A pioneering effort in print media was launched today — a locally-published magazine intriguingly called m.

To quote its publishers, M is "the first-ever glossy travel and lifestyle magazine that will showcase the best that Mindanao has to offer. M features stories ranging from adventure destinations, culinary pursuits, nocturnal activities, unique fashion creations, beauty and wellness, gainful business endeavors, to little known secrets about this island paradise; it is the primary source of information on Mindanao’s contemporary lifestyle."

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Today, we have reached 300 blogs in the Mindanao Blog Directory! Thanks to Migs of WISIWIB (What I See Is What I Blog) for submitting the 300th listing!

As you might know by now, the Directory is organized by region, and the sub-categories are the provinces and chartered cities. Here’s the current breakdown of the blog listings (click the image on the right to see the actual screen shot):

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Just read in the news that Northern Mindanao’s Internet connection expanded by 500% compared to last year’s.

Northern Mindanao had a total of 26,788 Internet connections as of the second quarter, this year, up by 570.87 percent compared to 3993 connections in the same period of 2006, a Sun.Star report said Monday.

“Of this figure, Cruztelco posted the highest increase of 1,600 percent, followed by Sotelco, 1,264 percent, PLDT, 1,003.51 percent and Philcom, 826.45 percent but those of PTT dropped by 51.67 percent,” Regional Director Teodoro D. Buenavista, Jr. of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), Northern Mindanao, said.

Per share of the region’s total internet connections, however, PhilCom contributed the biggest share of 68.65 percent, followed by Sotelco, 25.46 percent, PLDT, 2.35 percent, ICC-Bayan Tel, 2.14 percent and Cable 21, 1.12 percent while the rest of the providers like Cruztelco, Plaseco, PT&T and TMSI also contributed less than 1 percent each. [source]

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