The Administration is Blogging
Wednesday
Sep 7, 2005
Just learned that the Administration—or someone apparently linked
with, or is a fan of, the Arroyo Administration—is blogging at the Rational Sphere.
Blogging is a great P.R. tool. I guess Government is now learning it can be a great propaganda tool, too.
J. Angelo Racoma is a technology journalist and blogger. See more of his blog posts here at racoma.com.ph, commentaries at racoma.net, and Twitter feed at @jangelo.Impeachment nipped at the bud
Tuesday
Sep 6, 2005
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is spared impeachment by the House
of Representatives–at least within a year from the lodging of the
complaint at Congress.
The House of Representatives voted 158 to 51
(with six abstentions) in favor of a justice committee recommendation
to dismiss the impeachment cases against President Arroyo that include
alleged election fraud and graft and corruption. Leaders of the
Opposition camp in Congress warned that they will challenge this
decision at the Supreme Court. Meanwhile, demonstrators gathered in
protest of the House decision.
The Opposition camp has likewise promised more protest rallies to come. Bukluran para sa Katotohanan (Coalition for Truth), led by former President Corazon Aquino spearheads an anti-Arroyo signature campaign.
Tomorrow (Wednesday), two more protest rallies will be held, one at at the University of Sto. Tomas at noon, and another at the EDSA Shrine later at 4:00 p.m.
I’ll be expecting more announcements via email from various Opposition groups that had been doing the email-publicity rounds.
J. Angelo Racoma is a technology journalist and blogger. See more of his blog posts here at racoma.com.ph, commentaries at racoma.net, and Twitter feed at @jangelo.The Philippine Office of Civil Defense
Saturday
Aug 20, 2005
Chanced upon this via Google. The Office of Civil Defense of the Department of National Defense has a blog! Or at least their “news” page appears to be using a content management system commonly utilized in blogs (Mambo).
I’ll be watching. I hope they can frequently and regularly post updates. After all, it is part of their mandate to “… develop and coordinate a program for informing , educating and training
the general public, members of the disaster coordinating councils and
disaster control groups on civil defense and civil assistance measures …” especially in times of emergencies.
Blogging Gloriagate
Tuesday
Aug 2, 2005
iblogph.org’s iBlog mini on Blogging Gloriagate is just a day away. Expect me to be there (sans the ponytail of last May’s iBlog summit).
J. Angelo Racoma is a technology journalist and blogger. See more of his blog posts here at racoma.com.ph, commentaries at racoma.net, and Twitter feed at @jangelo.On August 4, 2005, from 9 am to 12 noon at the UP College of Law,
UP-ISP will be holding an iBlog Mini entitled: “Blogging Gloriagate†as
part of iBlog’s discussion series that intends to document the impact
of blogging in Philippine society.
Be not afraid
Saturday
Jul 30, 2005
I’m getting weirder emails by the minute. Just received
this message from “Be Not Afraid” movement on a symposium on “HOW
THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES
WERE CHEATED IN THE 2004 ELECTIONS,†to be held
this Friday, August 5. Details as follows:
- Time: August
5, 2005; 9:00-11:00am - Venue: BULWAGANG TANDANG SORA
Institute of Social
Work and Community Development (ISWCD)
University of the Philippines
Diliman, Quezon City
Check out http://www.888.ph for the movement’s website. Judging from
the sidebar, I’m getting a sense of who’s sponsoring this stuff.
But I reckon it’s an interesting discussion, so I’m posting it here.
Sponsor:
- BE NOT AFRAID Movement
Co-Sponsors:
- Public Administration
291 Class (under Prof. Edna Co), - Public Administration
231 Class and 239 Class (under Prof. Leonor Briones), and - College of Public Administration and Governance (CPAG),
- University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City
The National Symposium is intended to provide information
on how the people of the Philippines were cheated in the 2004 Elections and
take a consensus-for-action from an assembly of the leaders and representatives
of institutions, organizations and movements, NGO’s, civil society,
academe, business, labor groups, religous, studentry, diplomats and other
stake holders for the Filipino people.At
the end of the Symposium, the audience will
- Know and learn how the people of the Philippines
were cheated in the 2004 elections; how was it prepared, performed and
detected; and- Express their thoughts on how to develop the appropriate
courses of action.
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