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About Tonyo Cruz

20 posts · joined 2007-10-1

I'm an activist writer and journalist. I'm fascinated by politics and technology. Visit my new blog at http://tonyocruz.com/ and let's discuss

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May 21st, 2008

Philippines in mourning over death of legendary labor leader

The death of Filipino veteran labor leader, street parliamentarian and legislator Crispin “Ka Bel” Beltran at 11:48 am Tuesday due to massive head injuries saddened and shocked many Filipinos. He was 75.

January 2nd, 2008

Philippines: Bloggers look back to 2007

Bloggers in Philippines reflects on the past year and talk about the things they blogged about across a range of subjects from sports to politics, music, blogging and life in general.

December 13th, 2007

Philippines: Jeepney Drivers Launch Strike

Jeepney drivers in many parts of the Philippines did not ply their routes today to protest oil price increases which they branded as "unwarranted", "unchecked" and "oppressive". A Jeepney in Manila (from Wikipedia) The jeepney drivers group PISTON declared the strike a success, with the government saying it did not affect traffic. Bloggers ...

November 27th, 2007

East Asia

Akomismo introduces Wu Wei 10, a classroom game and merit system based on the principles of Taoism where:”students are rewarded with Chi points for the tasks they fulfill, and they use these Chi points to level up and cast spells. The objective of the game is to eliminate all the other teams or to be the first to unlock the Dragon King. The reward for doing so is exemption in the final periodic exam.”

Blogenyo, a Webcomic about the Philippine Blogopshere

Tonyo Cruz introduces a newly launched webcomic blog that takes on the Phillipine Blogosphere. Blogenyo seeks to poke fun at the events, intrigues, controversies, issues, and trends among Filipino bloggers.

November 13th, 2007

Philippines: Bloggers Take on Blast at Legislative Building

An explosion of still-undetermined origin destroyed the South Wing of the Philippines' House of Representatives complex, killing a lawmaker and a driver of another. Two other solons lead the list of injured. Killed were Basilan Rep. Wahab Akbar and Marcial Tualdo, a driver for Gabriela Rep. Luz Ilagan who was ...