i mentioned in a previous post that i wrote an uninspired, albeit lengthy article about three islands. it saw print yesterday, and i'm a little irked because the editors threw away my entire introduction. of course that's their prerogative, but i think the intro gave the article perspective, and gives a reason why i decided to write about these ( Read more... )

i am updating from cagayan de oro city. i arrived in the 5:10am flight yesterday, and checked in at mallberry suites (a business hotel). this is my third visit to CDO in 6 months, and i may have failed to say even a perfunctory sentence about my initial visit, although i did take a lot of photos. since nothing significant is going to take place ( Read more... )

i don’t really know what possessed SMTD to send a team to agusan del norte to look into the PICOP situation, particularly why he thought that having lawyers there would do the investigation/inspection any good, and i confirmed this when i found myself an utter waste of government money, providing no more than youth and exuberance to the otherwise ( Read more... )