Filipinos are again called upon to be a vigilant and to as citizen journalist for the coming 2013 polls reporting election-related anomalies using the Bayan Mo, iPaatrol mo: Tayo na (BMPM) reporting mechanism in ABS-CBN New's apps, it's citizen journalism right at user`s fingertips through the abs-cbnNEWS.com and COMELEC halalan 2013 mobile applications, which can be downloaded to iPhones, iPads, and Android smartphones and tablets.
This is the latest digital innovation of ABS-CBN's award-winning sng pioneering citizen journalism movement that started in 2005 ang enabled ordinary people to patrol their votes and report wrongdoing in their lcallities. Its was via phone calls and text message in the beginning anf later through emails, Facebook, and Twitter.
As the country prepares for the forthcoming midterm elections, The BMPM feature in ABS_-CBN New's mobile apps make it easy andconvenient for digital citizen to serve as watchdogs of society and to look out for possible election-related violations such as posting of campaign materials on unauthorized areas, vote buying, and carrying or use of firearms by private individuals while the gun bun is in effect.
In recent elections, BMPM has helped tell some of the biggest news stories such as the Maguindanao Massacre on November 2009, when the first photo from the crime scene was sent BMPM only minutes after the gruesome crime occurred.
In 2007, it was through BMPM that the nation learned about the burning of a poll precinct in Batangas, hich claimed the lives of two teachers.
The trailblazing BMPM, which had stood fot “Boto Mo, iPatrol Mo” in previous elections, has brought home varius awards from prestigious international and local award-giving bodies as the International Gold Quill Awards, Asing Pacific PR Awards, the Philippine Quill Awards, The Anvill Awards, and the Tambuli Awards..
Download the abs-cbnNEWS.com and the COMELEC halalan 2013 apps on your smarthphones mobile devices to report to BMPM.
Reports may also be made by calling 412-3781, by posting on twitter via @bayanmo, or on Facebook via www.facebook.com/bayanmoipatrolmo.akoangsimula. And by emailing ireport@abs-cbn.com.
