I was at the National Bookstore branch in SM City Davao at around two in the afternoon last Monday when I received a text message from my friend Ally in Cotabato.“Are you following the news?”“What news?” I managed ...
How do you manage a troubled peace zone? For Mayor Lani Sarillo Candolada of Tulunan, North Cotabato, the key is getting a ‘peace process adviser’ who can focus on the town’s peace agenda so as to address conflicts in the locality. Candolada said they thought of the measure since 2007 in view ...
Counting how many battles fought, enemies killed, and firearms recovered has been among the usual indicators in an official’s military scoreboard. But it’s got to change, military officials tell new generation officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in Mindanao. Col. Julieto Ando, of the Eastern Mindanao Command, has stressed this ...
Brava Theater presentsBARE KNUCKLE A warrior’s greatest untapped power may reside in his surrender.written and performed by Anthem Salgadodirected by Evren OdcikinNovember 21 – December 3, 2009Brava Theater, 2781 24th Street, San Francisco, CA 9411...
I have vague recollections of the last time I was home. When I say “home” I’m not referring to the two-bedroom bungalow in Davao that my partner Mogley and I and our five cats inhabit, but the place where I spent my childhood, in the rural town of Pagalungan, Maguindanao. ...
