2008 February | Mindanao Writers' Blogs
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New blog on Bukidnon news and information

The Central Mindanao Newswatch, Bukidon’s local newspaper, is launching this week its online journal Bukidnon Newswatch Online. This is the paper’s second attempt to put up a blog for the community newspaper based in Malaybalay City. This try was triggered by a recent mechanical problem, which delayed the release of the week’s issue. The ...

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Bukidnon to Iligan and back

After months of planning and preparation, the proposed training on Basic Journalism with Iligan City-based Civil Society Organization - Forum for Peace (CSOFP) was finally done. We conducted the training on February 22 to 23 at the Redemptorist Compound in Brgy. San Miguel, Iligan City. It was conducted under the Grassroots Documentation and Reporting ...

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Lessons in mindfulness

IT'S a long-running never-ending discussion between my dive cum debate buddy Carlos and I: the layout of roads in Davao City. Carlos being a driver and me as forever passenger, we have different outlooks on the roads that surround us in Davao City. Those roads that intersect at weird angles, merge without ...

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GOIN’ PLACES: Taba-taba, that’s us

THE place has long been targetted, but we couldn't seem to fit it into our schedule. Both Deng and I have often passed by the place. Deng because she lives in the area, and me because that's where the taxi passes through everytime I go home from one more tambay at Ponce ...

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Rehab sought on Bukidnon’s Mt. Kitanglad

 The provincial board of Bukidnon has approved a resolution seeking more funds for the rehabilitation and reforestation of the Mt. Kitanglad Range Natural Park. Read full report here. In a resolution approved on January 30, the provincial board “significantly and zealously” requested Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri, Gov. Jose Ma. R. Zubiri Jr., Second ...

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Board games, bored games

THE past weeks have forced me to be more interested in politics (and writing about it), than I normally would. Not because I'm siding with either of the two extreme sides of the fence, but because there are so many fences that have to be defined, it has become bizarre.***** THE GAME ...

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GOIN’ PLACES: Word of mouth

THIS place was first brought to my attention by Metro Lifetyle's Jammer, when I joined their table while waiting for Dengdeng last week. Along with the information on where and who owns it were his highly recommended food to order. I kept this in mind as Deng, Carlos and I planned on ...