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Rootedness

Rootedness

Posted 22 April 2008 | By | Categories: Community | 3 Comments

Let us remember…. …our rootedness to Mother earth we call home …where we draw life from …which nurtures and feeds our body, mind and soul Let us remember…. …those who have battled against environmental destruction …those who have perished for protecting our home …those who continue to endure the suffering to make it worth living [...]

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Holy Ramadhan

Posted 19 September 2007 | By | Categories: Community | 5 Comments

PBS WIKA 2007 GRAND PRIZE: Tungo sa Panlipunang Pagbabanyuhay

Posted 05 September 2007 | By | Categories: Awards & Recognitions | 3 Comments

Note: Thanks to the Administrator for allowing me to post this. Since much of this blog is influenced by my work in Visayas and Mindanao, and my Moro wards, I might as well share this to you. Halos isa’t kalahating dekada na ang nakalilipas mula nang mag-aplay ako sa isang training program para sa mga [...]

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When South meets North

Posted 24 August 2007 | By | Categories: Community | 6 Comments

No, they are not Igorot women. They are young Muslim (Moro) professionals who belong to the 5th cohort of Congressional Internship Program for Young Muslim Leaders (CIPYML), which is a program I used to handle. One of their internship activities is to visit local government units where they can learn the interface of legislative and [...]

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Sunset in Digos

Posted 17 August 2007 | By | Categories: Travelogue | 1 Comment

Taken in one of my trips to Davao del Sur more than two years ago. We just attended one of the meetings of the cooperatives in Digos and going back to Davao City, we saw this God’s beautiful masterpiece. Scenes like this are always a sight to behold–one that makes you leave your pains and [...]

Blogging for popularity, towards social responsibility

Posted 12 August 2007 | By | Categories: Featured Blogs | 1 Comment

With the indulgence of the site admin, I just want to share my blog related to the blog title. I did a mini study of the blogging behavior of the members of the blogging community–PinoyBlogoSphere (PBS). And this is what I have found out: The blogging community prefers to be entertained and make blogging a [...]

On Bayang Barrios, F. Sionil Jose and being a fan

On Bayang Barrios, F. Sionil Jose and being a fan

Posted 04 August 2007 | By | Categories: Community | Comments Off

I have never been a die hard fan. I would cringe at the thought of lining up in a long queue for authograph signing. But sometime in 2003, I let my guards off, and what the heck! Right infront of me is one of the finest singers in town–Bayang Barrios! >>> read more as I [...]

Would you like to be exiled to Dapitan?

Posted 25 July 2007 | By | Categories: Travelogue | Comments Off

Figure it out: What was it like to be deported and exiled 115 years ago, when there were no telephone, malls, family, and faster means of transportation? And your only link to the world was through a snail mail, which perhaps you could not even depend upon because you fear that, perhaps, the Spaniards were [...]

Pristine Selinog Island

Pristine Selinog Island

Posted 20 July 2007 | By | Categories: Travelogue | 7 Comments

One of the perks of being in development work is the chance to move around the country. For the past 8 years, I have been going in and out of Mindanao, particularly Davao, Zamboanga Peninsula, CDO, etc. I only regret now that I have not blogged earlier. The good thing, however, was that I was [...]