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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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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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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RockEd Convenor Among ZTE Witness Lozada’s Citizen Escorts Thursday Morning
E. Eder @ February 7, 2008 # No Comment Yet
RockEd Philippines convenor and blogger Gang Badoy on Thursday morning joined concerned citizens who escorted ZTE scandal witness Rodolfo Noel Lozada to the Senate.
“I followed crucial witness Jun Lozada from his press conference at La Salle Greenhills until he was safely tucked into the Senate building premises,” Badoy wrote on her Multiply blog.
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MLQ3 Livetwits Speakership Coup vs. JDV
E. Eder @ February 6, 2008 # One Comment
Political blogger Manolo Quezon on Monday night reported the latest developments on the speakership row at the House of Representatives through his Twitter account.
From 5:28 pm to 9:42 pm, Quezon posted updates on the vote that resulted in the ouster of Speaker Jose de Venecia (Lakas-CMD) and the election of Davao City Rep. Prospero Nograles, [...]
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