2007 December | Mindanao Writers' Blogs - Part 2
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dispatch from tokyo

I flew in to Tokyo today and right at the Narita International Airport I learned one valuable lesson: The Arroyo administration may rave about how strong the Philippine peso has become in the past several months but the thing is nobody cares. Not the OFWs who complain about how little their family ...

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Mindanao Ehem Forum and Fellowship

Attention all Ehemers in Mindanao and in Davao City: you are invited to our regular annual forum of the Mindanao Ehem TWG for 2007 (our second forum this year; the first one was on elections last April).Our upcoming forum will be held on December 17, 2007 (Monday) @ 1-5 PM. ...

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seeing red

My documentary The Jihadist was supposed to be reviewed today by the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board a.k.a. the Censors but the review has been rescheduled tomorrow. I have been advised by Kontra Agos Film Festival organizers ...

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Back in Kamuyot country

From now on, Istambay sa Mindanao will be blogging from Malaybalay City, Bukidnon still in Mindanao, Southern Philippines. I’m back to my home province Bukidnon and on my day one as editor of Malaybalay’s Central Mindanao Newswatch. Actually I’m just a consultant to the 19-year old weekly paper. From 2000 to 2004, I worked ...