Mr. Walter I. Balane is a journalist from Mindanao. He is one of the invited resource speaker of the 2nd Mindanao Bloggers Summit held recently in October 25, 2008 at General Santos City. Here below is the contents of Mr. Balane privilege discourse presented during the summit. ...
by Dada Maheshvarananda The New York Times editorial calls this "the scariest economic free fall the world has seen since 1929," referring to the Great Depression that caused great suffering to millions. The sentiment is echoed by hundreds of leading economists, bankers and traders whose opinions are quoted daily, as ...
Summit Objectives:To strengthen the unity among bloggers in their drive to accentuate the untapped potentialities of Mindanao,To encourage bloggers to become more enthusiastic about the Mindanao consciousness,To utilize maximum potential of new media, andTo foster the entrepreneurial spirit of Mindanawans through blogging.Resource Speakers:Looking South: An ...
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 ...
By Eddie U. IlardeAstonishment and wonder were the unfavorable reactions of our peers in the Interim Batasang Pambansa when we filed Parliamentary Bill 195 on August 14, 1978 seeking to change the name Philippines to Maharlika. It was as if to say “some members have lost their marbles to even ...
NEW BOOKDr. Susmit Kumar's fascinating work on the modernization of Islam and the creation ofa multipolar world order is out.Dr. Kumar writes engagingly and with easy authority on the causes of Islamic fundamentalism, the collapse of American economy, and demonstrates the excellent ...
By P.R. SarkarThe first requirement for economic democracy is that the minimum requirements of a particular age -- including food, clothing, housing, education and medical treatment -- must be guaranteed to all. Not only is this an individual right, it is also a collective necessity, because the easy availability ...
