mindanaw | Mindanao Writers' Blogs - Part 6
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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 ...

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Water down: Bukidnon eyes tigher rules on water rights

Water is inarguably Bukidnon’s most important agricultural resource. It is a cause of wonder, however, why the sloppy process of acquiring water permits have escaped the pruning attention of local governments. There were doubts raised by many over the years on the questionable process of acquiring water rights permits. But over the years, too, ...

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Kalilang in a renovated hotel, and identity in Mindanao

It was a bit awkward for me and Omar, a reserved Maguindanaoan who tried to be informative, as we took a peek at the wedding of a couple from two big Maguindanaoan families in Cotabato City. We were looking through the window from our side of the conference hall— we looked like kids ...