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About: Nick
is a passionate Filipino, and a political junkie. His personal blog is at Tingog - The Voice of The Filipino. He is the founder and Editor not Chief of FilipinoVoices.com. He has been blogging since 2006.

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What Randy David Must Do To Win

June 30th, 2009 at 10:22 pm by Nick

Okay, so Randy David is going up against the mighty Arroyo Political Machine, he will also have to go up against The Pinedas and all the local politicos under The Arroyo Umbrella.  I say, good luck to Mr. David, he will need it.  But aside from luck, here’s some solid advice that any campaign manager [...]


Filed Under Politics.


COMELEC, Traffic Surges, and Their Website Infrastructure

June 27th, 2009 at 10:00 pm by Nick

In the latest  story that has come with the Death of Michael Jackson, websites all over the internet has showed their weakness in a time of great traffic surges. TMZ which broke the story was down, social networking sites such as Twitter had to do an on the spot makeover and limit its functionality. [...]


Filed Under Science & Technology, media.


#IranElections, Social Media, and The Death of Michael Jackson

June 26th, 2009 at 11:28 am by Nick

If you’re a social media junkie, and most specifically a Facebook and Twitter junkie, and you have also followed closely the events unfolding in Iran. That in the midst of what could be another historic crossroad in Iranian society, the trending topics for the past few hours have been that of the death of [...]


Filed Under Lifestyle, media.


Remembering Musa Dimasidsing: The Two Year Anniversary

June 23rd, 2009 at 7:01 pm by Nick

It was back in 2006 that I had started blogging, but it would not be until the elections of 2007 that I would write so passionately about one person in such admiration as well as despair. It was Musa Dimasidsing that would be my own personal symbol of those elections, and partly the reason, [...]


Filed Under Politics.


Twitter, #IranElections, SMS, and The New Media Landscape of Protests

June 21st, 2009 at 8:25 pm by Nick

By far, the most informative and up close way that I have been following the situation in Iran is through twitter and using the hashtag #iranelection. The new landscape of protests is being waged in twitter. Twitter has also been asked to delay updates so that their service will not also disrupt probably [...]


Filed Under Featured, media.


Flowell Galindez Represents FV on AKO ang SIMULA

June 20th, 2009 at 9:20 am by Nick

It was with great pride in seeing our very own Flowell Galindez represent Filipino Voices as part of ABS-CBN’s special coverage on their AKO ang SIMULA campaign.  As far as I see it, it doesn’t really matter who gets the vote out, who gets the youth involved, or who provides information on the important issues [...]


Filed Under Advocacy, Featured.


President Obama Speaks to the Muslim World from Cairo, Egypt (Video)

June 4th, 2009 at 9:40 pm by Nick

Earlier today, President Barack Obama gave his much anticipated speech to the Muslim World.  It was at a university in Cairo Egypt that would be the stage.  He sought to address the issues on both sides, as well as challenging not only Palestine but Israel as well.  He also sought what has been the hallmark [...]


Filed Under Current Events, Featured, Video, World.


The Poor Need Sex Videos

May 31st, 2009 at 9:27 am by Nick

I don’t get it anymore these days, the almost laughable way that our Senators, like Bong Revillas himself, can lose such focus, and meander away towards issues as if they truly were of national importance.  When the national consciousness has gone towards a certain sex video, then indeed we have kicked the can of responsibility [...]


Filed Under Politics.


Wikipedia Bans The Church of Scientology

May 30th, 2009 at 10:37 am by Nick

In a move that will reverberate in the world of new media, Wikipedia has indeed banned The Church of Scientology from editing articles from within Wikipedia itself.
I heard this on NPR this morning and the news quickly had me awake.  The news was apparently broken by The Register,
Wikipedia has banned the Church of Scientology from [...]


Filed Under Featured, Science & Technology, media.


AKO MISMO. A Skeptic’s View

May 7th, 2009 at 11:53 pm by Nick

AKO MISMO made its official debut during the Pacquiao Hatton fight.  AKO MISMO is a cool website that urges readers to pledge one small thing that they can do to improve the nation.  In the different social networks online, there was an immediate buzz, and along with that buzz were rumors that this could possibly [...]


Filed Under Advocacy, Featured, media.

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