REVIEW: Literature as Collective Memory: Reading ‘Mga Lumadnong Sugilanon nga Mahinuklogon’ as Historical Injustice...
TITLE: Mga Lumadnong Sugilanon nga Mahinuklogon
AUTHOR: Melchor M. Morante
Published by Aletheia Printing and Publishing House, Davao City
Virtual book launch on 30 December 2020 at...
A SOJOURNER’S VIEW: Book Review on SPACES: Narratives About the Mission of Fr. Angel...
SPACES: Narratives About the Mission of Fr. Angel Calvo, CMF
Author: Maria Frencie Carreon
Claretian Communications Foundation, Inc.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 27 September) -- There was...
Duterte has no Meranaw roots, book author says
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 03 November) – President Rodrigo Roa Duterte may or may not be a Roa, but certainly, he has no Meranaw...
“Lessons Learned” book on the GRP-MNLF peace nego: a journey back to 1993-1996
JAKARTA (MindaNews / 25 September) – Twenty-three years after the Final Peace Agreement between the Philippine government and the Moro National Liberation Front was...
BOOKS. Peripatetic: walking the talk
I wrote Kakistocracy: Rule of the Unprincipled, Unethical and Unqualified because of my interest in leadership integrity issues. I was then very much involved...
BOOKS. “Peripatetic: Practical Lessons on Leadership” launched
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 15 September) – Ronnie V. Amorado’s book on “principled leadership” was launched Saturday at the University of Mindanao, a sequel...
BOOKS. Soon in Mindanao: Nikki Gomez’ third book, “Through the Years, Gently”
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 15 September) -- From “Coffee and Dreams on a Late Afternoon: Tales of Despair and Deliverance in Mindanao” in 2005...
BOOKS: The story of the m.a. sisters: an incredible and beautiful journey
(Bert Cacayan’s foreword to the book, "Seeking New Meanings and New Expressions", the Missionaries of the Assumption Story, launched on 15 August 2019 at...
A SOJOURNER’S VIEW: Books to read through the Christmas holidays
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 23 December) – Perhaps some of us may have the luxury of finding time during the Christmas holidays to just take things easy. Life can be so hectic for most of the year – as we try our best to survive health issues, stress in the workplace, traffic, frustrations with politics, slow internet connections and so many other concerns – that one finds it difficult to find the time to just relax and do what the heart desires.
10-day 24/7 book sale in Davao starts Nov. 23
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 05 Nov) – The biggest book sale in the world will be in Davao City soon.
The founder of the Big...
Bookworm
In this world of gadgets and tablets, this boy finds a way to indulge his passion for reading at the books section in a...
Book on indigenous knowledge, spirituality out
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 22 Feb) – A book on indigenous knowledge and spirituality of the Lumad or indigenous peoples of Mt. Kitanglad Range...
BOOK REVIEW: Scissors, Papers, Water, Stones
Title of the book: Scissors, Papers, Water, Stones
Author: Maria Frencie Carreon
Publication: 2017, by Claretian Communications Foundation, Inc., Quezon City, Philippines
Pages: Introductory (xviii); body (115)
Printing:...
Mutya ng Dabaw 2003 writes book on remembering who you really are
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 30 July) -- Joan Mae Soco-Bantayan thought of writing a book two years ago but buckling down to work was...
POETRY: Reading Poets
At a poetry reading
(my first time attending),
I sat listening…
And, oh boy, was it interesting!
Wordsmiths amateur and senior,
one or two an award winner,
gave a sampling...
A SOJOURNER’S VIEW: The precious gift of reading a book
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 6 Feb) – Is reading a book these days - which I have always thought was a rare precious gift...
Writing Mindanao, Righting Mindanao
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/06 February) – Watch out for the “punto de vista” (point of view) and “omissions, silences.”
This was the challenge posed by Dr....
An afternoon of poetry at the 1st Mindanao Book Festival
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 6 Feb) – Award-winning poet, writer, artist and professor Ricardo de Ungria was among a number of Mindanawon poets who...
WELCOME REMARKS: As a Sword Needs a Whetstone
Good afternoon. Assalamu Allaykum. May God's peace and compassion be always in our hearts! It is my pleasure to welcome you all this afternoon to...
At least 37 Mindanao books published in 2013; 346 since 2000
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 02 February) -- At least 37 Mindanao books were published in 2013, majority still on history and peacebuilding in the...
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...
18 libraries, learning centers in Region 9 avail DOST’s STARBOOKS
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/14 September) – Eighteen school libraries and learning resource centers in Region 9 have availed the Science and Technology Academic and Research-Based...
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?
Coloring books, a bio on Nur Misuari and soon, an English-Bahasa Sug dictionary
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/5 March) – This year’s harvest of Mindanao books begins with three coloring books on peace, joy and love; an “authorized biography”...
Mindanao’s 2011 book harvest: More on literature this time
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/11 January) -- At least 28 books, including four journals and a collection of photos of Mindanao’s first decade under the new...
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....
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.
At least 259 Mindanao books since 2000
Two hundred fifty nine?Yes, at least 259 books on Mindanao or written by Mindanawons have been published since 2000, most of them on history and peace-building. This year’s harvest is 35 (29 books, six journals and reports), including one dictionary, Chavacano-English, English-Chavacano, published by the Ateneo de Zamboanga University Press.
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...
Canuday's "Bakwit" book wins National Book Award
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/14 November) - "Bakwit: The Power of the Displaced," written by MindaNews' Jose Jowel Canuday won the National Book Award in the...
Canuday's "Bakwit" book is finalist in 29th National Book Awards
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/10 October) - "Bakwit: The Power of the Displaced," written by MindaNews' Jose Jowel Canuday is a finalist in the Social...
Book on peace building in the communities launched
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/22 Sept) -- A book on peace building efforts in the communities was launched here on Tuesday, in time for...
3 books on Mindanao launched in Cotabato
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/07 August) – The books’ topics are inter-related -- the consequences of the recurring armed conflicts in Mindanao on civilians and...
“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.”