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Davao to transform public library into ‘idea center’
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/17 Oct) – The public library in this city will soon become an upgraded version of an incubation space, where one learns to think more, develop and express… »
BISAG UNSA: Rebyu sa Tipik
DAKBAYAN SA DABAW (MindaNews/3 Aug) – Unsa man ang resulta kon mag-uban sa usa ka proyekto ang duha ka tawo kinsa ang matag usa kanila naghupot og daghang talento?
REVIEW: The Seductive Power of Buzzwords
(Review of “The Politics of Anti-Politics: What does the buzzword ‘community-driven development’ do? The case of Mindanao Peace and Development” by Nikki Philline C. de la Rosa, published in Mindanao… »
Two books by Mindanawons launched this week
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/15 May) — Two books by Mindanawons will be launched this week: Ronnie Amorado’s “Kakistocracy: The Rule of the Unprincipled, Unethical and Unqualified” and Redemptorist Brother Karl Gaspar’s “Manobo Dreams in Arakan: A People’s Struggle to Keep Their Homeland.” Amorado’s book will be launched Tuesday morning at room J-301, Jubilee Hall of the Ateneo de Davao University’s Jacinto Campus.
BOOK REVIEW: Karl Gaspar's 'The Masses are Messiah: Contemplating the Filipino Soul'
Karl Gaspar’s latest book, “The Masses are Messiah: Contemplating the Filipino Soul” is a rare book – a significant contribution to the scholarship on babaylans, Filipino struggles for social transformation, and spirituality, long overdue but so difficult to make. Of course, it’s no surprise that the author could pull off this scholarly but captivating work. Karl Gaspar’s academic background as an anthropologist and sociologist, his grassroots experience of resistance during martial law and beyond, and the wide social network he has built over the years were all a preparation for this timely research.
It helps that Karl was CEO of several Mindanao-based institutions, including the controversial Mindanao Sulu Pastoral Conference (MSPC) in the late 1970s, roamed the region as poet, minstrel, and playwright in the early 1980s, and has now put all his tremendous talents to the service of the Redemptorist missions, some of which consist of the poorest communities in Mindanao and elsewhere.
Karl Gaspar's latest book launched on Human Rights Day
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/09 December) – Redemptorist Brother Karl Gaspar’s latest book, “The Masses are Messiah: Contemplating the Filipino Soul” will be launched Friday, International Human Rights Day, at the Ateneo… »
“War Wounded:” because a pile of laundry won’t wash away war’s trauma
“We in the military have been avoiding this topic for the longest time because we don’t know how to handle it,” Major Gen. Carlos Holganza, chief of the Army’s 10th Infantry Division, said at the launching Saturday of Dr. Gail Tan Ilagan’s book, “War Wounded: Combat Stress Sequelae of 10ID Soldiers.”
