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Quick update for Daily Top 10 Posts plugin users who recently switched to Wordpress 2.7. Thanks to those who gave me the heads-up about the error that looks like a big zit in the stylish new version 2.7 dashboard. I have nipped the error accordingly and everything is beautiful again.
For users [...]

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This morning, a TV news program reminded the public that the continuing registration of voters for the 2010 presidential elections begins Tuesday (December 2).
The listing will run until December 15, 2009 in all areas nationwide, except for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).
Folks, that’s a time period of more than a year for registration. [...]

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I just came from a radio program on ABS-CBN’s DXAB, Mabel at Your Service, to which I was invited as Namfrel - Davao chairman. I actually have not received my appointment papers yet, but I did represent Davao City during the Namfrel convention last October in Pasay City. At any rate, I was happy to [...]

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After two successful Mindanao Bloggers Summits, the MindanaoBloggers.com site has now undergone a complete redesign. The community blog debuted with the Darn Slick Gadgets WordPress theme by Andrew dela Serna, plus Jojie Alcantara’s awesome photos for the header.
For posterity, here’s that brilliant header that we’ve all enjoyed seeing on the MindanaoBloggers.com blog for about one [...]

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It’s out! The judges (Janette Toral, Mhelford Hipolito and yours truly) have spoken: we now have the five winners in the Cebu Pacific Blogging Challenge. Congratulations to the following:

Rosselyn Jaye de la Cruz, who blogged about Bohol
Zigfred Diaz, who gave a travelog of Dumaguete
Czarina Maye Mariano, who wrote about her Palawan experience
Marck Ronald Rimorin, [...]

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Hey there, batchmates! We have our website back online again. It’s been too long, hasn’t it?
AMDG88.org is back on track, and is here to stay for good. So let’s all jump in and keep this online presence alive, shall we?

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With Nokia and Sony Ericsson already firmly entrenched in Davao City, it’s high time that Samsung made their presence felt. And so this Friday, 7th of November 2008, this aggressive mobile phone brand is inaugurating their concept shop at SM City Davao.
It will be a rather formal affair, with ribbon-cutting and VIPs and such, but [...]

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I have created another blog, and its purpose is to be an election watchblog. The site is called RP2010.com, or RP Elections 2010, will be where I and a number of co-bloggers from all over the country will write about political issues and events leading up to 10 May 2010.
The blog is open to [...]

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I am looking for co-bloggers and contributors to the RP2010.com blog. If you would like to be part of this advocacy, you must be committed to the cause: free, honest, clean elections in the year 2010 for all Filipinos.
Let’s have writers here who will blog about candidates and their political platforms; about the COMELEC and [...]

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My friend RJ asked me a while ago if I knew of a restaurant in Manila that delivers and accepts payments through Paypal. He said Max’s Restaurant did, but him and his friend didn’t feel like eating chicken tonight. I asked my friends on Plurk if they knew of any. Gail pointed [...]

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The Philippine presidential elections are less than two years away. Already, we should be thinking about who will best lead our country into true progress and development. And in order to guarantee — somehow — that we do elect into office the person whom the majority of Filipinos choose, it is important to help ensure [...]

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