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.
Among Ed’s blog launched
“There is a crisis of hope in our country today. Many of our people have lost sight of a better future, consoling themselves of the fact that they are still surviving in the here and now…But by your rants and raves, be voices of hope, upholding the good and condemning the evil with equal force.”
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.
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.
Invitation to Among Ed Panlilio’s blog launch
Where: Executive House, Provincial Capitol, City of San Fernando, Pampanga
When: June 7, 2008, Saturday, 10:00am
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)
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.
