M2: ICT AS PLATFORM FOR CHANGE

• The People Power Revolution-EDSA (1983-1986)

  • Without the radio broadcast, Filipinos would have not been into action that helped change Philippine history.
  • The entire world applauded as the Filipino people joined together in unity to oppose years of abuse of power and obvious corruption under the government of Former President Ferdinand Marcos and his cronies.
  • large demonstration involving two million Filipinos from all sectors took place along EDSA from February 22 to 25, 1986, using the radio broadcast of Radyo Veritas (civilians, political parties, military and religious group).
• EDSA Dos

  • considered as the first E-Revolution and narrated as EDSA Revolution of 2001, also called by the local media as EDSA II or the Second People Power Revolution.
  • four-day political protest from January 17-20 2001 that peacefully end the administration of President Joseph Estrada.
  • Advocates describe EDSA II as popular but critics view the uprising as a conspiracy among political and business elites, military top brass and Catholic Cardinal Jaime Sin.
• Million People March

  • The Million People March, also known as the "Pork Barrel Scam," was the Philippines' first ever on-going series of protests, conducted at Luneta Park on August 26, 2013.
  • Many Filipinos vented their rage by producing blogs, websites, commercials, and even memes to voice their support for the Pork Barrel Fund's abolition.
• Yolanda People Finder

  • The People Finder database, powered by Google, was born as a result of recent storms in Philippine history
  • During Typhoon Yolanda, the Individuals Finder was a critical tool for people all across the world to trace their relatives' whereabouts. This proved to be a success, and additional groups are now using it to help locate family in the event of a disaster.
• ICT Market in Philippines

  • The Information & Communications Technology (ICT) market in the Philippines is set to continue to grow in 2020 driven by wider digital transformation initiatives taken by local enterprises and growing customers’ needs despite COVID-19 crisis, according to Globaldata’s report, “Enterprise ICT Investment Trends 2020 Philippines”.
• Change.org

  • is an open platform that allows individuals from all walks of life to take action on the issues that matter to them.
  • It is frequently referred to as the "world's platform for change," as anyone in the online community may start a petition and encourage others to sign it.
  • Petitioning used to be done solely by signing a piece of paper, which was usually done by a group seeking signatures by travel.
  • Change.org allows the internet community to add their digital signatures to a petition, allowing more people to participate.
• Change.org’s mission

  • is to help people from around the world create the change they want to see.
• Change.org hosted several petitions that help solve the following problems:

  • economics problem
  • criminal injustice
  • abuse of human rights
  • lack of education
  • environment concerns
  • animal abuse
  • human
  • health concerns and
  • world hunger