2008 September | Mindanao Writers' Blogs - Part 8
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temperature falling

Three days ago everybody was complaining about the heat, thirty one degrees Celsius, too hot to enjoy the Labor Day at the lake. "I only brought winter clothes, boots, jackets and all." Yael, one of the writers from Israel, announced over coffee last Sunday. Almost everyone decided to ...

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oh sarah

Only a few days into her joyride as a vice presidential hopeful, Sarah Palin's words are peppered with duh's and plain inanities. Her recent 'Iraq war is a task from God' statement just sent a full pint of draught beer jetting out of my nostrils. Next thing we know she will ...

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A city awaits a new public market

The city council has scheduled to tackle in its session on September 2 the status of the delayed construction of Malaybalay City’s new public market. Vice Mayor Ignacio W. Zubiri told MindaNews they have invited concerned parties to the session on Tuesday to shed light on the P225 million construction project. Contractor ...

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Government dissolves its peace panel

The government has dissolved its peace panel today, according to Mindanawon Prof. Rudy “Ompong” Rodil, vice chair of the GRP peace panel, in an announcement in a Mindanao e-group, as qouted by MindaNews in this report. “The era of peace talks is over,” said one of the reactions as qouted in the same ...

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Brothers in Arms

The wonderful side of living during these high-tech times is getting your hands on your favorite MTVs even though it's from a lifetime ago. Here's a real classic: Dire Strait's "Brothers in Arms". Cool, meaningful, awesome,

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A million TAPs for peace!

Peace has to start as an individual decision. By making a choice to focus even a small segment of my day on peace, I am taking that first step towards every rational person's fantasy — saving the world." -- Ophelia JulienLike Ophelia, a housewife and mother, each of us longs for ...

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The never ending story of war —right in our backyard

Waking up to a broadcaster howling against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front one morning, I was tempted to turn the radio off.   The grain of his voice has pestered me in my space in that corner of the house.   “Maayo ng girahon sila kay gusto man diay nila og Independence!” Gusto pa ...