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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Posted in Agriculture, Bukidnon, Jobs in Mindanao, Malaybalay City, Mindanao, Mindanao's communities, Peace Process, Philippines, Reflections, Reporting Mindanao on March 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I couldn’t help but be depressed listening to stories of conflict that continue to afflict our people. The images and sounds are chilling.
Sometimes I shut my senses out in order to avoid the hassle. But, normally that isn’t possible.
Maybe its the same surge of terror that pushed me to post this piece even if I [...]
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Posted in Bukidnon, Business, Davao, Economy, Environment, Governance, Investments in Mindanao, Jobs in Mindanao, Lumads and Mindanao, Mindanao, Mindanao's communities, Mining in Mindanao, Philippines, Safety on November 28, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio told Mindanao lawyers to help prevent foreigners from further exploiting the country’s mineral resources at the expense of the environment, the government and the Filipino people.
In his keynote speech before participants of the Mindanao regional convention of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines here from Nov. 21 to 23, Carpio [...]
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A world renowned US programmer would be in town next week for a free workshop on Java Script, an important program on developing website and accessing objects embedded in other Internet applications.
Thom Parker, touted as one of the top three world experts on JavaScript, would offer a free workshop at Felis Seminar Resort on Friday [...]
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Posted in Davao, Education, Food/Health Related, Governance, Health, Jobs in Mindanao, Justice, Local Governance, Mindanao, Social Security on November 10, 2007 | 1 Comment »
A mixture of her difficulty in coping with poverty, emotional problems, and her youthful innocence killed the 12-year-old grade schooler, a social worker said.
Grade 6 pupil Marianeth Amper, who committed suicide in the afternoon of All Souls’ Day in a room of their house in the sloping hills in Maa, has caught the national limelight [...]
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Posted in BIMP - EAGA, Business, Davao, Economy, Financing in Mindanao, Governance, Investments in Mindanao, Jobs in Mindanao, Local Governance, Mindanao, Philippines on October 24, 2007 | No Comments »
Local governments need not worry about where to source funding for income-generating projects, an official of the Mindanao Business Council said in a press conference marking the end of the two-day BIMP-East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) investment conference Tuesday.
Vicente Lao, MinBC chair, announced an emerging scheme how local government units, who play a [...]
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Posted in Agriculture, Bukidnon, Business, Davao, Economy, Food in Mindanao, Governance, Jobs in Mindanao, Malaybalay City, Philippines, Technology, Travel and Transportation on September 29, 2007 | No Comments »
I haven’t covered the Mindanao Shippers’ Conference in June but in the sidelines I heard one of the organizers talk about the high cost of freight as among the bigger concerns there.
I was reminded of this when I interviewed Maritine Industry Authority officer in charge Virgillio Armonia last week.
He said small shippers should pool their [...]
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Posted in Agriculture, Business, Davao, Economy, Environment, Food in Mindanao, Food/Health Related, Governance, Health, Jobs in Mindanao, Local Governance, Mindanao, Philippines on September 26, 2007 | No Comments »
Airplanes used by banana firms to spray chemicals over plantations were grounded following the Davao City Regional Trial Court’s decision to uphold the constitutionality of the city’s aerial spray ban ordinance.
The judicial clearance left no more blocks to execute the ordinance passed since six months ago.
Banana growers have alerted the media of an appeal at [...]
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Posted in Agriculture, Bukidnon, Davao, Economy, Environment, Food in Mindanao, Food/Health Related, Governance, Health, Investments in Mindanao, Jobs in Mindanao, Justice, Local Governance, Mindanao, Mindanao Sports, Mindanao's communities, News, Safety on September 24, 2007 | No Comments »
The verdict is out: the court has upheld as valid and constitutional the city ordinance banning aerial spraying in plantations. In a decision dated September 22, Judge Renato Fuentes of Regional Trial Court Branch-17 junked the petition of the Pilipino Banana Growers and Exporters Association (PBGEA) questioning the constitutionality of the ordinance, the [...]
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Posted in Agriculture, BIMP - EAGA, Business, Economy, Environment, Food in Mindanao, Governance, Health, Human Rights, Human Rights in Mindanao, Jobs in Mindanao, Local Governance, Lumads and Mindanao, Mindanao, Mindanao's communities, Mining in Mindanao, Philippines, Safety, Security on September 21, 2007 | 2 Comments »
A friend Penelope Sanz, an anthropologist and a part-time journalist, has gone deep into both probing mining communities and met with mining firms.
I think she has an extensive and intensive field work on mining in Mindanao. I have always wanted to cover communities as there are both interesting and shocking stories to tell from the [...]
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Posted in ARMM, BIMP - EAGA, Business, Economy, Environment, Fisheries Industry in Mindanao, Food in Mindanao, Food/Health Related, Governance, Investments in Mindanao, Jobs in Mindanao, Mindanao, Mindanao's communities, Peace Process, Philippines, Safety, Security, Tourism on August 31, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The business community in conflict-affected areas are sounding off their stand: enough to conflicts, sign the peace agreement and start developing the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).
Datu Haron Bandila, chair of the ARMM Business Council, said the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) must stay focused on the peace process for an [...]
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Posted in Business, Davao, Economy, Environment, Governance, Indifgenous Peoples, Investments in Mindanao, Jobs in Mindanao, Mindanao, Mindanao's communities, Mining in Mindanao, Philippines, Safety, Security on August 31, 2007 | 3 Comments »
he indigenous peoples in communities where mining sites are situated can be effective in helping ensure responsible mining in Mindanao, an official of the Mindanao Business Council (MinBC) said.
The lumad communities’ role, said MinBC chair Vicente Lao, would be more on monitoring to check if mining firms have become abusive.
He said many lumad communities [...]
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