In this world of gadgets and tablets, this boy finds a way to indulge his passion for reading at the books section in a mall in Digos City, Davao del Sur. MindaNews by ERIC S.B. LIBRE
Title of the book: Scissors, Papers, Water, Stones Author: Maria Frencie Carreon Publication: 2017, by Claretian Communications Foundation, Inc., Quezon City, Philippines Pages: Intro ductory (xviii); body (115) Printing: Softbound, with colored pictures inside The book is a set of
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 30 July) — Joan Mae Soco-Bantayan thought of writing a book two years ago but buckling down to work was another story. “I had ideas but I needed clarity,” says the 33-year old mother of two,
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 of their ware and bits of their soul laid bare.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 6 Feb) – Is reading a book these days – which I have always thought was a rare precious gift – an endangered species in our day and post-modern age? There are days – especially when
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. Macario Tiu, National Book Awards winner for History in 2005 and a four-time winner in
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 6 Feb) – Award-winning poet, writer, artist and professor Ricardo de Ungria was among a number of Mindanawon poets who joined the poetry reading during the opening of the 1st Mindanao Book Festival at the Ateneo
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 the First Mindanao Book Festival! George R.R. Martin, the celebrated author of the Game of Thrones
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 Openly-Operated Kiosk Stations (STARBOOKS) project since its launching last year. The STARBOOKS, which was launched
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?
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” of Nur Misuari; and soon, the first English-Bahasa Sug dictionary. Davao City-based artist Kublai Millan’s illustrations
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 millennium, have been added to the Mindanao collection in 2011, bringing to 287 the number of
(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. de la Rosa, published in Mindanao Focus No. 1, Series of 2010, Alternate Forum for Research
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.
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.
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.
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 Human Rights Day, at the Ateneo de Davao University. The launching will be preceded by a
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/14 November) – “Bakwit: The Power of the Displaced,” written by MindaNews’ Jose Jowel Canuday won the National Book Award in the Social Science category of the 29th National Book Awards held Saturday night at the Metropolitan Museum
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/10 October) – “Bakwit: The Power of the Displaced,” written by MindaNews’ Jose Jowel Canuday is a finalist in the Social Science category of the 29th National Book Awards. The annual National Book Awards is a project of
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/22 Sept) — A book on peace building efforts in the communities was launched here on Tuesday, in time for the International Day of Peace and the commemoration of the declaration of martial law in the
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/07 August) – The books’ topics are inter-related — the consequences of the recurring armed conflicts in Mindanao on civilians and combatants, and the seemingly intractable peace negotiations between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)
“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.”
