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Wednesday, August 29, 2012

We Are All Bernardo Carpio

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Election season is near and we expect that surveys in whatever form will again invade our privacies. It is a scenario where usually politici...
Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Slapstick Born Out of San Jose Public Market

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I thought random slapping only happens in comedy films employing slapstick jokes. When interviewed over DWDO, one of the supposed victims...
Thursday, August 16, 2012

Lessons From Mr. Miyagi

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I was outnumbered in our every lengthy discussion about the Reproductive Health (RH) Bill not only in Facebook but in other social networkin...
Friday, August 10, 2012

Monsoon Flood and Drops of Heroism

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They were helplessly stranded at Batangas Port for more than 48 hours but did not backed-out and instead bravely crossed raging floods of Oc...
Monday, August 6, 2012

Prime Time

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The Philippines’ Response to Indigenous Peoples’ and Muslim Education or PRIME was launched in Culasisi Minority School in Brgy. Batongbuha...
Thursday, July 26, 2012

Reflections Brought About by a Photo of a Mangyan Boy Eating Dirty Ice Cream

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You can bring canned sardines and instant noodles in the mountains but certainly not an ice cream in a cone, a foodstuff my children loved ...
Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Abraham Lincoln and the Vampires

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Now showing in Philippine theatres is a movie about United States’ 16th president entitled “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” directed and c...
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Friday, July 6, 2012

Stories of Inawa Panaynep

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“Inawa Panaynep” is the Alangan term for English “ Fulfilled Dream” and “Natupad na Pangarap” in Filipino. And this is also how the aroun...
Friday, June 29, 2012

What’s in Store for Sablayan Mangyans?

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Borrowing from Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill and Rebecca R. Merrill in their book I haven’t read entitled “ First Things First” , this ...
Saturday, June 23, 2012

4Ps and Muslim Women

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This is the first time I am in the company of Muslim women and I’ve discovered that they also laugh at Christian men’s point blank jokes an...
Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Independence Day and the Two Mannys

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Question of the week :“How would we celebrate Independence Day if Manny Pacquiao is beaten by American Timothy Bradley come Sunday?” To be ...
Thursday, May 31, 2012

OMECO as Punching Bag

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His office absorbs all our criticisms and hatred especially during brownouts or power outage. But I will not blame the member-consumers for ...
Wednesday, May 23, 2012

The Mangyan Educational System (Crossing Mountains and Fingers)

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It started with a noble legislation from an equally noble public figure slowly getting prominence not only among those who belong to indigen...
Saturday, May 12, 2012

My First Lessons in Ermita

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Filipino music icon Freddie Aguilar mentioned the name of this street in his famous song “Magdalena”. Here’s the line of the song: “Kaya ika...
Monday, April 30, 2012

Green Pope, Green Code

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I just finished reading my newly acquired book called “Ten Commandments for the Environment: Pope Benedict XVI Speaks Out for Environment” ...
Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Basketball Legends in Sablayan on Earth Day

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It’s sports extravaganza all the way here in Sablayan. After boxing, here comes basketball. After the triumphant success of Drian Francisc...
Tuesday, April 10, 2012

How to Recognize the Risen Lord in Occidental Mindoro Context

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Like the two disciples on the road to Emmaus, we, citizens of this province, are in deep frustration. We are frustrated with the socio-polit...
Monday, April 2, 2012

Of Footsteps and Conserved Areas

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Two leading Taobuid leaders, namely, Juanito Lumawig and Fausto Novelozo with his aide Poor Galubidan attended the First National Conference...
Tuesday, March 27, 2012

My Untruthful Resume

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It’s job hunting time so it’s resume writing once more for the newly graduates and this helped me remember the knowledge I do not have and ...
Monday, March 26, 2012

Chipping Off in Leadership

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I was asked by our Municipal Administrator, Mr. Alfredo R. Ventura last Thursday to give an inspirational message in behalf of our town’s l...
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