Who doesn’t know Jun Lozada, the star witness on the NBN-ZTE Deal? In recent months we’ve seen him on TV as he revealed one of the biggest controversies in Philippine History. We also witnessed how Lozada’s revelations have divided the country into believers and non-believers.

As a mere observer of the whole charade, I could never make out what was true or not. My stance on whether Lozada was telling the truth was not clear partly because I didn’t know him very well for me to have the right to judge him. Then again, no one really knows who Jun Lozada really is. The Filipino people had placed him under scrutiny, judging him under the facts given to us by the media. But let’s face it, truthfulness on such matters is not the media’s main priority. There would always be bias on such controversial matters.

I’m back!

At last, I finally found some free time to blog again. Being on the final year of my college life, I consider this opportunity as a miracle. Rarely do students like me have the luxury to slack off from studying and have the time to engage in an equally demanding task such as blogging.

Unfortunately, my free time is limited to only a couple of hours per day. And so, to avoid overstressing myself once again, I have decided to make some adjustments to my posting frequency. Instead of the regular T-Th-S-Su schedule, I’m lowering the frequency down to 1 to 2 major posts a week (excluding weekend recaps and news).

Anyways, enough with that, let us check what has happened in the Pinoy blogosphere during my absence.

To all those who will be attending the IBlog4 event this coming April 26 (saturday), you may also want to register for the bloggers’ party sponsored by 88DB.com which will be held on the same day, immediately after IBlog4! It’s a night of booze, party, and more networking!

Oh, and as an added twist, all who could come dressed up as their blog (or as something that is related to their blogs) will get a chance to win a Sony PSP! The one with the best costume bags the prize! I know what I will be wearing, hehe.

In our attempt to become successful bloggers, we rely heavily on the wisdom parted to us by those probloggers who had already gone down the path that we are taking right now. However, there comes a time when some of them contradict each other – One problogger says that sponsored posting is unethical, the other says the opposite. One says that a long post could bore the readers, the other says that a long post is essential. And so on.

With all the conflict in ideas and teachings, who should we believe in? What steps should we follow in order for us to become successful?

Yeah, another late Pinoy Blogosphere Weekend Recap. Classes in Mapua officially starts today and I am as bummed as ever. Byebye vacation!

Anyways, here are some of the interesting posts and news that has happened in the Pinoy blogosphere throughout the whole week:

The number of Pinoys who are trying out blogging is increasing in number with every passing month. I was wondering if this is caused by bloggers who have already started promoting blogging to non-bloggers. Well, I know I have, what about you?
How many non-bloggers have you invited to try blogging?
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Some say that a measure of a blog’s worth is through the number of traffic, subscribers, and how big the earnings of that blog are. Although this is somewhat true, a lot of people forget that the quality of posts are also crucial in determining a blog’s value. Covered with all the hype of money making and marketing, little importance is given on the quality of the thing that really matters: Content.

If you are a regular reader here in PinoyBlogero.com, then I guess you are already familiar with my Weekend Recaps every Sunday that contains lots of interesting posts and news that I have collected from the Pinoy blogosphere.

With an average of 10-15 posts per recap, it’s no surprise that people are asking me how I manage to collect such a big number of interesting posts per week.

A few days ago, the TV show “Korina Today” made a feature segment entitled “Beware of the Blog,” wherein, the host and a number of guests talked about their views about the different issues relating to blogs primarily brought about by the Brian Gorell controversy.

The discussion raised a number of intriguing views about blogging. From notions like a blog can only be a reliable source of information if the blogger behind it is “respectable”, to the definition of illegitimate blogger as bloggers who hides behind anonymity, and a couple more which can be read on Noemi’s blog.

• A new Google Adsense rule has been rolled out a few days ago by Google stating that Adsense Ads are now not allowed to be placed under misleading titles. Read more about it here.
• A segment entitled “Beware of the Blog” on the Korina Today TV Show raised a number of interesting, and in my opinion, misguided views of the world of blogging. Some of the points that were discussed were:

If you are a Pinoy Blogger then you may want to attend IBlog4, an offline blog event dubbed as the Biggest Philippine Blogging Summit of 2008! This event is the 4th installment of the IBlog series which features a number of talks from Pinoy bloggers regarding topics related to blogging or anything related to blogs. The best thing about this event is that it’s FREE!

This year we have a nice lineup of speakers who specialize in their own respective fields (And I’m one of them! Wee!)