A SOJOURNER’S VIEW: Post Mactan: What Happened to Magellan’s Expedition?
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 17 May) --- Monday, May 17, 1521 was 63 days later after Magellan’s expedition landed on Homonhon Island. This year, as...
SOMEONE ELSE’S WINDOWS: Of jokes and jet skis
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 17 May) – Was President Duterte joking when, during a debate in the 2016 presidential election, he said he would...
PEACETALK: An opportunity missed is an opportunity lost
(Opening statement of Presidential Peace Adviser, Sec. Carlito G. Galvez Jr. durin g tge senate hearing on the BARMM extension, 14 May 2021)
Mr. Chair, highly-esteemed members...
TURNING POINT: Fast Tracking the Vaccine Rollout: An Imperative
NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews /15 May) -- The country had an inventory of 4 million COVID-19 vaccine doses from February to April. As of...
INTEGRAL ECOLOGY: Promoting Community Pan-TREE
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/ 12 May) – St. John Vianney Theological Seminary (SJVTS) in this city will have its fourth Sunday of offering...
HABAGATNONG HINAGAWHAW: Sila
Sila nga mga tigmatutô
sa kaliwatan
sa miagi, sa kasamtangan
ug sa kahangtoran,
kansang mga laylay, gakós,
halók ug pag-antos
mao ang nag-umol
sa kapid-ang kasingkasing ug kalag,
naghatag og dan-ag
sa mga...
TURNING POINT: Panglubag Loob doesn’t make an Utang na Loob
NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews / 06 May) – No matter what Palace officials and cabinet members had said to the contrary, President Duterte had...
LATE BLOOMS: Preposterous Promises
Preposterous promises
are just that –
promises that are preposterous.
They’re bound to be dismissed
eventually as mere jests
that didn’t have to be
taken seriously
except by idiots maybe.
Or they...
REVIEW: There is much for the Filipino to learn from the ancestral Indigenous Belief...
Book: Handumanan (Remembrance): Digging For The Indigenous Wellspring
Author: Karl M. Gaspar, CSsR
Published by the Claretian Communications, Inc. and the Episcopal Commission on Indigenous Peoples,...
PEACETALK: How our historicity could bring lasting peace to Mindanao
GISENYI, Rwanda (MindaNews / 01 May) -- The extension of the term of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) for another, but final, three years...
INTEGRAL ECOLOGY: Heal Our Mother Earth
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/ 22 April) -- The first annual Earth Day celebration was observed in the United States on April 22, 1970...
LATE BLOOMS: Why The Fuss?
The community
pantry is a hot issue
these days, is it not?
But why is there so much fuss
when people just want to help?
The community
pantry is welcome...
LATE BLOOMS: Windy and Sunny Day
Windy and sunny
is good for drying the laundry.
Sunny and windy,
the floor gathers dust quickly:
you sweep sev’ral times a day.
Eric S.B. Libre
20 April 2021
TURNING POINT: The Case of Ivermectin
NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews / 20 April) – In this pandemic crisis, when health care facilities are already getting overwhelmed by unstoppable surge of...
BATANG MINDANAW: Let us not forget that we are called to be ADDU Sui...
(Message on behalf of the graduates of Ateneo de Davao University, Class of 2021, by Harvey Spence Paguilion Kentilitisca, Valedictorian, during their virtual graduation...
HABAGATNONG HINAGAWHAW: Haguros (Hinungaw ni Bising)
Bisan unsaon pa nimo
og bukot sa habol,
tikungkong sa lantay
ug suksok sa bungbong,
ang hangin nga naglungot-lungot
padayon sa paghaguros.
Eric S.B. Libre
18 Abril 2021
COMMENTARY: Battle of political titans in the 2022 polls looms in GenSan
GICALE, Rwanda. (MindaNews / 17 April) – General Santos City is no stranger to epic electoral contests. In fact, sensational and emotion-laden electoral contests...
ANGAY-ANGAY LANG: The Lumads are Our People, Too! (7)
Last of Seven Parts: The Tri-People Approach: Citizens’ Participation in Creating A Culture of Peace
Rudy Buhay Rodil
(Editor’s note: This article is a slight revision...
ANGAY-ANGAY LANG: The Lumads are Our People, Too! (6)
Part 6 of 7: Looking Forward To A Life Of Peace and Development
Rudy Buhay Rodil
(Editor’s note: This article is a slight revision of the...
ANGAY-ANGAY LANG: The Lumads are Our People, Too! (5)
Part 5 of 7: Population Shifts in Cotabato
Rudy Buhay Rodil
(Editor’s note: This article is a slight revision of the lectures the author delivered between...
ANGAY-ANGAY LANG: The Lumads are Our People, Too! (4)
Part 4 of 7: A Quick Historical Overview of the Resettlement Process in Mindanaw
(Editor’s note: This article is a slight revision of the lectures...
A SOJOURNER’S VIEW: ‘Ascending the Fourth Mountain’: a must-read book written by a Pinay...
BOOK REVIEW:
ASCENDING THE FOURTH MOUNTAIN: A Personal Account of the Marcos Years
Maria Virginia Yap Morales
BUGHAW – Ateneo de Manila University Press
2021
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews /...
TAUSUG IN DOHA: Can’t thank you enough, Frontliners!
DOHA, Qatar (MindaNews / 10 April) -- I was in Zamboanga City for my annual vacation as an OFW during the early stage of...
ANGAY-ANGAY LANG: The Lumads are Our People, Too! (3)
Part 3 of 7: Actual Process Of Dispossession
Rudy Buhay Rodil
(Editor’s note: This article is a slight revision of the lectures the author delivered between...
TURNING POINT: All for One and One for All
NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews / 9 April) – Ironically, as the vaccine rollout spreads, spreads, too, in scary pace the virus, surging the infection...
ANGAY-ANGAY LANG: The Lumads are Our People, Too! (2)
Part 2 of 7: Lumad Concept of Ancestral Domain
(Editor’s note: This article is a slight revision of the lectures the author delivered between the...
SOMEONE ELSE’S WINDOWS: Plunder of the seas
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 08 April) – It may be a common notion that dumping plastics and other wastes into the seas and oceans...
ANGAY-ANGAY LANG: The Lumads are Our People, Too! (1)
First of seven parts
(Editor’s note: This article is a slight revision of the lectures the author delivered between the years 1999 and 2000 to...
TURNING POINT: The Global Imperative
NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews / 06 April 2021) -- To save the world from the pandemic, no country should be left behind in the...
EMERGENCE: Indigenous Women Struggle On
(Presented during a panel discussion on April 2 with professionals and academics, expanding on the social and human dimensions of global health. ‘The Pandemic...
TAUSUG IN DOHA: Ramadhan 1442H
DOHA, Qatar (MindaNews / 04 April) -- The sounds of banging, cracking and grating coconuts in the early hours of the night during Ramadhān...
REMEMBERING: Celebrating Noralyn Mustafa
(Raz de la Torre wrote this piece on March 31, 2021, a day after receiving news that Noralyn Mustafa had passed away. “I would...
PEACETALK: Reading new pages of the book: My sojourn in Africa
GISENYI, Rwanda (MindaNews / 03 April) -- It is said that, if we do not travel, it is as if we are only reading...
BANGSAMORO SPEAKS: February 1 as ‘Bangsamoro Identity Day’
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 03 April) -- As a member of the MILF (Moro Islamic Liberation Front) peace panel that negotiated with...
TAUSUG IN DOHA: Lugaw: a comfort food for everyone
DOHA, Qatar (MindNews / 02 April) -- In the ongoing ECQ (enhanced community quarantine) in the “National Capital Region + bubble” due to the...
ALPSIDE DOWNED: Easter
BERN, Switzerland (MindaNews / 01 April) – I decided to shut down on social media starting today, to give myself time to focus on...
TURNING POINT: Fear and the Pandemic
NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews / 31 March – From media reports, we heard only of the elite in society and the celebrities to have...
ANGAY-ANGAY LANG: The National Cultural Minorities of Mindanao and Sulu. A preliminary study (7)
Last of seven parts
Analysis
Focus on Poverty
The life of the National Cultural Minorities in Mindanaw and Sulu, especially in those areas where they are numerical...
REMEMBERING: Noralyn Mustafa, Tausug writer
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 30 March) -- "My people first, before others." This was what the fictional Dr. Karim said to a colleague of...
UPPER RIGHT HAND: The International Day of Women: A Reminder to Defend the Victories...
DAVAO CITY (Mindanews/29 March) -- For 50 long years, I observed the celebration of the International Women’s Day or IWD every March 8. It...
ANGAY-ANGAY LANG: The National Cultural Minorities of Mindanao and Sulu. A preliminary study (6)
6th of seven parts
Subanen
Population and Location
Based on the 1970 census, the largest Subanen population is found in Zamboanga del Sur which has a total...
LATE BLOOMS: Musings On Being Old
How does old feel like?
Well, it feels like old, of course.
Wait ‘til you grow old.
How is it
to be very old?
I can’t tell you
‘cause I’m...
ANGAY-ANGAY LANG: The National Cultural Minorities of Mindanao and Sulu. A preliminary study (5)
5th of seven parts
Ata
Population and Location
The Census of 1970 gives the total population of the Ata as 5,075. This, however, must be considered as...
REMEMBERING: Zen Malang: A hedgehog and a fox
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 28 March) -- A Greek parable compares human nature to foxes and hedgehogs, stating "The fox knows many things, but...
PEACETALK: A visionary Congress may still save the peace process even if the bills...
As of this writing, the latest session of Congress has just adjourned, and it is scheduled to again resume on May 17, 2021 and...
ANGAY-ANGAY LANG: The National Cultural Minorities of Mindanao and Sulu. A preliminary study (4)
4th of seven parts
Teduray
Population and Location
The Teduray population is 29,401 based on the 1970 census. (See Appendix B for distribution by municipality). Traditionally, their...
A SOJOURNER’S VIEW: Killing The Issue
REVIEW: Killing The Issue
Performances at the Gaspar Hall, Teatro sa Calle of TheBau Haus, Davao City
Written by Karlo Antonio Galay David
Directed by Frank Lloyd...
BANGSAMORO SPEAKS: Extension of BARMM transition period: for the Common Good
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 27 March) -- These are strange and unusual times. As we move forward with two years of the proposed transition...
ANGAY-ANGAY LANG: The National Cultural Minorities of Mindanao and Sulu. A preliminary study (3)
3rd of seven parts
Manobo
The Manobo are a multi-branch group as can be inferred from the writings of several author-researchers. The following, among others are...
LATE BLOOMS: Bully-Friendly
Would being friendly
stop bullying by a bully?
Highly unlikely.
You’ll just be bully-friendly,
be bullied more viciously.
Eric S.B. Libre
26 March 2021