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more conversations with a cuttlefish

this one is at blue jazz also in samal. ang tagal namin dito, si peewee nga, ten minutes of tape ang naubos. hindi kasi takot, panay lang ang tingin sa akin. i got almost 50 shots of this one. wala lang. i love cuttlefish, lalo na kung may toyo, kamatis at sili...

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Disturbed state

"MATAPOS na sana itong gyera, pagod na ako kakaisip kung ano pang isulat sa editorial," I blurted out last week as I gathered the day's newspapers once more for my daily afternoon marathon readings just before writing the day's editorial.And there I was, looking at disturbing photos of women and children ...

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GOIN’ PLACES: Persian fit for the Pinoy

(Sorry, no photos again. I accidentally erased the files).I KNEW I was pushing it, but I wanted to get all article in before Friday since I was off somewhere again by Saturday, thus I was texting Deng even as I was still on my way to the dive shop on a banca ...

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please identify

Obviously a nudi, but what's its name? Peewee saw this during our night dive at Bluejazz yesterday.

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Just one reason why we love Paradise

To some Paradise Island is so hoi-polloi. But we're hoi-polloi and love being so. Especially because the waters of Paradise is one that can challenge the most seasoned diver. This is where we learned how to breathe in a relaxed manner even while battling the strongest current, this is how we learned ...

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And then they dance the cha-cha

(This is the follow-up editorial that I wrote for August 14 in response to the headlines of the national dailies on August 13).EVEN before anyone from government showed any effort to shed light on why the memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain (MOA-AD) was drafted without giving a hint about it ...

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Transparency and things that go bump in the night

(This is the editorial I wrote for today's issue of Sun.Star Davao)AS bombs and bullets are exchanged, the proposed memorandum of agreement that set off the equally explosive exchange of words remains a mystery, that is if we're to attribute these to official sources.Copies of the proposed MOA that were gathered, ...