Mindanao Writers' Blogs - A collection of Mindanao writers' blogs. - Part 78
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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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The Ferment of Change: A Case for Maharlika

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 ...

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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, ...

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The Modernization of Islam and the Creation of a Multipolar World Order

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 ...

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how to commit fraud

...in automated elections. Simple, my cousin noted of the recently concluded ARMM (that's the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao) elections as she witnessed people who voted faster than they could recite Bangsamoro juridical entity in less than a minute."You just have to befriend the people manning the polls at the ...