It’s hard to believe that a week has passed since my last blog posting. That was from Amsterdam, in transit from the board meeting of the Global Campaign for Education.
I have just come from a three-day workshop in Cotabato City, for 102 Instructional Managers from the Synergeia project sites in mainland Mindanao. A similar workshop [...]
Thanks for small blessings. I have a few minutes at the KLM lounge in Schipol, and surprise, surprise, there is free internet for 30 minute sessions. Checked my e-mail and here is a short blog.
During our board meeting of the Global Campaign on Education (GCE), one item was the theme for the 2009 Global Action [...]
Saturday and Sunday, I have been cooped up in the Hotel Barbican for marathon meetings of the board of the GCE - Global Campaign on Education. It’s our first face to face meeting since we got elected last January in Brazil, and our next will be January 2009 in Bangladesh, so we have a full agenda, with more [...]
Am in Davao for a workshop with PMTs - Project Management Teams - convened by Synergeia from 11 LGUs in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao.
Synergeia is one of three implementing organizations of EQuaLLS 2, a USAid funded program on basic education in ARMM. I knew about its earlier participation in EQuaLLS 1, but was [...]
A week ago on June 3, I took the 7 am Victory bus to Botolan Zambales. Letty Gomez, president of PBAZ - Paaralang Bayan ng Ayta sa Zambales, had invited me to join their delegation for their dialogue and negotiations with Mayor Roger Yap of Botolan.
It was a long five-hour trip, with stops in Lubao, [...]
“If you can get only one book this year, make it this one.” That is quite an endorsement for a book from one of my favorite blog sites, Garr Reynold’s Presentation Zen.
The book is Brain Rules by Dr. John Medina, a developmental molecular biologist. His professional title can be intimidating, but don’t worry, his writing [...]
Yesterday at the E-Net Philippines office, I was interviewed by writers of the abs-cbnnews.com. They introduced themselves as staff of Newsbreak who are writing a special report to be posted online.
“Are you going to the press lunch tomorrow in Makati?” I asked them. The PBED - Philippine Business for Education has asked me to join [...]
Girlie and I flew to Laoag City last Wednesday evening, and were fetched at the airport by Merle Blanco, TESDA Provincial Director of Ilocos Norte. She brought us by car to Ilocos Sur, to the Cabugao Beach Resort, where Washington “Boying” Agustin, TESDA Regional Director, was waiting.
TESDA Region 1 had invited me to to be [...]
The next two days, I will be busy with the pre-summit and summit on agrarian reform, sponsored by the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines and the Rural Poor Solidarity. I have been asked to listen to the presentations and workshop reports, and attempt a synthesis at the end.
But this Sunday evening, my thoughts are [...]
This weekend was a rare one for me - no meetings or appointments ( I begged off from one on Saturday morning ), and I had time to be with my small “nuclear family.” Girlie and Ayen traveled with me to Mindoro for an overnight visit to Inay and to celebrate my sister Yen’s birthday; [...]
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