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While preparing to go to bed after a long day, I just realized that I’ve attended two Wordcamp firsts: the first Wordcamp in Australia (Wordcamp Melbourne 2007), and the first Wordcamp in Southeast Asia (Wordcamp Philippines 2008.

Just got home from Wordcamp Philippines ‘08 at CSB. I gave away something new to those who attended my talk today. I talked about dreams and goals ala Randy Pausche - and equated these to 3 important aspects of publishing: editorial, sales, and marketing.

More Civilian Suffering Feared in Mindanao September 6, 2008, 02:28 PM “Up to half a million people have been affected by the hostilities, and tens of thousands of them have had to flee their homes,” said the ICRC’s Dominik Stillhart.

Apart from the issues of custody arising from the Subic Rape case, the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan said that it also plans to question the “duration and scope of the seemingly permanent presence of US troops in Mindanao.”

By Carl Baker Any peace settlement in Mindanao will require a serious rethinking of sovereignty in the Philippines and a lot of creative thinking about how to accommodate the interests of all parties.

September 6, 2008 News Release September 6, 2008 The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan, through its lawyers, will question the presence of “overstaying US troops” during the scheduled oral arguments before the Supreme Court in the group’s petition against the RP-US Visiting Forces Agreement.

Senator Jinggoy Estrada, his father’s son, is saying the GRP negotiators, including now Press Secretary Jesus Dureza, “should be investigated for treason” over the bungled Bangsamoro Juridical Entity deal, almost sounding like an echo of Senator Aquilino Pimentel.

September 5, 2008 Davao del Sur, National issues | Tags: ARMM, Digos City, Ilaga, MILF, Mindanao, Mindanao conflict |   I decided to skip writing about the present conflict in Mindanao to take a rest. Somehow, my coverage of the Mindanao situation has taken a toll on me personally.

Government has just “retired” members of the peace panel. Yet, those nincoompoops out there say, they are still committed to peace. The announcement of Gloria the Queen of the Enchanted Kingdom came after the MILF says they’ll just wait for the next president before they again go and engage in b.s.

South Korea said Wednesday that North Korea had begun restoring its nuclear facilities. But the United States played down the assertion, saying the North Koreans had apparently only moved some equipment out of storage.