Philippine Blog Awards 2009: Chikka’s Readers’ Choice Mindanao
Time for the Mindanao leg of the Chikka Readers’ Choice Award. Here are the nominees and their blog codes:
Davao Mac User M1
Ganda Ever So Much M2
Plurk Designs M3
Gensan News Online Mag M4
Blogging Frenzy M5
Random Randoms M6
A Pinoy Experience M7
Himantayon nga Kagay-anon M8
Travel and Tours M9
Manilenyo in Davao M10
Just like before, send CHIKKARC [BLOG CODE] and send to 2929 (Smart and Globe). Each text is worth two votes and costs Php2.50. Deadline is on October 23.
Mindanao Bloggers Summit and Philippine Blog Awards Mindanao on October 24
Two huge events for Mindanao bloggers are happening on the same day at the same venue: this Saturday, October 24, at the Pearlmont Inn, Limketkai Drive, Cagayan de Oro City. First comes the Mindanao Bloggers Summit from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, then the Philippine Blog Awards – Mindanao leg happens after at 7:00 pm.
Register for MBS3 here. This year’s theme is “Mindanao Bag-uhon ang Panan-aw” or “Changing the way people see Mindanao”. Looks like a jam-packed and exciting couple of events happening down south.
Philippine Blog Awards 2009: Chikka’s Readers’ Choice Visayas
The Philippine Blog Awards 2009 is now moving on to the Visayas leg with the Chikka Readers’ Choice Award for Visayas. Here are the nominees together with their blog codes:
Mcbilly.com V1
Sinjin’s House V2
The Extraordinary Kiddo V3
Intiendes V4
Byahilo: Ito ang Trip Ko! V5
Explore Iloilo V6
Habagat Central V7
My Cebu Photoblog V8
Kevin Ray N. Chua V9
Zdiaz.com V10
Voting is done through SMS: send CHIKKARC [BLOG CODE] and send to 2929 (Smart and Globe). Each text is worth two votes and costs Php2.50. Deadline is on October 17.
Winners of the 2009 Philippine Blog Awards
Congratulations to all the winners of this year’s Philippine Blog Awards!
Main Awards
- Best Personal Blog: Writing on Air
- Best News and Media Blog: Virtual Journals
- Best Commentary Blog: The Marocharim Experiment
- Best Technology Blog: JaypeeOnline // Blogging News & Reviews
- Best Beauty Blog: The Doctor Is vaIN
- Best Photo Blog I Am A Documentary Photographer
- Best Fashion Blog: who is elyoo?
- Best Culture and Arts Blog: magnetic-rose.net: Japanese Pop Culture for Filipino Fans
- Best Sports Blog: Fire Quinito
- Best Advocacy Blog: Autism Society Philippines
- Best Humor Blog: The Professional Heckler
- Best Podcast Blog: Brink Notes Entertainment Daily
- Best Business Blog: Negosyo Ideas
- Best Gaming Blog: Mike Got Game!
- Best Family and Living Blog: Make or Break
- Best Food and Beverage Blog: Table for Three, Please
- Best Travel Blog: Langyaw – Sojourns and Off-the-Beaten Path Travels
10 Best Blog Posts
- The Parable of the Furry White Rabbit (Good Times Manila)
- Lost Gems Of Philippine History: The 1896 Board Meeting (It’s true! It’s true!)
- Finding Your Soul Mate: A Statistical Analysis (guttervomit)
- karnabal (tuyong tinta ng bolpen)
- The Diving Boys of Quezon Bridge (Dennis Villegas)
- Twenty Pesos (lost photograph)
- The way of the leaf (SMOKE)
- Portrait of a dramatic highlight in Nick Joaquin’s A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino (Gibbs Cadiz)
- Kaya Dumarami ang Bading Kasi… (Manila Gay Guy)
- The Amazing Bulul: A Story of Epiphany (The Cat Whisperer)
Special Awards
- Bloggers’ Choice: Micamyx.com
- Best Blog Design: The Site Guy
- Best Filipino Blog Abroad: The Warped Zone
- Best Foreign Blog: My Sari Sari Store
- Best Filipiniana Blog: Pilipino Komiks
Check out Tonyo Cruz’s post for the complete list of awards and other highlights from the awards night last October 9.
Stay tuned for Visayas and Mindanao legs happening in the next couple of weeks.
Philippine Blog Awards 2009 registration & raffle
Register to attend the Philippine Blog Awards Luzon night on Friday, October 9, by completing this form. There’s also a special raffle during the event courtesy of Nokia: you can win an E75 by signing up at Ovi, snapping a photo, and being the lucky pick. Complete mechanics listed here.
Finally, don’t forget to send in your vote for the Chikka Readers’ Choice award as the deadline has been extended to October 8.
PBA ‘09 Bloggers Choice Special Award voting opens
Voting for the Bloggers Choice Special Award at the 2009 Philippine Blog Awards is now officially open. There are three categories this time: National, Visayas, and Mindanao. But as with last year, your vote should be in the form of a blog post explaining why you’re voting for a particular blog. This also means you can only vote once. Also, only Filipinos can vote.
Check out the list of nominees then submit your vote here. Deadline is on October 7 at 10:30 PM (National) and October 14 at 10:30 PM (Visayas and Mindanao).
Philippine Blog Awards and RockEd Philippines join forces for Ondoy relief operations
The Philippine Blog Awards organizers and RockEd Philippines are working together to help the victims of Typhoon Ondoy. Everyone is invited to drop off relief goods during the PBA Luzon event on October 9:
These donations will be collected at the lobby of the PETA-Phinma Theater before the program begins. The collected donations will be turned over to RockEd for distribution to victims of the recent typhoon.
With this year’s theme being “One Blogging Nation”, the spirit of Bayanihan through this blogging event and community is stronger and more relevant than ever. Stay tuned for donation drive announcements in the upcoming Visayas and Mindanao events.
Philippine Blog Awards 2009 finalists in the nationwide categories announced
The 2009 Philippine Blog Awards finalists have been announced. We have lots of new categories this year, and that means more finalists and more winners. Check out if you or your favorites made it. Congratulations and good luck!
Take note that this is for the nationwide categories; the regional finalists will follow soon. And speaking of which, pre-registration for the Visayas event is up. It will be held on October 18 at Ayala City Sports, Cebu Business Park.
Philippine Blog Awards 2009 releases new video, “Jingle”
The Philippine Blog Awards 2009’s first teaser video was a little skit entitled “Blogger”. Now we have a fun little “Jingle” featuring the Philippines’ most famous blogs. There’s even a little nod towards WordPress at the beginning. Check out the lyrics:
Lyrics and Music by: Coy Caballes
Guitarist: Markku SeguerraBinuksan ko ang laptop
Homepage ko ay Technograph
Ako’y Pinoy Blogero
Sa WordPress ay adik akoLet’s Go Sago, Lakwatsero
Coron hanggang Batangas sobrang Byahilo
Kahit ako’y mag-Visit Sagada
Basta may WiFi ay solved ka naLaging Good Times Manila
Basta naka-online enjoy tropang Foodista
Alam mo lahat Da Who sa showbiz landia
Talo mo pa si BryanBoy AbundaOver the top sa page views
kahit Patay Gutom busog ka sa news
Dumating si Mommy galing Project Manila
Nahuli niya si daddy nasa Facebuko niyaLet’s go, c’mon! Kung gustong sumikat
Just wear your Happyslip at sa Merryland umakyat
FunnySexy man o Komikero ang drama
Sa Radio Cubao natin wala nang panamaOkay lang ang maging Misteryosa
Basta Awesome Planet ating ipakita
Kahit sino ka pa, Batang Yagit o Tanggera
Basta Pinoy at Blogger… Tayo ay iisa
And don’t forget, catch the Flippish livestream on October 9 at 6:00 pm!
Catch the Philippine Blog Awards 2009 livestream
Can’t make it to the Philippine Blog Awards on October 9? Flippish will be streaming the awards night live on its website. And it won’t be a delayed, low-quality stream, but something that will rival TV productions:
This event is dappled in awesomeness. We’re trying something new this year — a live stream coverage of the event over the Internet courtesy of Flippish. If you’re expecting fixed point webcam quality work with a 30 second delay, well we’re out to prove you wrong. The live coverage has similar production value as on television, except that everything will be streamed via a dedicated line over the Internet. For those who will be unable to join us on that day, the live stream is actually the best way to follow the awards night.
Enjoy this teaser video too:
Philippine Blog Awards 2009 nominations extended
Deadline for nominations in this year’s Philippine Blog Awards was supposedly yesterday, but that has been extended to August 21, Friday, at 11:59 pm Philippine time.
Again, you can either nominate your own blogs or recommend someone to enter the awards. You’ve got another week to go through the eligibility rules, awards categories, criteria, and process, so participate now!
Philippine Blog Awards 2009 nominations open, goes nationwide
What’s the single most important step to get the Philippine Blog Awards rolling? The nominations, of course. The process seems a lot simpler this year, but there are still a good number of guidelines for eligibility you have to keep in mind. Deadline is on August 13 at 11:59 pm, Philippine time.
But that’s just the start of the exciting new features in this year’s prestigious blogging event: aside from a swanky site redesign, the blog awards will take place not just in Luzon (October 9) but also in Visayas (October 17) and Mindanao (October 24). Looks like this year’s theme is to unite the three main islands of the Philippines under “one blogging nation”. This shouldn’t be so difficult to do as blogging groups are more active than ever down south!
Philippine Blog Awards 2009 on October 9
That’s right folks, preparations for this year’s Philippine Blog Awards have begun and two things are now set in stone: the date, October 9, and the venue, Megatent Events Venue (30 Meralco Ave., Bgy. Ugong, Pasig City).
For those who missed last year’s event, check out the night’s highlights courtesy of Buddy Gancenia:
The Philippine Blog Awards 2: Awards Night Highlights from BUDDY GANCENIA on Vimeo.
PinoyBlogero
PinoyBlogero is the blog of Karlo Licudine, a twentysomething college student writing about the Philippine blogosphere and blogging in general. If you want to learn how to start blogging and become more successful at it, this is the blog to read.
Karlo has gained recognition in several different awards, from an interview in a local newspaper, to joining the ranks of the top probloggers and influential blogs in the country, to winning the best technology blog award in the 2008 Philippine Blog Awards.
Readers of PinoyBlogero will also enjoy his unique brand of comics sprinkled across the different posts (it’s even branched out to a separate blog, BlogComics.net).
mga kuwento ni samjuan
Samjuan is the blog of an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) in America who grew up in Nueva Ecija. Here he shares his thoughts and experiences as a Pinoy living and working abroad. He also won the Best OFW Blogger Award in the 2008 Philippine Blog Awards.
Philippine Blog Awards and blogging covered by mainstream media
Coy Caballes has posted a partial video of an interview about blogging and the Philippine Blog Awards in Mornings @ ANC. In the video, TJ Manotoc interviews Juned Sonido, Ferdz Decena, and Karlo Licudine. Watch out for part two!
Also check the links in the post for more coverage by other stations including GMA, QTV, and TV5. Who says the “old” and “new” media can’t get along?
Pinoy WordPress Theme: Una
Una is a 2-column, slightly grungy WordPress theme created by Dino Latoga. It won the best free custom theme in the 2008 Philippine Blog Awards.
The front page shows the latest post with it’s accompanying large graphic image which helps attract readers more than the usual large text titles. Below the latest post is a list of the 3 other recent posts with each post accompanied by a nice thumbnail image. Each section title is supported by a nice subtitle. The comments and trackbacks are divided to produce a clean and organized look.
It’s widget- and Gravatar-ready and requires Twitter Tools and the Advanced Excerpt Plugin, so be sure to read the instructions first.
The Philippine Blog Awards 2008 Winners
Read the massive list of winners at the official website. Congratulations to everyone, from the finalists to the winners to the organizers and participants. Another landmark in Philippine blogging history right here.
Also a great read is Jayvee Fernandez’s closing remarks entitled The 3 Head Fakes of Blogging, inspired by Randy Pausch.
Philippine Blog Awards 2008 Judges revealed and last minute reminders
Here are the judges and their profiles for this evening’s most prestigious event: the Philippine Blog Awards 2008.
Aileen Apollo
Blogger & Google Country Representative
Migs Paraz
Miguel Paraz started working on the commercial Philippine Internet in 1995. He’s been through a lot of significant local Internet events, from the days of personal home pages to today’s blogging.
Today Miguel develops telecoms software and is active in various software development communities. He still finds time to blog once in a while.
Miguel graduated from the Ateneo de Manila University in 1995 with a BS degree in Computer Science.
Blogger & Columnist. Host of the weekly program “The Explainer”on the ANC cable news channel. Manolo is an opinion and editorial writer and editor: Working as a columnist for the Arab News Newspaper; head of the Speaker’s Bureau, columnist, and an editorial writer for The Philippine Daily Inquirer newspaper; and Assistant Managing Editor and editorial writer for The Philippines Free Press weekly news magazine. MLQ3 has received various awards for his professional work – “Opinion Writer of the Year” in 1994 and 2005 by the Rotary Club of Manila’s Journalism Awards, the oldest journalism awards in the country.
Benj Arriola
US-Based Filipino SEO Specialist working with the SEO team of BusinessOnLine (www.benjarriola.com) has delivered corporate blogging best practices to Fortune 1000 clients including the official blog of Sony PlayStation. Benj, a blogger himself does not consider being a fulltime blogger and dives more into SEO learning and sharing knowledge in SEO circles, primarily visible at the SEOPhilippines Forum. Benj joined International SEO contest winning on various occasions: 2nd place 2008 UKWebmasterWorld SEO Contest, 1st place 2007 SEO World Championship, 1st Place 2006 Vorgermilten SEO Contest. Benj also runs his own company for SMEs, YDS Web Solution (Philippines & US Offices).
Gang Badoy
Writer & RockEd founder
Erwin Romulo
Journalist Philippine Star
August Dela Cruz
August Dela Cruz is photo correspondent for the Philippine Daily Inquirer, and has garnered numerous awards in sports photography and a Press Photographers of the Philippines (PPP) awardee. Prior to becoming a photo journalist, Mr. Dela Cruz had been a fashion, lifestyle, and wedding photographer while doing corporate and product shots on the side.
BryanBoy
Blogger
Ernesto G. Sonido Jr
Blogger, Fish Keeper, Reader & Librarian, indexer, photo hobbyist, ex B5 blogger and uncle.
Erwin Oliva
Blogger and Journalist – INQUIRER.net VDO & INQUIRER.net Blogs
Ernie U. Sarmiento
Through his lens, Ernie Sarmiento has witness part of the Philippine’s history as it unfolds — the coup d etat that changed the government, the struggle of his fellowmen as they flee war torn Iraq and Kuwait during the Gulf War and the Filipino athletes as they vie for the gold in two Olympics. The boy who started out as a travel photographer’s apprentice is now the Philippine Daily Inquirer’s chief photographer.
Max Limpag
Blogger & Journalist – Editor, Sun.Star Cebu
JJ Disini
Blogger, Lawyer & Professor
Derek Punsalan
After initially discovering the challenge of maintaining a completely personal blog, Derek Punsalan settled in as co-author at UNEASYsilence in May of 2004. From there, motivated by aspiring goals of web
development, Derek once again embarked on a personal endeavor to start afresh powered by WordPress. After discovering the satisfaction of sharing theme downloads online, Derek created a new personal site at 5thirtyone.com. He would continue on to share a collection of WordPress releases including the October Special (Breast Cancer Awareness Month) and the WordPress Foliage Mod (awarded Most Creative Design).
Enjoying the success of freelance web design, Derek Punsalan now leads YES – a radio station & content tracking service – as their front end design lead moving forward into the 2007 year.
Raised in a mixed Ilocano Tagalog household with deep family beliefs, Derek enjoys the company of close family & friends whenever the Apple displays are turned-off.
Brad Geiser
PR and Marketing Consultant
Annalyn Jusay
Blogger and Journalist
Luis Buenaventura
Syndeo Media Founder
Janette Toral
“Janette Toral is the author and publisher of the book Blogging from Home.”
People who want to go but don’t have tickets can still show up, but they won’t be eligible for the raffle portion.
Really not going? Find out how you can watch the event here. And here’s the crew getting the venue ready right now.
Philippine Blog Awards 2008 Finalists posted! (Updated: 09/21/09)
The lists of the Philippine Blog Awards finalists Best Blog Division are finally out. Since there are 36 categories in this division, it will take a while before all of them are posted, so we’ll update this entry as the new lists come in.
Food & Beverage
Family & Living
Business/Entrepreneur
Hobby/Recreation
- Brown Rice
- Comicology
- Pinoy Mountaineer
- Life on Pinky Street
- Bear Brick Love
- Bibliophile Stalker
- The World Thru Postcards
- DotAStrategy Blog
- Sped Life Cebu
- Stylemo
Technology
- Tech Source From Bohol
- Technograph
- Captain’s Log
- Unlock For Us
- Seed Interactive Multimedia and Animation
- Orangeinks
- Tech At Hand Dot Net
- PinoyBlogero.com
Sports
- Big Lakers Fan
- Bleachers’ Brew
- HooPh – Philippine Hoops Blog
- Lakers Today
- Sports and Tech sa Pilipinas
- The Bull Runner
- Victorious One
Videocast/Podcast
- Brink Notes Podcast
- CokskiBlue – Pinoy Vlogs, Videos and Vodcasts
- Eksena Manila – Tamang Trip!
- Funny is the New Sexy
- GuitarTutee
- Komikero Video Channel
- The Dan & Rye Show
- The McVie Show, Season Seven
Entertainment
- Chikadora
- City Boy Sedricke
- Da Couch Tomato
- E-musicality
- Music Picks
- Philippine Star Supreme
- Sari-Saring Sineng Pinoy
- Screensucked
- The Professional Heckler
Travel
- Adventures of the Coconuter
- biyahengpinoy
- BYAHILO: Ito ang Blog ko!
- Explore Iloilo
- Ironwulf.net: En Route
- Ivan About Town
- Just Wandering
- lagal[og]
- Lakwatsero
- Paraiso Philippines Tourism and Travel Guide
- Philippine Travel Blog
- Trippin’ with Noelle De Guzman
- Visit Sagada
- Walk This Way!
Culture & Arts
Commentary
- A Tribute To An Angel
- Atheista
- Creature Lover
- ederic@cyberspace
- Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Person
- In Defense of the Real CFC
- Mongster’s Nest
- New Philippine Revolution
- Pagod Ka Na Bang Maging Si Juan?
- Pinoy Bochong
- Splice and Dice
- Standpoint
- The Journal of The Jester-in-Exile
- The Pelican Spectator
Photo Blog
Fashion & Lifestyle
News & Media
Level Up’s Gaming Blog Award
- http://games.tesstermulo.com/
- http://janelh.wikidot.com/
- http://nitramy.blogspot.com/
- http://kendingkamias.com/
- http://perfectworldphils.blogspot.com/
- http://sungitko.blogspot.com/
- http://zoneplug.blogspot.com/
- http://www.masterdiwa.com/
Free Custom Theme
- Blue Block Theme
- Flower Border
- Mag on Wood
- Rebel Magazine
- Stargaze Wordpress Theme
- Una Wordpress Theme
Plugin/Extension
Blog Design
- Accidental Rebel
- Blog of a Freelance Web Designer
- Dodski
- Noel Perlas – Perlas Design Studio
- OctTwelve
- Pinoy Teens Online
- Redberger
- Stellify
- Strawberry Colada
- Stylemo
- Tonet’s Daily
- Well Whatever
Single Post
(Please visit link for the complete list.)
Network Blogger
OFW Blog
Nokia’s: Kaleidoscope of Connections Award
(Please visit link for the complete list.)
Personal
- Ang Pansitan ni Ate Sienna
- Bakla Ako, May Reklamo? (I’m Gay, Got a Problem With That?)
- Bikoy.net
- DITZ-REVOLUTION.NET
- fritzified.com
- Kwentong Barbero .Com: See the World Thru My Eyes
- Misterhubs
- Rising Internet Star
- Atheista
- FunnySexy
Check them out now!
More announcements for the Philippine Blog Awards
Less than a week to go! The Philippine Blog Awards is happening on September 21st at One Esplanade, 5:00pm. Here are some reminders and announcements for those who are participating in various ways:
Bloggers Choice Award voting process modified. The voting process for the Bloggers Choice Award has been updated a bit so that it’s easier to participate. The sponsors link list is now optional, and you may use rel="nofollow".
Level Up! and Nokia sponsor awards extended. Deadlines for the Level Up! Gaming Blog Award and the Nokia Kaleidescope of Connections Award have been extended to September 19 at midnight. You can also email your entries to nokiapba08@gmail.com.
Register now! If you haven’t already, be sure to register for a slot immediately. There are only 200 available and they’re sure to run out soon.
PBA press conference held. The Philippine Blog Awards organizers (Noemi Dado, Juned Sonido, Gail Villanueva, Jayvee Fernandez) together with Blog Bank met with the press today to officially announce the event. See coverage from GMANews.TV and Yehey! Lifestyle.
Philippine Blog Awards attendee registration opens
Wondering how you can watch the Philippine Blog Awards live? We finally have an answer. Organizers have opened registrations for blogger attendees. There will be 200 available slots. Take note, this is for bloggers only.
Due to venue limitations, we are only opening 200 slots for bloggers at the moment. Once all slots have been filled out, we’ll post an announcement on this blog. We’ll also announce it should there be additional seats available.
Voting opens for the Bloggers’ Choice Award at the 2008 Philippine Blog Awards
The Philippine Blog Awards 2008 has just announced the nominees for the Bloggers’ Choice Award and the voting has opened. The process has changed since last year:
- You need to be a Filipino blogger with a blog, which “must be established at least three (3) months from today with a minimum of 10 posts.”
- You need to pick one nominee and write a blog post about why he/she deserves to win. “Yes, you can vote for your own blog. And no, you cannot vote for a blog that is not on the list of official Bloggers’ Choice Award nominees.”
- You need to include the list of sponsors in your blog post.
- You need to submit your blog post here.
So why would you go through all the trouble of doing that? Every blog post counts as one raffle entry (but one post per blogger only). Prizes to that raffle will be announced soon.
Finally, congratulations to the nominees:
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- Adventures of the Coconuter
- Alfredo B. Palconit Jr. Blog
- Basta Igat, Sikat!
- Basta…
- Batang Yagit
- Behind Wonderland
- bikoy.net
- Buhay Coy on Campus
- Comicology
- Confessions of a Pinoy Blogger
- Day-toDay Heroes
- Dog Are Us!
- ederic@cyberspace
- Filipino Voices
- Flavored Tongue
- FruityOaty
- Heart of Rachel
- Hola Filipinas
- Indistinguishable Gibberish
- just curious
- kain pinoy
- Kiss the stars with me
- L A G A L [ O G ]
- Life’s Existence
- LUCKWATCHERO: My STORY. My PRIDE. My THOUGHTS.
- Macuha.com
- Makoy’s Memoirs Of A Certified Blogger
- marketmanila.com
- Mico Santos’s Lagalag
- Mike Villar
- My Boring Life… Now A Blog!
- Mykiru Isyusero
- NewIvory
- Octwelve
- Philippine Nursing Resource & Updates
- Philippine Nursing Seminars & Trainings Source
- Pinoy Ambisyoso
- Ready To Be Rich
- Reel Advice
- Seed Interactive
- Senor Enrique
- Serena Mithane
- The Heritage of Cebu
- The Journal of The Jester-in-Exile
- The Konoha Ground
- TurfSite Manila
Level Up! Gaming Blog Award at PBA ‘08 announced
The Philippine Blog Awards announced yet another sponsor award called the Level Up! Gaming Blog Award. It’s open to all Filipino bloggers who blog about gaming in general or about Level Up! games.
Nomination runs from August 27 to September 15, 2008. Submit your nominations here.
Philippine Blog Awards nominations closed, Nokia’s special award announced
The 2008 Philippine Blog Awards is inching closer and closer as the nominations have closed. The last day for nominations was actually August 10th, but the deadline for the Special Awards division was extended until the 22nd.
Nominees have been notified to submit 5 of their top posts to make the judging process easier. The deadline was noon today, August 27th.
Aside from the three major awards divisions, there are new awards from the co-presentors. One of these is the Nokia Kaleidoscope of Connections Award.
Challenge: Produce a video of how you connect with others using mobile technology
Your post will be judged on concept, style, and its popularity.
1st place – Nokia N95 8GB
2nd place – Nokia 6220 Classic
3rd place – Nokia N78
More details can be found here.
Philippine Blog Awards 2008 date and venue announced
Update: Here’s the official announcement at the Philippine Blog Awards blog.
We’re getting closer and closers to one of the biggest Philippine blogging events of the year, and it just so happens it’s also in September, like WordCamp Philippines. Yes, the Philippine Blog Awards night will take place on September 21, 2008, at the Coral B room of One Esplanade (near SM Mall of Asia and Manila Bay).
Here’s a video announcement and tour of the venue:
A few minor notes on this event: the date was originally August 30, but because it was announced that the Eraserheads reunion concert will be held that night, PBA 2008 had to be rescheduled. Also, the website has been migrated to a new server, so you may be seeing the default WordPress theme instead of the snazzier design.
Philippine Blog Awards 2008 Nominations Now Open
This year’s Philippine Blog Awards draws one step closer as the nominations have finally opened. Last time we checked, it’s been moved to July. Now, we have a whopping 36 categories under three divisions: the Best Blog Division, the Best Single Blog Post Division, and the Special Awards.
Best Blog Division Categories and Best Blog Post Division Categories
- Technology
- Travel
- Entertainment
- Personal
- Food & Beverage
- Family & Living
- News & Media
- Business/Entrepreneur
- Sports
- Hobby/Recreation
- Fashion & Lifestyle
- Photo Blog
- Culture & Arts
- Commentary (Social, Political, Science & History)
- Videocast/Podcast
Special Awards Categories
- Bloggers’ Choice Award
- Best Blog Design
- Best OFW Blog
- Best Free Custom Theme
- Best Blog Plugin/Extension
- Best Network Blogger
From the looks of things, the awards committee has done well in representing as many blogging topics as possible. Descriptions of the awards categories can be found on their respective pages.
Now before you hop off and go on a nomination spree, be sure to check out the criteria for eligbility first. Perhaps the most important one is the minimum age of the blogs (4 months before April 2008) and posts (created during April 2007-2008, maximum of 5 posts per blog).
I know it’s still pretty early to consolidate an ample amount of funds, but I can’t wait to find out what the prizes are—both for the winners and the attendees (raffle!). Not to mention just how swanky this year’s awards night will be. People were supposed to dress in semi-formal to formal attire last year. Will there be a red carpet this time? Fashion police? An afterparty?
Okay, I’m getting ahead of myself. Go show your support by nominating your favorite blogs, blog posts, and bloggers, then write about it on your own blog!
2008 Philippine Blog Awards Moved to July
The 2008 Philippine Blog Awards got off to an exciting and early start, but we haven’t seen any updates since January—until now.
We’ll have to wait until July (last year it was on March 31st at the RCBC Plaza Auditorium) before having another awards night for Filipino bloggers, but it’s only because the committee has to find an ideal venue. Any guesses? NBC Tent? IMAX Theater?
Read the full announcement here.
