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The Philippines' top bloggers for 2011 take a bow in front of their peers.

Winners of the Philippine Blog Awards 2011

By Tonyo Cruz Sun, Dec 04, 2011 3:45AM UTC View Comments

The Philippines’ best blogs received peer recognition at the national awarding ceremonies of the annual Philippine Blog Awards on Dec. 3 at the RCBC Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium in Makati City. Here is the honor roll: Best personal blog: I Am Fickle Cattle Best humor blog: The Professional Heckler Best photo blog: RosariOko Best home...

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Philippines: Bloggers mourn AJ Matela, 1982-2011

By Tonyo Cruz Fri, Sep 09, 2011 12:18PM UTC View Comments

Many bloggers in the Philippines are in a state of shock and mourning over the passing last night of Ariel James “AJ” Matela, who blogged under the blog name “Bakla Ako, May Reklamo?”. AJ was 28, and would have turned 29 on September 10. Days before he passed away, AJ was fighting hard against “mycobacterium avium...

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A night out with the bloggers

By Gavin Atkins Thu, Jun 02, 2011 11:31PM UTC View Comments

The ShadowLands blog was greatly honoured to spend an evening of convivial company in Sydney with blog father, Tim Blair, and a bunch of people I would never have got to know if it wasn’t for Tim’s web diarising. Amongst them was Kae of the world famous bloodnut blog, the mysterious Boy on a Bike...

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ASEAN bloggers reach a ‘Kuala Lumpur Consensus’

By Tonyo Cruz Fri, Apr 29, 2011 12:39AM UTC View Comments

ASEAN bloggers met April 23-24 and forged a Kuala Lumpur Consensus. Photo from ASEAN Bloggers Network.

A number of bloggers from member-states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) gathered on April 23-24 in Kuala Lumpur for the 1st Malaysian-ASEAN Regional Bloggers Conference, under the auspices of Blog House Malaysia. On the first day of the conference, we participants from across ASEAN adopted a “Kuala Lumpur Consensus” which now forms...

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En route to the 1st Malaysian-ASEAN Regional Bloggers Conference

By Tonyo Cruz Fri, Apr 22, 2011 2:06PM UTC View Comments

Blogie Robillo and I will be flying to Kuala Lumpur today as Philippine representatives in the 1st Malaysian-ASEAN Regional Bloggers Conference on April 23-24. The organizers have asked us to participate to share our experiences in the ongoing efforts to form a national bloggers organization in the Philippines, and our views on regional bloggers cooperation....

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