2008 October | Mindanao Writers' Blogs - Part 11
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Bukidnon tribe seeks endorsement from city for ancestral domain claim

The Bukidnon tribe is seeking endorsement from the city government of Malaybalay for its Daraghuyan ancestral domain claim over at least 4,700 hectares inside the Mt. Kitanglad Range and Natural Park. Bae Inatlawan Adelina Tarino, head claimant, said the city government’s endorsement is the last requirement for the National Commission on ...

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cranky

I'm back in Iowa City. I'm tired, sleepy and cranky. Stand back if you don't want invectives hurled at you. I deserve my space. Don't worry. I'll return the favor when you ask for it. I'll leave you alone when you are itching to indulge in marathon sex until your genitals fall ...

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foggy morning

It's a quarter to nine in the morning. I'm packing my bag. I'm flying back to Iowa City in four hours. I just got back to my hotel after a night of partying with Las Tres Estrellas Redux -Lyka, Ekra and Jezebel, featuring Mama O. I was pleasantly surprised to see ...

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Bukidnon feels what other provinces in Mindanao feel

Bukidnon is in the heartland of Mindanao. It is as diverse as Mindanao in history, culture, people and natural resources. Being at the geographical center of the “Land of Promise” Bukidnon experiences what Mindanao experiences. People in the province cannot disregard the issues and concerns around Mindanao. In the middle of uncertainties in today’s ...

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Maranaos assert their right to peace vs. war in Mindanao

Bobby Timonera based in Iligan City reports for MindaNews that Maranaos call on thge United Nations and the Organization of Islamic Conference to help end war in Mindanao. In a rally in Marawi City on October 2,  his MindaNews report said that at the end of the month-long Ramadhan, Maranaos there staged a ...

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san francisco

I'm here in San Francisco, CA for a five-day mid residency break. It's nice to be back in a place that I am familiar with and, most specially, in the company of nice, warm friends. San Francisco is more like my kind of a place -fast, crazy ...

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Plagiarizing just to be ahead

I feed on words and the elements of composition. Writing news is my bread and butter. And I go to the field spending my meager resources to get the facts myself in an effort to get it right. I may not be the best in what I’m doing, but I have always tried ...