February 2012
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January 2012
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Noli Me Tangere
Watch out for the Noli Me Tangere Tweet Serye by the Tweetro @AngKatipunan and the tweetspians of the @DeadHeroesSocPH.Soon!
@BishopDamaso, fake Twitter account of fictional character Padre Damaso:
- @tweetnirizal Puro kayo salita! Ang may kapasidad at may kaya naman ay WALANG GINAGAWA. Di tulad ng mga ALIPORES ko na SILENT WORKERS. Haha!
- Walang Lechon ngayon sa aming hapag, kailangan ko munang pagtiisan itong Hamon… Nakalulungkot na hapunan ngunit kailangang magsacrificio!
- @tweetnirizal Panahon mo...
Tweets of the Week: Dead Heroes via www.spot.ph
@tweetnirizal, fake Twitter account of Philippine National Hero Jose Rizal:
- Fact:Since 1960,the CBCP has been exerting influence & coercive powers to prevent any RH programme in PHL that involve use of contraceptives
- The major factor that setback the natl.family planning & RH program of govt is the opposition of the CBCP..50 yrs ago & nothing has changed.
- The...
Andres Bonifacio and the 1896 Revolution →
Philippine History for the People
Rizal’s 1st monument ‘soaked’ in blood of martyrs →
Melchora Aquino aka @BatangSora →
“Happy 17th Birthday,Maxine!”
– from the Ghosts of the The Dead Heroes Society
Rizal dies on Twitter
By Ivy Jean Vibar, abs-cbnNEWS.com Posted at 12/30/2011 10:47 AM | Updated as of 12/30/2011 3:21 PM MANILA, Philippines -
“A black suit and a derby hat on my execution day,” Jose Rizal tweeted as he prepared to be brought to Bagumbayan. Or he would have, if he lived in today’s day and age. Since he died over a century ago, someone else is tweeting in his place. Bloggers recreated...
December 2011
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With A Smile
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Manifesto to certain Filipinos
Fellow countrymen: Upon my return from Spain I learned that my name was being used as a rallying cry by some who had taken up arms. This information surprised and grieved me but thinking that the whole affair was finished, I refrained from commenting on something that could no longer be...
Fact Checking Santa Claus →
futurejournalismproject:
The Physics of Santa and His Reindeer
Not to be a buzz kill but… Via Snopes (and with apologies for quoting in its entirety):
No known species of reindeer can fly. BUT there are 300,000 species of living organisms yet to be classified, and while most of these are insects and germs, this does not COMPLETELY rule out flying reindeer which only Santa has ever seen.
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November 2011
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October 2011
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RH, the economy, and critical lessons →
Yellow Pad by Lila Ramos Shahani
Debates on the controversial Reproductive Health (RH) bill have become increasingly heated in recent months. In a nutshell, anti-RH votes are impelled by a combination of conservative moral doctrine and realpolitik considerations. RH advocates study, with deepening concern, our worsening economic performance and the crushing poverty throughout the archipelago.
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September 2011
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So wrong
Arguments against the reproductive health bill have evolved. The good thing is that purely religious ones are now rarely used. These are now masked with “scientific” data. The bad thing is that these new arguments are so wrong.
We hear anti-RH legislators like Rep. Mitos Magsaysay and Senator Vicente Sotto say that a reproductive health bill is not needed because other laws and policies are...
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August 2011
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There’s The Rub: Dumating na ang araw n’yo →
By: Conrado de Quiros
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Tapos na nga ang Linggo ng Wika, pero hindi pa rin naman tapos ang Buwan ng Wika, pwede pang ihabol ito. At kahit na kantong Tagalog pa rin lang ang alam ko, pipilitin kong mabigyang anyo ang nararamdaman ng bayan ngayon. Baka nga mas angkop ang salitang kanto para dito.
Dalawang taon na ang nakakaraan mula ng sinulat ko ang “May araw din kayo”...
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Virtual marks, real change by Move.PH →
Saturday, August 27, 2011 at 6:27pm
By Ayee Macaraig
MANILA, Philippines — In what seemed like a huge tweetup (i.e. meet-up of people on Twitter), the Philippines’ top netizens gathered in the Globe Tatt Awards to honor the best personalities in virtual networks and push for change in the real world.
The first Tatt Awards recognized ten individuals who made a strong impact on...