DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/10 November) -- Hello. My name is Sage Danielle Tan Ilagan from Grade Six Claver. I am given a chance to say a short speech here because I have expressed a love for reading and writing. First, I’d like to speak of our theme today: ‘Kaayaayang Magbasa sa Kalikasang kay Ganda’, or, in English, ‘It is a pleasure to read in a beautiful environment.’ Have you ever tried reading outside when the weather is nice, the sun is out and the wind is blowing? I have. And I can say that it is a wonderful experience indeed. 

SYDNEY, Australia (MindaNews/06 Nov) -- Here I am, writing at 13 years of age. I honestly cannot believe that eight years have passed since I used my home computer to draw a picture saying “Please give the children of Mindanao and the rest of the Philippines the right to live peacefully. KIDS SHOULD HAVE FUN, NOT HIDING FROM BOMBS AND GUNS!”

DATU PIANG, Maguindanao (MindaNews/8 Oct) -- A sea of blue trapals (tarpaulin) filled the Bureau of Fire Protection compound, Notre Dame of Dulawan campus, gymnasium, children's park, and the trading center at Datu Piang in Maguindanao as we arrived there on Sunday, October 5.

(Delivered during the Federation of Bishops Conferences-Office of Social Communications (FABC-OSC) Communications Seminar at the Bukal ng Tipan, Antipolo, Rizal  on November 22).

What I wish to share with you comes from almost 30 years of experience with journalists in my various roles as President of a Philippines Catholic University in Southern Philippines, as a bishop, as a lead person in press conferences given by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines or by the Synod of Bishops in Rome, and recently by the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences.