2009 July | Mindanao Writers' Blogs
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SONA Postscript: Re-reading the numbers in the President’s report

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo boasted of her administration’s achievements and slammed her critics in a display of fighting stance because of it. The former economics professor at the University of the Philippines sprinkled her speech with numbers or statistics to prove her 5-point summary, which she used to claim that: “1. We have a ...

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cinemalaya cinco

8 full-length features. 2 documentaries. 5 shorts. The number of films I saw at the recently concluded Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival.I was a panelist at ...

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The parade of SOs and peace in Mindanao

A series of more recent development unfolded in Mindanao. First came the announcement of the resumption “Soon” of the formal talks (and the peace process) between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front as a cessation of hostilities is at hand. Then the continuing calls by civil society and peoples organizations in conflict-affected ...

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prelim exam

Humanities 3: Film PrinciplesEssay. (25 points)Can rural life be cinematically sophisticated? Explain. Note: Please discount the possibility of Cherie Gil portraying a bronze-skinned country lass immersed in knee-high mud in the middle of a rice field. ...

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Bohol is…

Standing in awe inside centuries-old churches in Maribojoc, Tagbilaran, Baclayon, Loboc, Dauis, etc… a...

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Maribojoc, Dauis, Carmen, and other enchanting sites in Bohol

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little surprises

My four-year-old niece Shaniqua asked me an innocent question this afternoon. "Is Gloria (Macapagal-Arroyo) flat-chested?" "Where did you hear that?""It's in the news."I was silent. ...