Posted in Bukidnon, Business, Economy, Every Day Mindanao, Governance, Human Rights, Indifgenous Peoples, Local Governance, Lumads and Mindanao, Mindanao, Peace Process, Philippines, Security on June 25, 2008 | No Comments »
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 the media.
The news [...]
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Posted in ARMM, Agriculture, Art and Culture in Mindanao, Entertainment, Every Day Mindanao, Feasts in Mindanao, Food in Mindanao, Freedom, Indifgenous Peoples, Jobs in Mindanao, Local Governance, Lumads and Mindanao, Mindanao, Mindanao's communities, Philippines on June 10, 2008 | No Comments »
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 wanting to gate [...]
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Pamogon Store
Stall No. 04
Pikit Public Market
For coffee drinkers, a natural choice for a stop over in between Cotabato and Davao cities aside from rest room visits and road side meals, is the Pikit Public Market.
Aside from it being a vibrant and busy market place, it offers Pikit’s famous Pamogon ”excelsa” coffee.
We scoured for that ‘aromatic’ redemption and found it for sale in many [...]
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Posted in Bukidnon, Davao, Economy, Every Day Mindanao, Investments in Mindanao, Malaybalay City, Mindanao, Peace Process, Philippines, Reporting Mindanao on December 29, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Is this survey valid and reflective of reality?
From the MindaNews dispatch >>>> Hope for the New Year is high nationwide at 91% but in Mindanao, residents were more hopeful for 2007 than they are for 2008, a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed.
The survey, conducted nationwide from November 30 to December 3 but released only [...]
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A police trainer was nabbed for alleged large-scale illegal recruitment during an entrapment operation by the National Bureau of Investigation last Sunday. The suspect, identified by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) as Jay B. Zambrano, 31, allegedly collected a total of at least P1.3 million from the victims, lawyer Arcelito Albao, NBI agent, [...]
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The Philippine Airlines’ decision to lower the fare for travel to and from Mindanao has actually earned their firm more passengers as those who used to travel by land and sea could now afford to fly.“We got a portion of that market because our airfare is now almost equal to that of surface travel,” Philippine [...]
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Posted in BIMP - EAGA, Business, Davao, Economy, Events, Every Day Mindanao, Investments in Mindanao, Mindanao, Mining in Mindanao, Philippines, Tourism, Travel and Transportation on October 24, 2007 | No Comments »
Business interests mainly on biodiesel, palm oil plantations, and mining dominate projects eyed for business matching at the first ever BIMP-East ASEAN Growth Area investment conference here.
About 28 of the 39 projects were clustered under the natural resource development sector, according to a list provided by the conference secretariat to reporters.
Only 11 were classified under [...]
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By Penelope C. Sanz / MindaNews / 5 November 2005
(Republished with permission from the author)
A FEW MONTHS BACK, I wrote about the snorer, spitter, smoker, and pukers in a bus ride. This time, despite needing to pass an academic requirement, here I am writing about how to survive traveling in Mindanao. After a recent trip [...]
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Posted in ARMM, Agriculture, BIMP - EAGA, Bukidnon, Davao, Economy, Environment, Every Day Mindanao, Monologues, People Power, Philippines, Politics, Reflections on September 9, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Thinking out of the box should be easier in Mindanao.
Here, you will be forced to choose to be open-minded, to be culturally-sensitive, and to keep in mind a collective viewpoint rather than just a small village “I” or “mine” outlook.
Everyday will be an exposure to various learning experiences including in unlikely places.
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Posted in Education, Every Day Mindanao, Governance, Human Rights, Jobs in Mindanao, Lumads and Mindanao, Mindanao, Mindanao's communities, Philippines, Updates on August 26, 2007 | No Comments »
I’m referring to someone who I doubt could be familiar to anyone here in blogosphere. I virtually met this 24-year old Tboli today from Brgy, New La Union in Maitum, Sarangani Province.
The Sarangani Information Office sent a press release, which our news organization used in this story.
Tom isn’t Mark Twain’s adventurous Sawyer kid of-all-time. Tom [...]
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Posted in BIMP - EAGA, Blogging and Mindanao, Business, Davao, Economy, Every Day Mindanao, Governance, Investments in Mindanao, Mindanao, Philippines, Tourism, Travel and Transportation, Trips - Adventures - Escapades on August 5, 2007 | 14 Comments »
From Ferdie Ciento: “… I enjoy learning things about Davao and Mindanao. Suggestion lang, kung sana may picture tour din sa famous ninyong Davao International Airport na ma-ifeature dito sa site mo, kita ko kasi ang exploreiloilo.com at maganda ang presentation nila lalo na sa updates about their place including business and tourism prospects. Sana [...]
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The phrase isn’t original. But that’s what I remembered when I was in front of a scene in GSIS Heights Subdivision here in Davao City by noon time today.
I saw two men in the new sidewalk of Virgo Street while I was waiting for my turn for a pedal cab from the office to [...]
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