The first automated election in the Philippines It’s final. No more doubts, no more suspicions. The final batch of Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) Systems has already been delivered. Smartmatics hit its target without delay. And the Philippines will certainly conduct its first automated election this May 10, 2010. Though some of our countrymen still criticize [...] [...more]
“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. [...] [...more]
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 [...] [...more]
It’s now final. The Liberal Party of the Philippines has endorsed Senator Mar Roxas as their Presidential candidate for the [...more]
The Cebu Bloggers Society met Nick of FilipinoVoices.com yesterday, November 22, 2008 at Bo’s Cafe, Ayala, around four in the afternoon. FilipinoVoices.com is a collaborative blog of Filipino bloggers which focuses on news, politics, and social commentary. The main agenda of the meet-up was to discuss the participation of Cebu bloggers in citizen journalism, particularly socio-political [...] [...more]
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 [...] [...more]
The Cebu Bloggers Society (CBS), which I co-founded, joined the US Election Watch 2008, organized by the US Embassy in the Philippines, in SM City Cebu’s Northwing yesterday. Before I went to the event venue, I was already monitoring the US election results on CNN as early as 7AM and by past 8AM, CNN [...] [...more]
