Spammers Attack Ellen Tordesillas’s Blog
E. Eder @ February 29, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Spam attacks yesterday temporarily downed the blog of journalist Ellen Tordesillas.
“I got several texts saying this blog was down. My administrator said it experienced unusually heavy spam attacks,” Tordesillas wrote on her blog after it went online again Thursday afternoon.
TonyoCruz.com reported that Tordesillas’s webhost has noticed “‘unusual’ and ‘abnormal’ number of spam being sent to [...]
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Gloria-Resign.net Releases 125×125 Web Banner
E. Eder @ February 26, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Gloria-Resign.net yesterday released a 125×125 Web banner that could be used by bloggers calling for President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to resign.
Gloria-Resign.net used the banner as its business card on the ad-exchange site Entrecard, and is encouraging other bloggers to post it on their sites.
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Anti-Arroyo Protests Go Online
E. Eder @ February 26, 2008 # 3 Comments
While thousands of protesters took to the streets yesterday to commemorate the 22nd anniversary of EDSA People Power Revolution and call for President Gloria Arroyo’s resignation, a number of bloggers echoed these sentiments in cyberspace.
Participants in the Gloria Resign blogswarm that was initiated by Jen Llarena of Etcetera Etcetera posted images and messages calling for [...]
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VisitSagada.com Now Open to Visitors
E. Eder @ February 26, 2008 # No Comment Yet
A group of Filipino bloggers on Sunday launched VisitSagada.com to promote Sagada, a town in Mountain Province, as a premier destination for adventure junkies.
Benj Espina of Atheista.net said the site will also “serve as a venue where people could showcase their experiences of Sagada through travel blog entries, images and other media that would [...]
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Lozada Ringtone Now Available for Download
E. Eder @ February 23, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The Lozada Souljaboy protest ringtone is now available for download at TonyoCruz.com and TXTPower.org.
TXTPower President Tonyo Cruz said the ringtone was created by the youth multimedia group Sipat as their contribution to YOUTH ACT NOW, a youth campaign for truth, accountability and meaningful change in the Philippines.
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Blogger Now in Filipino
E. Eder @ February 23, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Blogger — Google’s free blogging service — is now available in Filipino, according to Blogger Buzz.
The report also cited the “very strong blogging community in the Philippines,” saying Blogger is “very happy to support that and be a part of it.
It also linked to the blog of Aileen Apolo, Google’s representative in the Philippines
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Bikoy Runs for UP Student Council
E. Eder @ February 23, 2008 # One Comment
Blogger Victor Villanueva of Bikoy.net is running for councilor of the University of the Philippines-Diliman’s University Student Council.
Villanueva, a senior film student, filed his candidacy under the Student Alliance for the Advancement of Democratic Rights - UP (Stand UP), the largest political alliance in the university.
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Bloggers Attend Truth and Accountability Mass in Ateneo
E. Eder @ February 21, 2008 # One Comment
A number of bloggers attended Monday night’s truth and accountability mass at the Ateneo de Manila University in Quezon City.
Dine Racoma, the Philippine Blogosphere’s Sexy Mom, recounted how his son Vince offered to ZTE whistleblower Jun Lozada the St Ignatius Award Pin that he received during the year-end recognition day at the Ateneo High.
“Engr Lozada [...]
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Bloggers Discuss Libel Law
E. Eder @ February 16, 2008 # 3 Comments
More than a dozen Manila-based bloggers met Saturday morning at a coffee shop in Bonifacio Global City in Taguig to discuss libel laws and blogging.
“The libel must be given publicity, circulated or publicized. Postings in a forum, message board or blog can certainly be considered as publication,” lawyer-blogger Butch Dado said in a short lecture [...]
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Filipino Bloggers Meet and Greet HappySlip
E. Eder @ February 9, 2008 # One Comment
Filipino bloggers and fans of Christine Gambito, the Filipino-American cybercelebrity popularly known as HappySlip, met her in two meet-and-greet events this week.
Participants in the gatherings held on Thursday and Friday at the Mag:net Cafe in Bonifacio Global City in Taguig were able to briefly chat with Gambito and have photos taken with her. HappySlip prizes [...]
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