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Sunset in Digos

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 [...]

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Thanks in advance!

Madayaw!!! In behalf of my fellow organizers of the 1st Mindanao Bloggers Summit, I’d like to grab this chance to thank our first batch of sponsors. But before getting to those who came first, I’d like to announce that we’ve now signed up our pioneering external Major Sponsor, NoKiAHOST.com (P5/day webhosting) — that’s short for [...]

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YGB! Entries after Week 2

We now have 5 entries in the You Got Blogged! competition. Here they are: Review on â€œAlternat1ve Energyâ€ This is the very first submission, written by Victor Uba, who reviewed Marc Javellana’s alternative-energy blog. Review : New*Davao A city arises Doris CalceÃ±a reviewed Shealthiel Oczon’s blog, which forms part of a growing number of blogs [...]

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Iligan — City of Majestic Waterfalls

The first thing which comes to mind when someone mentions Iligan City in Lanao del Norte is the majestic Maria Cristina Falls which is one of the most resplendent among the falls in the Philippines. It stands 320 feet high and is the veritable source of industrial power in the region. Trust me, there’s more [...]

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Blogging for popularity, towards social responsibility

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 [...]

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Blogsite update

MindanaoBloggers.com’s sidebar space was getting kinda crowded, so I decided to take the site navigation links out to free up some precious real estate. Those links are now in the header area, right below the title. You’ll notice there’s now a third badge at the top of the sidebar. It’s for the Mindanao Blog Awards. [...]

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YGB! update

We now have 5 entries to the You Got Blogged! DigitalFilipino.com / MindanaoBloggers.com Review-a-Blog Competition (the first one listed is not an entry — it’s just a sample). And to date, we have more than 80 blogs already submitted in the Mindanao Blog Directory, all available for review! We’re trying to get more Mindanao blogs [...]

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

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 [...]

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Your Alternative Airlines to Mindanao

It’s time now to take away the limelight to those mainstream airlines (PAL, Air Philippines and Cebu Pacific) for the mean time and let’s focus on those humble airlines offering the so called “missionary routes” which big airline companies find unprofitable so they are shying away from them. Another reason for mainstream airlines “abandoning” the [...]

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Review-writing competition opening salvo

It’s the first of August, and it’s the opening day of the You Got Blogged! DigitalFilipino.com / MindanaoBloggers.com Review-a-Blog Competition. Here’s an overview of the steps necessary to participate in this blog contest. Step 1 • Browse the Mindanao Blog Directory, and choose a blog that you’d like to review. Step 2 • Write a [...]

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Spotlight on Mindanao blogs: a unique blog contest

Hello everybody! We’re running a one-of-a-kind blogging contest right here, and absolutely everyone is invited to participate! It’s called You Got Blogged! DigitalFilipino.com / MindanaoBloggers.com Review-a-Blog Competition. Quite a mouthful, yes, but so are the prizes! We’re giving away US$150 for the first prize… but this just might be for starters! This competition will involve [...]

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Would you like to be exiled to Dapitan?

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 [...]

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It’s final: MBS1 on 27 Oct

After taking into account several salient considerations surrounding the 1st Mindanao Bloggers Summit and the 6th Mindanao ICT Congress, the MBS1 organizing team has unanimously decided to set the Summit’s date on 27 October 2007 (Saturday). This is final. We apologize if this slight flip-flopping with the Summit’s event date has caused confusion or conflict. [...]

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Another Reason to Travel

Low-cost airline Cebu Pacific has reduced its year-round â€˜Goâ€™ fares for most of its domestic routes beginning July 20, 2007. The year-round one-way fare for services from Manila to any Mindanao destination (and vise-versa) was reduced by more than 30% from P998 to P688. Fares are equivalent to an all-inclusive one-way of a little over [...]

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Pristine Selinog Island

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 [...]

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