2007 November | Mindanao Writers' Blogs - Part 2
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Gov. Grace Padaca in Mindanao

The courageous former Bombo Radyo Cauayan anchor, polio survivor and now turned Isabela governor swept an international conference of women leaders on conflict transformation and good governance in Davao City with a typhoon-level inspirational message.Wanted: More women in governance is a story about the conference. Here’s here piece: Reclaiming and asserting the transformative ...

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Echoing dissent on mining

Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio told Mindanao lawyers to help prevent foreigners from further exploiting the country’s mineral resources at the expense of the environment, the government and the Filipino people. In his keynote speech before participants of the Mindanao regional convention of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines here from Nov. 21 ...

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Upward legal battle

From the office of councilor Nenita Orcullo in 2004, when it was first proposed, Davao City’s ordinance banning aerial spraying seems bound for the Supreme Court. The Court of Appeals granted the plea of the Pilipino Banana Growers and Exporters Association for a 60-day temporary restraining order — stopping the ...

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sulu

Al Jacinto directs Sulu. Born of a Muslim mother, young writer Arthur Sakaluran Abasalo decides to visit Sulu despite the perceived strife and presence of Muslim rebels and Abu Sayyaf terrorists. In Sulu, he meets ...

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Support the Sumilao farmers!

"To make democracy successful, economic power must be vested in the hands of the local people and the minimum requirements of life must be guaranteed to all. This is the only way to ensure the economic liberation of the people." -- Prabhat Rainjan SarkarPhoto Credit by ...

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Latest book of Dr Ravi Batra

Dr. Ravi Batra - is author of six international bestsellers, two of which appeared on the New York Times list. He has appeared on CBS, NBC, CNN, ABC, and CNBC and has been profiled in The New York Times, Time, Newsweek, and many more. He is a professor ...

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Hunghong sa Yuta

Hunghong sa Yuta ( "Earth's Whisper" ) A film by Arnel MardoquioMTV Credits:Music: "Pambihirang Nilikha" by Popong LanderoCinematographer: Egay NavarroEditor: Arthur Ian L. Garcia