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Go Gumasa for the biggest beach party this summer
By Edwin Espejo Thu, Apr 05, 2012 7:16AM UTC View CommentsTired of the maddening crowd of Boracay? The crash commercialism of Panglao? Or the prohibitive and princely price tag of El Nido? Save your bed and dine budget and get more adventurous. Pack those bags and fly farther south for a summer retreat where one gets the most rural of the setting, yet lusts for...
Philippines: Storm kills 600; bloggers launch donation drives
By Tonyo Cruz Sun, Dec 18, 2011 8:13AM UTC View CommentsMore than 600 persons are feared to have been killed or missing by typhoon Sendong (Washi) in Southern Philippines. Bloggers in Iligan City and Cagayan de Oro City, two areas which bore the brunt of flash floods, swiftly took action and launched online donation campaigns for typhoon victims: Iligan Bloggers’ #oneforiligan campaign: Paypal ID singcol.inquisitor@gmail.com...
Philippines communist rebels: Back with a vengeance – Part 1
By Edwin Espejo Tue, Oct 11, 2011 10:17AM UTC View CommentsIn just one week, communist guerrillas scored major propaganda coups that included wide coverage for the unprecedented simultaneous raids on three mining companies in Surigao del Sur, long the hotbed of insurgency in Mindanao not related to the Moro conflict. These raids were followed by the release of ‘prisoners of war’ (POWs) held captive for...
Technology for interfaith dialogue among Filipino students
By Tonyo Cruz Sun, Jan 23, 2011 1:45AM UTC View CommentsA non-governmental organization this week held the latest of their videoconferences between mostly-Christian high school students in Manila and their counterparts in predominantly-Muslim schools in Mindanao. The Jan. 18 videoconference between students of Esteban Abada High School in Sampaloc, Manila, and Zamboanga State College of Marine Science and Technology in Zamboanga City is part of NGO...
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