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In the midst of it all

Monologue in front a TV report on the Lanao Norte attack This is a time to be old, and a time to be young a hesitation we cannot flaunt. In this time of Mindanao I know I am home, but I know I am not at home. Who would want to breath the threats in your life? Who would want ...

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Being present at the Fourth Mindanao Media Summit

The formal sessions of the 4th Mindanao Media Summit just concluded early afternoon today, 09 August 2008. The theme: “Mindanao 2020: The vision begins with us”, is placed in an imposing tarp at the back draft. It was a reminder to me as a member of the group who took on “drafting” ...

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IBP laments slow pace of cases in Bukidnon courts

Justice delayed is justice denied and in Bukidnon, whose courts are swamped with cases, resetting a trial today would likely mean waiting for 2010, an official of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines has warned. Anastacio Rosos, IBP Bukidnon chapter president, said the problem has hampered the speedy dispensation of justice in ...

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Released Philippine eagle killed in Mt. Kitanglad

Three-year-old Philippine Eagle “Kagsabua” was killed by a local airgun shooter near the village where he was released just four months ago inside the Mt. Kitanglad Range Natural Park, an environment official said. Felix Mirasol, community environment and natural resource officer, confirmed to MindaNews Wednesday that witnesses have identified the culprit described as a ...

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Negotiating for local content

This is another attempt to return to up-to-date blogging. First and foremost, thanks to those who are behind the Top 100 Mindanao Blogs of 2007. Nakatunga nalang ang 2008, ayha pa ko naka comment ani. I’m trying to convince myself that it’s “Better late than never!” I am glad that Istambay sa Mindanao was included ...

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Theft at a village in darkness

At a quarter before 10p.m., the Zone 1 neighborhood in Kalasungay, a hillside village in suburban Malaybalay City was like poetry in slow motion. The distant barking of the dogs joined the symphony of the evening choir of insects and the rhythmic touch of the wind to the leaves of the Marang. There ...

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Love in the time of insurgency

That Bukidnon is a peaceful province is now a myth. One cannot play blind to the kind of stories we hear from both the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the New Peoples Army about gaining strength against each other. Both camps, even with disproportionate advantages, have brought the battlefield from the mountains to ...