• {caffeine_sparks}: Cyberprotest Blogaction Day against Conass
• adarna’s attic: A Legacy of Bribes, Betrayal and Blatant Corruption
• Alleba Politics: Blog Action Day 2009: No To Con-Ass
• Anak ni Edring: July 26 is Blog Action Day vs. #conass
• ang lungga ng babaeng otes: Hihikab ka lang ba sa bahay mo? o Hihiyaw na…
• Ang Sa Wari Ko: Blog Action Day: No To Charter Change! #conass
• Apol the Great: Goodbye Gloria, Hello Pagbabago!
• as is: BAD Day for Gloria in HK
• ch_ar_me: Dahil dapat lang na manindigan ako.
• Digiputz.com: Nothing short of humiliating
• Digital Manila: Blog Action Day for Real Change & SONA 2009
• ederic@cyberspace: Bakit nga ba ayaw natin sa #conass?
• Filipino Voices: Remembering ConAss
• inghinyero.com: Blog Action Day: ConAss My Ass
• JuanDerPul PINOY: Blog Action Day: No To ConAss
• kamalayan:  (15.) do bad against con-ass!
• Lakan’s Blog: In Support to Blog Action Day 2009 – Condemn Con-Ass!
• Manual to Lyf: Blah Blah Blogs: Ayoko ng Chacha! hmph!
• MenardConnect.com: July 26, 2009 is Blog Action Day
• MGA KATHANG KATOTOHANAN: Break through the Wall
• New Philippine Revolution: No to CON-ASS in SONA
• Newz Around Us: We Join the Cyberprotest, Blog Action Day vs. #conass
• Pagod Ka Na Bang Maging Si Juan?: Pagod Na si Juan sa Con-Ass!
• Radical Pinoy: “Conasse” means…
• The Four-eyed Journal: Blog Action Day: No to #conass
• The Marocharim Experiment:  Enough
• The Philippines and Beyond: Cyberprotest, Blog Action Day vs. #con-ass
• tonyocruz.com: Bring it on, Mrs. Arroyo. Filipinos raring to kick your #conass.
• Topics of surprising obscurity and variety of other small concerns…:  NO to Constitutional Assembly !!

Pre-Blog Action Day posts:

• adarna’s attic:  Cyberprotest, Blog Action Day vs. #con-ass sa July 26
• and life will never be the same: Cyberprotest, Blog Action Day vs. #con-ass tomorrow July 26
• Emj Travel and Photography Blog: Cyberprotest, Blog Action Day vs. #con-ass tomorrow July 26
• eXpress muah: Change
• Kenneth Mendoza: Blog Action Day vs Con-Ass
• myepinOy’s bLOG: Philippines: You saw it coming and yet you did Nothing!
• tonyocruz.com: Filipino bloggers set July 26 as Blog Action Day for real change, not charter change
• TXTPower: Philippines holds Cyberprotest, Blog Action Day on July 26 vs. ConAss

On Twitter: #conass

On Plurk: #conass

On Facebook: Pilipinas Kontra Conass

Blog Action Day

A day before Arroyo’s State of the Nation Address, bloggers, netizens, and Facebook and Multiply users will show their condemnation of Arroyo’s plans to convene the House of Representatives into a constituent assembly. They will simultaneously post anti-Cha-cha blog posts and messages on their blogs and social networking sites.

Those who can’t join EB will participate in the Blog Action Day by posting entries about con-ass on their blogs.

Isang araw bago ang SONA ni Pangulong Gloria Arroyo, ipahayag at ikalat natin sa Internet ang ating pagtutol sa con-ass na niluluto ng mga kaalyado niyang mambabatas para sa sarili nilang kapakinabangan.

Inaanyayahan ng Bloggers Kapihan ang lahat ng mga Pilipinong netizen na makiisa sa cyberprotest at Blog Action Day vs. #conass sa Linggo, Hulyo 26, 2009.

Sa araw na iyon, isulat natin sa ating mga websites, blogs, at status updates kung bakit ayaw natin sa con-ass.

Mag-blog tayo tungkol sa con-ass at gamitin ang blog action day web banners sa ibaba at ang anti-con-ass banners sa NoToConAss.com

Narito ang mga iba pang iminumungkahi naming gawin natin sa Linggo:

• Online petition. Lumagda sa Kabataan Kontra Cha-cha online petition.
• Text vs con-ass. Ipada sa 09071134503 ang message sa ganitong format: [no2conass] [space] [your message].
• Facebook groups at causes. Sumali sa groups at causes gaya ng Pilipinas Kontra Con-Ass, No to Con-Ass!, at Stop Con-Ass Now!.

Kung balak ninyong sumali sa cyberprotest day, mag-comment lamang sa ibaba.

Paki-link din sa post na ito sa inyong blog post sa Linggo.

Blog action day buttons:

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Kami sa Bloggers Kapihan ay nagagalak na isang aktibong ka-blog namin ang unang kinatawan ng mga kabataan sa Kongreso. Madala sana ni Rep. Mong ang mga usaping pambayang tinatalakay sa Philippine blogosphere.

Inaasahan din naming magsusulong siya policies na patuloy na susuporta sa malayang pagpapahayag at malayang Internet sa Pilipinas at makatutulong siya sa pagpapalawak ng access ng mga kabataan sa mga makabagong teknolohiyang pangkomunikasyon.

Matagal na dapat nanumpa si Mong bilang kinatawan ng mga kabataan sa Kongreso. Dapat ay naiproklama na siya noong pang 2007 sapagkat nakuha ng Kabataan Party ang kinakailangang bilang at bahagdan ng boto. Sana’y di ito muling mangyari sa isang taon — kung kailan inaasahan naming muling magwawagi ang Kabataan.

MAKATI CITY, Philippines – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) invited bloggers and students last week to try out the automated systems that will be used in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) elections in August.

Initiated by members of Bloggers’ Kapihan , 20 students and bloggers participated in mock elections, where actor Pierce Brosnan won as regional governor for ARMM over mock candidates Kevin Costner, Leonardo DiCaprio, Harrison Ford, Mel Gibson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Al Pacino and Sharon Stone.

Basahin ang buong report.

When: July 19, Saturday, 1:00pm – 3:30pm

Where: Comelec Automated Electoral System Information Office, ground floor, Palacio del Gobernador Bldg. Intramuros, Manila (near Manila Cathedral)

The Commission on Elections will give a special briefing on poll automation to 20+ bloggers on July 19.

Comelec and its technology suppliers will conduct actual trainings on the usage of electronic voting machines and automated counting machines. Video presentations and tutorials will also be shown. The voting machines will be used in the ARMM elections next month.

The briefing will also be an opportunity to hear the feedback of voters and bloggers about the poll automation program of Comelec.

Program

1:00 Opening remarks – Mr. James Jimenez, Comelec Spokesperson

1:05 Comelec presentation

2:40 Reaction from Bloggers’ Kapihan

2:45 Open Forum

Due to limited seat, we urge the interested participants to send an email to mongpalatino[at]gmail[dot]com.

With much optimism for youth involvement in shaping the conscience of the nation, Gov. Panlilio, more popularly known as Among Ed, led the launching of his blogsite (www.amonged.org/blog) before a young crowd from the Manila-based Bloggers’ Kapihan and the Pampanga Youth Council. The event was held on June 7 (Saturday) at the Executive House of the Pampanga Provincial Capitol.

In the forum that preceded the launching, Jhay Rocas, a Bloggers’ Kapihan Crew and youth leader from De La Salle University-Dasmariñas spoke on blogging for good governance. “While good governance is a relatively new concept in Philippine politics and we have yet to really experience it,” he said, “we get glimpses of it every now and then in leaders like Among Ed. With the emergence of a new media (through blogging and the net), we now have greater access to information and people are more free to express their opinions and sentiments.” He added that the internet is not just for entertainment and recreation but also for involvement in serious matters like good governance. Angelica Guevarra, a youth leader from the Pampanga Youth Council also spoke on responsible citizenship.

Among Ed’s blogsite project was conceptualized in April as soon as the priest-turned-governor’s campaign website went off-line. In response to public clamor for news and updates about Among Ed and his leadership of Pampanga, volunteers from the Creative Team and the Kapampangan Marangal. Inc. (KMI) worked to transform the campaign website to a more dynamic and interactive site

“Blogging has, in recent years, emerged as a primary means of self-expression among individuals all over the world, most especially the youth. It is an excellent way of getting people to reflect and discern on matters affecting their lives. The idea of maximizing its potentials to influence others about important concerns such as politics and social development is fast gaining ground in the midst of various crises confronting societies here and elsewhere. It is essential for the one who governs and the ones being governed to communicate and engage in a frequent dialogue to make good governance happen,” says KMI Executive Director Averell Laquindanum. Among Ed is believed to be the first Governor in the country to open and launch a blogsite.

Yesterday’s launching was a joint undertaking of KMI and the Provincial Capitol, in cooperation with Bloggers’ Kapihan, Pampanga Youth Council, Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co., and the University of the Assumption. (KMI)

Bloggers’ Kapihan will participate and help in the launching of Pampanga Governor Among Ed Panlilio’s blog this Saturday.

The blog will be a platform to promote good governance in the province. Among Ed will also report his accomplishments as governor of Pampanga

Bloggers, journalists, students and other interested individuals and groups are encouraged to join the activity.

Free transportation and food will be provided to thirty (30) Manila-based bloggers. If you’re interested in joining the trip to Pampanga, please email mongpalatino@gmail.com.

(Itinerary, options for the tour, and program on the next page)

Itinerary:

8:00 – 8:30 a.m. – Assembly time for Manila-based bloggers (Pick-up point: Petron gas station, Philcoa, Q.C. – near entrance to UP Diliman)

8:30 a.m. – Departure for the City of San Fernando
10:00 – Arrival at the Capitol; Start of the Forum
12:00 – Lunch at the Capitol
1:00 – Start of Tour

Options for the Tour:

A)
1st Stop – Betis Church
2nd Stop – Betis Crafts
3rd Stop – Juan D. Nepomuceno Center for Kapampangan Studies

B)
1st Stop – Juan D. Nepomuceno Center for Kapampangan Studies
2nd Stop – Porac Quarry Sites/Courtesy Call and Dialogue with Manibaug Barangay Council re: Quarrying

5:00 p.m. – Departure for Manila
Drop-off Point: Trinoma Mall, Q.C.

Program:

• Audio-visual Presentation on Pampanga and the Panlilio Administration’s accomplishments to date
• Pampanga Politics and Good Governance – Gov. Eddie T. Panlilio
• Responsible Citizenship and Today’s Youth – Ms. Angelica Guevarra, Youth Leader
• Blogging for Good Governance – Mr. Jhay Rocas, Bloggers’ Kapihan crew and student leader from De La Salle University – Dasmariñas
• Launching of Among Ed’s Blogsite
• Open Forum

He is now blogging at www.jlozada.com, and his first entry is a message to the Filipino youth.

Special thanks goes to Dohn Nalumen Jr., the Kape Tasyo staff, and the College Editors’ Guild of the Philippines.

Below are media reports on the event:

• Jun Lozada launches blog aimed at youth
  by Erwin Oliva, INQUIRER.net

• Lozada brings fight to cyberspace, launches blog
  by Trina Lagura, abs-cbnNEWS.com

There will be free coffee and wifi. You may bring your friends.