Bloggers Kapihan Leads Blog Action Day on Poverty in the Philippines

Cyberspace group Bloggers Kapihan has called on Filipino bloggers all over the world to join the Blog Action Day 2008 on Oct. 15 by taking on the issue of poverty through text, photos, music and podcasts, video and microblogging.

The event website is at Blog Action Day 2008 where Bloggers Kapihan posted instructions and resources for interested bloggers.

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Philippine Blog Awards Recognizes Top Filipino Bloggers

By TONYO CRUZ

Applause, cheers and the never-ending flicker of camera lights welcomed the country’s top bloggers at the 2nd Philippine Blog Awards held September 21 at glitzy rites held at 1Esplanade near SM Mall of Asia.

Some bloggers came in formal attire, while others came in smart casual wear, but no one seemed to mind. Everyone was up on their toes on who were chosen by the judges, mostly bloggers too, as the best across 36 categories.

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UP Students’ Food Blog Tops 2008’s Emerging Influential List

MANILA FOODISTAS, a food blog by eight University of the Philippines students, was named last night as 2008’s top emerging influential blog.

Other winners in the Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs in 2008 project are Filipino Voices, a group blog on news and politics; Visit Sagada, a travel blog; Missing Carlo, a sister’s tribute to her brother who has autism; Mar Roxas 2010, a campaign site for Liberal Party Sen. Mar Roxas;

You Got Tech, a technology blog for non-techies; The Talented DJ Montano, an Australian’s controversial blog about his ex-lover; food blog Davao Delicious, which tied with Music Picks by a Music Lover Blogger in the eight place; Bariles Republic, a guide to General Santos City and personal blog Fritzified; and Bloggers Da Who, a blind item blog about bloggers.

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Bloggers File Complaint-in-Intervention in Arroyo Impeachment Case

November 16, 2008 | 2 Comments
By E. Eder

A page on the complaint-in-intervention filed by bloggers in the Arroyo impeachment case.

Political bloggers led by Manuel Quezon III on Wednesday asked the House of Representatives to include the scrapped Bangsamoro Juridical Entity (BJE) agreement in the impeachment complaint against President Arroyo.

Joining Quezon as signatories to the complaint-in-intervention were bloggers Marck Ronald Rimorin, Edwin Lacierda, Jeremy I. Gatdula, Arbet W. Bernardo, Maria A. Jose, and Richard M. Rivera.

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Digital Filipino Web Awards 2008 Winners Announced

November 8, 2008 | 3 Comments
By E. Eder

E-commerce research site DigitalFilipino.com has announced the winners of its Web Awards 2008 in a recognition ceremony held on November 5, Wednesday at the Taste Asia in Mall of Asia, Pasay City.

Dine Racoma’s The D Spot bagged the award in the personal blog category, while Dexter Panganiban’s Tech at Hand won in the professional blog category.

The Belo Medical Group Blog was selected as this year’s best corporate blog. More on page 136

A Very Clear Halloween

November 6, 2008 | 1 Comment
By Lad Madrigal

This is already a late post but we can’t get enough of it so we’ll post it anyway.

Last October 31, Clear Anti-Dandruff Shampoo in cooperation with SM Hypermarket, gave bloggers the Halloween party they’ve all been waiting for. Held at Taste Asia in Mall of Asia, the Clear Black Night Halloween Dance Party was definitely the shiznit event of the season.

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