• Third World

    Posted on July 21st, 2010

    Written by jnjqn

    20 years in Davao

    20 years in Davao

    July 20, 2010 was a significant date because it marked my 20th year of living in Davao City. Almost half of my life has been spent in a land that adopted me as its own; Davao has been good to me even though I, like many other Manileños, had pretty bad preconceptions about it. In the summer of 1990 my team of campus missionaries were invited to teach at a youth camp in Davao, and when I first learned of it I was dismayed. Of all places, I thought, why some god-forsaken place all the way in Mindanao? Isn’t there a war there? Aren’t people getting killed left and right? Is there even electricity there? I was so apprehensive that I actually tried to get out of going by exposing myself to chicken pox through a friend who had it.

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  • Third World

    Posted on July 1st, 2010

    Written by jnjqn

    Barefooting

    Barefooting

    When I was a young boy my mother often scolded me because I had the habit of ditching my slippers whenever I played outside. I think I was just more comfortable unshod, and I may have felt a little faster than my friends who I thought were actually hampered by their flip-flops flip-flopping as they ran.

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  • My choice: Noynoy

    My choice: Noynoy

    Friends have been asking me who my candidate for President is, and most of the time I don’t give a straight answer, The reason is simple: I am a journalist, and I don’t want to give the impression that I am biased for any candidate. But since there are only a few more days till election day – assuming it actually pushes through – then I think it’s safe to reveal my choice.

    It’s Noynoy.

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  • Third World

    Posted on April 27th, 2010

    Written by jnjqn

    Coffee, seriously

    Coffee, seriously

    “I make serious coffee – so strong it wakes up the neighbors.” – Author unknown

    One of my fondest childhood memories is of an uncle, Tiyo Ding, fetching me and my older brother from our house in Tugatog, Malabon and taking us to his home in Malinta, Bulacan. Tiyo Ding was our favorite uncle, and judging from the time he spent with us, we were his favorite nephews as well.

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  • Bro. Eddie’s reply to being called a ‘compromiser’

    Bro. Eddie’s reply to being called a ‘compromiser’

    A reader who identified himself/herself only as “Mher” posted a transcription made by a certain “Kuya Lito” of the reply of presidential candidate Bro. Eddie Villanueva to allegations that he has compromised his faith by attending the 25th anniversary of Pastor Apollo Quiboloy’s congregation (see my blog entry). “Kuya Lito” took the time and effort to transcribe the pertinent portion of Bro. Eddie’s statement during the Bagong Pilipinas, Bagong Pilipino Movement (BPBPM) forum in Roxas City on April 12, 2010, and I am taking the liberty of posting it here. I’ve also embedded the video of the statement in the entry. As always, feel free to post your comments.

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  • Third World

    Posted on March 18th, 2010

    Written by jnjqn

    Rockin’ Lupang Hinirang

    Rockin’ Lupang Hinirang

    I remember the first time I sang the national anthem after the February 1986 People Power uprising: it was at a gathering of the Christian organization I belonged to at school and we had decided to open the program with a prayer and then the singing of the Lupang Hinirang. It was unusual for our group to do that, but under the circumstances, with the euphoria of EDSA still heavy in the air, it would have been unnatural if we didn’t. So after the opening prayer one of us stepped in front, sang the first two words (“Bayang magiliw…”) to give the pitch, raised his hands, and then said, “Handa, awit!

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  • Third World

    Posted on March 17th, 2010

    Written by jnjqn

    Goin’ nuclear

    Goin’ nuclear

    Driving from Los Angeles to San Diego in September 2008, my brother and I passed the nuclear power plant in San Onofre, California. I saw the two large reactors looming at a distance and asked my brother if they were what I thought they were. Yes, he said. “I thought Californians were tree huggers,” I said jokingly, and he pointed out that California has two working nuclear power plants, the other one being in Diablo Canyon near San Luis Obispo. “Besides,” he said, “who told you that nuclear power isn’t environment-friendly and safe?”

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  • Third World

    Posted on March 10th, 2010

    Written by jnjqn

    Period of Peace

    Period of Peace

    His father was assigned to Davao City in 1983, heading the 3rd Marine Brigade until 1986. He himself spent little time in the city, coming here only for short visits, but Ruffy Biazon, currently congressman of Muntinlupa City but gunning for a seat in the Senate under the Liberal Party (LP) slate, has hit upon a novel approach to maintaining peace in Mindanao: Don’t negotiate.

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  • Third World

    Posted on March 3rd, 2010

    Written by jnjqn

    Pray for rain

    Pray for rain

    “Pray.”

    This was the simple but serious advice of National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) Regional Corporate Executive Ed Calabio to Mindanaoans who are currently faced with a power crisis of epic proportions. We’ve seen worse, of course, but this current crisis is threatening to be the mother of all power crises because of the possible harm it can do to the country’s democracy.

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