What is e-Leksyon? e-Leksyon is a website and mobile application launched by Commission on Elections (Comelec) with main function of helping the people become acquainted, knowledgeable, and capacitated with matters regarding the upcoming elections. Who Created e-Leksyon? The 2 e-Leksyon platforms were created by Comelec and Bitoopi, Smart Communications’ circle of burgeoning programmers. The platforms were created voluntarily for the ... Read More »
Category Archives: Politics
Cebu Bloggers Society Co-Organizes Social Media Influencers Summit
March 16, 2013 will mark another first for the Cebu Bloggers Society as they they co-organized the Social Media Influencers Summit together with iNewMedia Online Network. For the past few years, social media has now taken the front row seat when it comes to knowing the latest news, the funniest photos, the most trending and most viral subjects one could ever imagine. ... Read More »
Filipino Blogosphere and Political Participation Forum in Cebu
Adam Nisbet, in his paper “Online Networks and Political Participation within the Public Sphere” for Georgetown University, had said it so eloquently: online networks have contributed greatly to “deliberative democracy” because they allow everyone to have his or her own voice. Moreover, online media platforms such as blogs increase the level of participation as they give Internet users the ability ... Read More »
Chairman Bayani Fernando Up-close
“I have decided to run,” declared Chairman Bayani Fernando when asked if he considers to run as president in 2010. Fernando recently visited Cebu and spent a fraction of his time meeting some Cebu bloggers and student writers and leaders. If his party, Lakas-Kampi CMD, will endorse an outsider (Noli de Castro) or a newcomer (Sec. Gilbert Teodoro), will he ... Read More »
Cebu Bloggers Society Meets Senator Mar Roxas
Last June 11, 2009, Cebu Bloggers Society came face to face with Senator Mar Roxas in Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, IT Park for a casual meet up. Roxas was in Cebu to attend a business forum organized by the Makati Business Club and the Cebu Business Club in Marco Polo Plaza Hotel. In addition, there was also fellow senator and 2010 presidentiable ... Read More »
Senator Mar Roxas’ stand on Charter Change
This afternoon, I was googling (searching online) on the latest news about US President-elect Barack Obama’s upcoming Cabinet selection. Then, as I was surfing in Google News about Senator Mar Roxas, I saw this article from the online edition of The News Today, a daily newspaper based in Iloilo City and circulated in the entire Western Visayas region. A businessman from Pontevedra, Capiz named Erin ... Read More »