Mar Roxas

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No to Cha-cha and GRP-MILF MOA(10)

Hi everyone. Senator Roxas is currently in Mindanao meeting with local leaders about the GRP-MILF MOA. This issue is currently one of the most pressing concerns for the country and Senator Roxas gave a privilege speech in the Senate clarifying his stand on this issue last August 11, 2008. We’ve uploaded a video of his [...]

Join the Virtual Rally Against VAT on Oil(1)

Senator Roxas launched this blog and talked about a Virtual Rally against VAT on oil products during his blogger meet-up last week held at Annabel’s Restaurant in Tomas Morato. The Virtual Rally is a petition website that allows you to put an online avatar on a “cyber EDSA”. We’d like to invite everyone to join [...]

Mr. Palengke is also Mr. Techie(1)

Last week, I went with Inquirer.Net reporter Alex Villafania do an interview with Senator Mar Roxas about how New Media and the internet impacts his work as a legislator. He goes on to discuss blogging, micro-blogging, internet research, social networking, and even butterflies in Brazil. They recently uploaded the video on Inquirer.Net Videos and I [...]

Mar Meets the Bloggers(23)

Last August 1, 2008, we had a casual dinner meeting for Senator Roxas and several Philippine bloggers. There was a good mix of bloggers from various niches - politics, tech, consumer products, personal, and even animal rights. The meeting was set for 5:00PM-6:00PM at Annabel’s Restaurant along Tomas Morato, Quezon City. To say that the [...]