If you thought that only shampoo commercials and sinabawang gulays are the only ones who can have their own Jingle, the people behind the Philippine Blog Awards are out to prove us wrong for they have made their own Jingle about the Philippine blogosphere!

Oh, and my blog was mentioned along with the song! Yeah!

Here are some clarifications on the NTC Memorandum Issue.

Marcelle points out in his blog that bloggers don’t need to worry about NTC’s Memorandum because it only concerns telecom companies.

If you read closely enough, the intention is clear: this bill is aimed for value-added services like ringtones, picture messages, and so forth. This bill is mainly for the cellphone industry, since the NTC has jurisdiction over Telecom companies, but currently, is not quite empowered in the realm of the internet. Furthermore, the bill is not meant to burden the content developer, but in reality, is meant to empower the content developer by changing the current profit scheme that favors the content provider more than the developer. The obvious catch is to ensure this happens, the developers must register. [Read more on Marcelle's Blog]

[Update] Here’s an update on the NTC Memorandum Issue. Check it out for clarification about the issue.

A draft of a memorandum by the National Telecommunications Commision (NTC) has caught the attention of Pinoy bloggers as it states that the NTC is currently making plans of charging content providers for releasing “content” on the internet.

The memorandum states that all parties who develop content, information, applications, and electronic games over the internet are required to register and pay Php6000, plus Php300 for filing fee.

image property of Lagalog

Last October 9, 2008, I got the chance to be interviewed on Mornings@ANC along with fellow bloggers, Juned Sunido and Ferdinand Decena. The topic was focused on the recently concluded Philippine Blog Awards. We talked about the PBA, it’s history, the winners, the event itself, and it’s effect on the future of both the blogging community and the Philippines.

Thank God I managed to pull through the whole ordeal (I was so nervous before the show that I couldn’t stay put).

Here are the videos of the interview, many thanks to Cokskiblue.

Philippine Blog Awards on ANC from Coy Caballes on Vimeo.

 
The Philippine Blog Awards on ANC 2 from Coy Caballes on Vimeo.

Here is also a report on ABS-CBN News regarding the interview. Pinoys bid for bigger piece of blogging pie

Happy Blogging!

A lot of people say that Pinoys have a knack for comedy. And it shows even online as bloggers showcase their comedic talent through the use of their blogs.

With all the creativity and talent spewing out from this side of the blogosphere, it is kinda hard to choose which among them are the best reads. Well look no further, for the 2008 Project Lafftrip Laffapalooza narrows your choices down to ten.

The 2008 Project Lafftrip Laffapalooza is a contest where the top 10 best humor blogs in the Philippine blogosphere are chosen through blog post voting. It is an event organized by Badoodles of KwentongBarbero.com and is sponsored by The TShirt Projec and GagAtak.

Without further ado, here are the top 10 Best Humor Blogs of 2008 as presented by Umleo of Umleo23.com. Yay!

 
The 2008 Philippines 10 Best Humor Blogs! from Leonard Allan on Vimeo.

Here is the written list of the winners with direct links to their blogs for your surfing pleasure.

Rank 1: Chiksilog [chiksilog.com]
Rank 2: GreenPinoy [greenpinoy.com]
Rank 3: KokeyMonster [kokeymonster.com]
Rank 4: Loser’s Realm [hachipatuchi.blogspot.com]
Rank 5: Mr. D [deardiarya.blogspot.com]
Rank 6: Inday [blogniinday.com]
Rank 7: Maldito [thegreatmaldito.wordpress.com]
Rank 8: Maruism [maruism.com]
Rank 9: Reyna Elena [reynaelena.com]
Rank 10: Spontaneity [jojitah.com]

Congratulations to all the winners!

[Sayang hindi nakasama ang pambato kong manok na si Sir Ninong. Hehehe]

Happy blogging!