept. 29,…
On Social Media Day, President Aquino dumps CICT
The Office of the President announced the abolition of the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) today — World Social Media Day and the second day of the National…
Facebook usage in the Philippines [Infographic]
How is the Philippines ranking in social networking on a global scale? Well, we Filipinos are way up in terms of number of users and how we use Facebook. What…
Social media vs. corruption – or why I’m going to Bangkok
On November 10-13, a number of world leaders, economists and activists, and advocates of good governance would gather in Bangkok, Thailand for the 14th International Anti-Corruption Conference. The conference convenors…
#juanvote: Filipinos launch first internet-powered election coverage network
tonyo Netizens packed Krispy Kreme Ayala Avenue on May 8 to formally launch #juanvote, arguably the first internet-powered citizens’ coverage of the 2010 elections.
The Philippines’ social media, internet and mobile statistics
More and more Filipinos are going online and forming their social networks and here are the numbers that show this reality.
Alan Soon: Tips for using social media in election coverage
Alan Soon, Yahoo! Southeast Asia managing editor, today spoke at the Yahoo! Philippines forum on social media and shared his insights on the role of social media in the elections…
PH in grief, fury: President betrays, dishonors elite cops
Full credit goes to President BS Aquino for uniting the nation twice this week, but for the wrong reasons: First, in grief over the loss of 44 members of the…