Inquirer.net reports on Among Ed blog launch
Inquirer.net’s Erwin Oliva today reported about Among Ed Panlilio’s blog launch last Saturday:
MANILA, Philippines – Priest-turned-governor Ed Panlilio launched his blog this weekend to promote good governance.
With help from the Bloggers’ Kapihan, a group of Filipino bloggers, and his own people in Pampanga, Panlilio initiated his virtual conversation with constituents and the youth.
Read the full news article here and Erwin’s personal thoughts about it here.
Photos of Among Ed Panlilio’s blog launch
Here’s a slideshow of photos taken during Among Ed Panlilio’s blog launch yesterday, as well as the visits to the Pampanga arts center inside Holy Angels University and one of the many quarrying areas in Porac:
Alternatively, click here to view the album.
Find Among Ed’s blog here.
Photo credits should go to Bloggers Kapihan/Mark Baul.
Here is another slideshow (from Tonyo and Juli):
Shari also posted photos here, here and here.
Liveblogging the “Among Ed” blog launch in Pampanga
Please visit tonyocruz.com and aboutmyrecovery.com for attempts to liveblog the launch of Pampanga Gov. “Among Ed” Panlilio’s blog.
The Filipino blogosphere’s insipid aristocracy
We would like to share BK Crew member Tonyo Cruz‘ response to certain reactions to our efforts in welcoming Jun Lozada and Among Ed Panlilio to the blogsphere:
At the moment, I won’t link to these bloggers and their posts (because I’m sure you know them and they know themselves). What is important for me is to say that the Pinoy blogosphere aristocracy are just behaving as expected: aristocratic and elitist. Some would cry “repression!” only when its their own voices that are being muffled or muzzled. Some would gladly lay down a virtual red carpet for their own online writing projects on Philippine issues, but would demean the efforts of others. At other times, these clowns cry for “democracy” when all they really want to say is “listen to me only” or “listen to me first”. Some are fans of a near-total absence of online accountability. As to the threat of repression, the question of the need to fight repression is set aside by insinuations that the new ones may be inviting harm all by themselves (ain’t that the same “blame the victim” outlook which they also detest in posts elsewhere).
The entire post is at TonyoCruz.com.
Satur tells bloggers: ‘People Power, a tool to change govt’s that’s still available to people’
People Power remains a tool for social change that is available to a people who want to institute changes in government, said Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo in a Bloggers Kapihan on Saturday at Kape Tasyo in Anonas, Quezon City.
In his sharing with bloggers, Ocampo stressed that “Filipinos are not frustrated over People Power 2, but with the dismal and disappointing regime that came to power.”
He said that the source of frustration is that “People Power 2 was a fight against corrupt and immoral governance, but we were given a worse government by the very persons who composed the new government.”
Ocampo said that the “if ever People Power resulted in bad governance, we cannot blame the people who took part in the uprising. It remains an alternative way of instituting change.”
“People Power as a concept is always relevant,” Ocampo said, adding that “It remains a mechanism for people to express their sentiments when institutional processes fail them.”
