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MORO NOTES - 03-07-Mar-2010 |
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By Samira Gutoc , YMPN (03-07-Mar-2010) Happy Women's Month to all the ladies out there! The celebration of March 8 as International Womens Day and March as Women's Month has been more than 100 years now. Thanks to the Cagayan de Oro (CDO) Press Club led by Uriel Uriel Quilinguing for hosting a Women's Press Conference of Young WOMEN PROFESSIONALS last March 7. Now it can be told. It’s a neck to neck race between NOYNOY and VILLAR for president. March 3 marked the 100th day of the Ampatuan Maguindanao Massacre. Justice has not yet been served the slain families of 32 journalists and their staff, the Mangudadatu family and the lawyers. SOS! What is Mindanao without Lake Lanao and Pulangi, the sources of energy? The AGUS hydroelectric power plant in Lake Lanao and the Pulangi plant in Bukidnon, major sources of the Mindanao grid, might be forced to SHUT DOWN if their critical low water levels continue, raising the possibility of a Mindanao-wide blackout, industry stakeholders said. |
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By Samira Gutoc , YMPN (27-Feb-2010) The 3rd Mindanao Young Leaders Parliament (MYLP) will convene on MArch 5-7 at Grand Regal, Davao City .I was invited to host a Mindanao Presidentiables' Forum on March 16 in Davao City as well. There's also an invitation from Anak Mindanao to attend the Bangsamoro Commemoration of Jabidah Massacre in Corregidor where a marker is placed at the airfield to remember the soldiers who died in 1968 just before the declaration of martial law. Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) Founding Chairman Nur MISUARI and lone 1968 survivor JIbin ARULA are invited guests. I received a Petition from a Palawan NGO leader on “Stop Mining Pawalan Forests.” It states, “Palawan is part of the Man and Biosphere Reserve program of UNESCO and hosts 49 animals and 56 botanical species found in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. |
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MORO NOTES - 14-16-Jan-2010 |
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By Samira Gutoc , YMPN (14-16-Jan-2010) HELP HAITI! The world helped us when ONDOY displaced thousands. Now it’s HAITI’s time. This time, prepare for earthquakes. After a year of flood evacuations, we must prepare to handle a HAITI-scenario as parts of the country feel the LINDOL. Inquirer Archives says a 7.2 magnitude earthquake predicted to hit Metro Manila could kill up to 33,000 people and injure 114,000 others if NO adequate preparations are made. It could damage 38 percent of residential buildings, 30 to 35 percent of all public buildings. A THIRD of Haiti’s 9 million people are said to be affected by Tuesday 7.0 magnitude earthquake that left most of the capital Port-au-Prince in rubble. Much ado about appointing the Chief Justice! How about ADO for the detainees with no lawyers in the Public Attorney’s Offices (PAO) nationwide? I am still working on a NO PLASTIC lifestyle. Problem is , stores continue to hand you goods in plastic. I would have to bring my own plastic next time or just plainly take the goods without a plastic bag. |
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Memory of the first Maranao Mass Com graduate from the esteemed University in Middle East |
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The Maranao Online and mindanaoforum.com would like to inform its valued readers all over the world that effective from Saturday it will serialize the forthcoming book, “Climbing the ladder of success”, by Alim Abdul Hannan Faisal Tago. In the book, the first for Alim Abdul Hannan, the author takes his readers down the memory lane and explains what life had taught him through his trials and tribulations. He provides a flashback into his past as a simple “murit” Arabic student from Nanagun Butig Lanao Del Sur. From an Alim in Arabic to becoming a Reporter for a leading English newspaper in the Middle East, the transition is not easy. But Abdul Hannan has proved that where there is a will, there is a way. And that proverb sums up the theme of his book and, indeed, the story of his life. In that sense it is a tonic for the Muslims of Mindanao, a morale-booster that tracks his journey up the hill by surmounting the challenges along the way. It is a story of grit and determination, of a thirst for knowledge, of single-minded devotion to one’s mission in life—all knit together with his strong Islamic bond that acts like a shock-absorber as he forges ahead. The books traces his actual experience as a journalist in Arab News and spells out the advantages of acquiring multi-lingual skills. In Abdul Hannan’s case, his proficiency in Arabic opened the doors to newsmakers and other prominent Saudi personalities who welcomed an opportunity to interact with a Filipino Muslim fluent in both English and Arabic. |
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MORO NOTES - 1-7-Feb-2010 |
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Vote for Mother Earth; The Sad ARMM Statistics
By Samira Gutoc , YMPN (01-07-Feb-2010) Long time, no hear. I have had to involve writers from networks such as the Mindanao Varsitarian of Mindanao State University (MSU) to help me revive my beloved Moro Notes (of 10 years or so now). Any volunteers who want to help and email tidbits about Moros and Muslims around the world can email me at
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. March 18, Bangsamoro Day, is an invitation to ALL to join rites to mark the heroic death of Jabidah soldier recruits in Corregidor on that fateful day of March 18, 1968. This event galvanized the national consciousness on the issue of Moro right to self-determination (RSD). Check www.anakmindanao.org for for announcements on how to ride a TRANSPORT to reach Corregidor . Kudos to Mindanao Commission on Women (MCW) in convening KAMINDAWAN in Davao City! |
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Tulfo’s crass insensitivity a lesson for media |
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