McAllen, TEXAS (MindaNews / 27 December) – Jesus is worshiped as savior of the world by many of his believers and recognized as a prophet of God by other faiths, affirming pronouncements way before his historicity was ever established. Ancient
DOHA, Qatar (MindaNews / 21 January) — Have you ever thought about how communication has evolved over the years? It’s fascinating to compare how we communicate now and how we did in the past. Back then, communication between people, especially those
SYDNEY, Australia (MindaNews / 23 December) – I cannot remember the last time I wrote under this column for Mindanews. Here I am today embracing a life changing event, a bittersweet and surreal event to help reflect on the year
MCALLEN, Texas (MindaNews / 12 November) – Bisan pa tuod gianunsyo na sa mainstream media dinhis Estados Unidos nga nidaug si Joe Biden (kanhi US Vice President) isip President-elect ug Senador Kamala Harris isip Vice President-elect niadtong Nobyembre 3 nga
McALLEN, Texas (Mindanews / 7 July) – Bisan asa’ng parteha sa kalibutan, naa gyoy mga tawo’ng badlongon ug suringiw! Si kinsa man ang unang matakdan sa COVID-19 human nitambong og party didto sa Tuscaloosa, Alabama makadawat og premyong salapi, sumala
BERN, Switzerland (MindaNews / 11 Oct) – In a month-long visit to the homeland last month I had the luck to be in four reunions. And like all reunions, there was never a dull moment. “Every parting gives a foretaste
GENERAL LUNA, Siargao (MindaNews / 19 Sep) – I touched down on this surfer’s island early this month, nearly 10 years since my first visit. And at once I felt things here are much different from before. I opt for
HENDERSON, Nevada (MindaNews / 19 Sept) – These days, the troubles that seem to plague the new presidency here in America have been unrelenting. Steadily more disturbing, harder to swallow. Encouraging a sense of fear in the gut. So contrary
Touchdown in San Jose, CA. The weather outside is remarkably better than the hair-dryer air in Vegas. Pleasant. Comfortably cooler. On the plane, I sat with a Pinay and her son. And, inevitably, as Filipinos do, after asking the question,
I’m back! It is so good to be writing again. Having been away has brought me to many places outside of myself and my country, but all of which have also brought me back to this time and place where
McALLEN, Texas (MindaNews / 26 March) – Eight Division World Boxing champion Manny Pacquiao does a strenuous physical activity for eight hours everyday, yet interestingly he also engages in a three to four hours of mental exercises as he prepares
(Note from author: This article was written with the purpose of showing the Malaysian public a glimpse of the peace proces as a whole. Parts of this article were used by the New Straits Times in their news article entitled
TARAKAN CITY, East Kalimantan, Indonesia (MindaNews/20 March) – A friend and Tausug blogger, Calliter (http://lupahsug.wordpress.com/), recently wrote a beautiful and delightfully graphic story of taghuri (kites) of Sulu and he pointed quite dramatically to the similitude of tradition of kite
HONOLULU (MindaNews/06 January) — I wish I could say 2011 was a good year for us. But it was not. My memories of 2011 will always be colored by the pain and shock Angela and I felt when we woke
SYDNEY, Australia (MindaNews/06 January) — At the end of each year, we all tend to reflect about the year that was. So much has happened this year, disasters and deaths, a royal wedding, the withdrawal of US military mission in
Mindanao is no stranger to violence. Crime, insurgency and family feuds that spiral into clan wars or ‘rido,’ sapped for decades what could have been the Philippines’ ‘food basket.’ But the murder of at least 50 civilians two years ago,
DOHA, Qatar (MindaNews/22 September) — Monitoring closely the debates in the United Nations whether to grant Palestine full membership status, I can’t help but think of some comic relief as tension can be felt more strongly in this part of
NEVADA (MindaNews/17 January) — More than anything, the time spent with family has been the most beautiful experience. It opens the New Year with the best, most wonderful kind of high. It almost makes one feel like the year to
NEVADA (MindaNews/02 January) — When the New Year comes in, time seems to stop for a millisecond. And, like what many say is an experience before that last breath gives in to death, a brief flash of our most significant
PENANG, Malaysia (MindaNews/18 Nov) — It was the first conference organized by theSoutheast Asian Human Rights Studies Network (SEAHRSN). Last October 14-15, at least 300 HR students, scholars, activists and workers came together to present their work and ideas and
On arriving at the esteemed royal city of Yogyakarta (Daera Istemawa di Yogyakarta) in Indonesia, my first impression was that of “coming home” to barely remembered past hovering among the ghostly cobwebs of childhood memory. Yogya’s Jalan Kaiurang (Jakal), a
NEVADA (MindaNews/10 November) — Following the last chapter written about how general perceptions on reading a book seems to be influenced by location; and, after feeling settled in on life here in America again, the sense of my foreign-ness in
By Anabelle Ragsag and Cy Rago CAIRO (MindaNews/30 October) — Homesickness is perhaps not as bad as it used to be, given the benefits provided by the internet to get in touch with loved ones and friends. For the Pinoy
NEVADA (MindaNews/23 October) — When I went home to Davao, I brought with me the book “Eat, Pray, Love.” I thought I should read it since a movie was being made based on the book. The fact that it was
OITA-KEN, BEPPU-SHI, JUMONJIBARU, Japan — Ku-gatsu (September), as the Japanese would say it, is the month when I first came here in Japan. August and September are also celebrated in many societies as ‘harvest months’ – attributed to the goddesses
(MindaNews/05 September) — I am more than half a world away. Yup, I am in my comfort zone. Coming home has been wonderful, even if I had to wade through some of my tribe’s snags and unmapped quicksands. The end
SINGAPORE: The hostage crisis in Manila took place in Quirino grandstand. The grandstand commemorates the Philippine democratic struggle, where elected Head of State take their vow of office, and across the street is Rizal Park where the statue of the
By Anabelle B. Ragsag CAIRO, Egypt (MindaNews/09 August) — It was not until my 8th month of living in Cairo did I truly feel that I have started living here. It is as if I got a new pair of
PENANG, Malaysia (MindaNews/20 July) — The mainstreaming of gender issues, specifically women’s issues, has not captivated me until recently, in the process of my work. I admit, I am one of those few who perceived that the discussions on the
Finally! I found the right mixture, perfect for the taste I’ve been longing to savor again. That hot (but not too hot) and sour mix of perfection that opens up my purely Pinoy palate. Heaven at last! In that moment
Chapter 5: Election Selection I promised myself a long time ago that I’d keep my thoughts to myself on topics that had anything to do with politics. This is not only because there is no amount of savvy-ness that I
(Review of Marites D. Vitug, Shadow of Doubt: Probing the Supreme Court (Quezon City: Newsbreak, 2010), 267+ pp. KYOTO, Japan (MindaNews/27 April) — While writing the first lines of this review, I received word that one of the Supreme Court
TEHRAN, Islamic Republic of Iran (Mindanews/23 July) – Barely an hour after signing in friendster.com early today from a student dormitory for couples here in central Tehran, the first three persons who joined my ring of friends are of course my better half, Mamot, followed by sister Meyhanie, and then an anonymous Papanok (meaning ‘bird’ in Maguindanaon vernacular), thanks to its extraordinary vision.
KYOTO, Japan (MindaNews/7 Jul) — Those of us who think that the UN is one of the best hopes for countering the growing militarism in our politics better read this statement of Bobby Garcia. Garcia, author of the painful book To Suffer thy Comrades (which is an account of torture and killing by communists of fellow communists), was forced to resign from his post as coordination specialist of the UN in Manila. His boss, a nasty person named Nileema Noble fired him without cause, and out of spite. Here, readers, is his story, which made me realize how, in certain areas, Gloria Arroyo and the UN are actually the same.
GOUDA, The Netherlands (MindaNews/12 June) — On 9, 10 and 11 July 2007 the Belgian Government will host the first meeting of the 'Global Forum on Migration and Development'.
KYOTO, Japan — I’ve always reminded people that looking at the government in black-and-white terms can blind them to the things and people are good in it. But I always get rebuffed, particularly by communists who never waver from their Leninist views that imagine the state as nothing but a coercive apparatus of the ruling classes.
SYDNEY, Australia (MindaNews/15 February) — It has been one month since I've witnessed the birth of the baby which has kept us on our toes. Genevieve Madeleine (Gemma) Trinchera-Tuazon is now one month old. Yes, it's been a month since I have witnessed Gemma come out into this world.
