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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 elite Special Action Force (SAF) in a bloody operation he approved; and second, in fury, over the chief executive’s snubbing of the arrival honors at Villamor Air Base […]
More#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 signals everywhere he went. By the time he arrives in the Vatican, the Pope will see that Filipinos not only gave him the biggest Papal event in history […]
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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, 2011 at the Shangrila Hotel in Makati City, Philippines. Here is the presentation I shared at the master class:
MoreOn 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 ICT Summit 2011. Today is also President Noynoy Aquino’s first year in office. Tech news portal Newsbytes reports that many in the ICT are shocked […]
MoreFacebook 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 better way to illustrate this than through an infographic,
MoreSocial 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 have seen it fit to invite eight social media and journalism folks from around the world
More#juanvote: Filipinos launch first internet-powered election coverage network
Netizens packed Krispy Kreme Ayala Avenue on May 8 to formally launch #juanvote, arguably the first internet-powered citizens’ coverage of the 2010 elections.
MoreThe 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.
MoreAlan 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 and in news-gathering. In his talk titled “The NOW revolution”, Soon shared his eight tips for covering the elections, the social media way:
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