Two years ago, I served as one of the judges in Panibagong Paraan, the World Bank-sponsored “market” for development innovations. Browsing through the hand outs, I was intrigued by the tag line of the World Bank’s CAS - country assistance strategy - for the Philippines: Supporting Islands of Good Governance.
That could very well be a [...]
Girlie and I arrived just in time at the auditorium of the Ateneo Social Development Complex, to the relief of Eddie Dorotan who had invited me to give the invocation.
When I entered the room, Eddie announced: “We can start the Galing Pook final panel interview.” This was followed by some good natured teasing about my [...]
During the martial law years, one of the strongest guerrilla fronts of the NPA was in the southern part of Negros Occidental. The media called it the “CHICKS” area, each letter representing a town: Cauayan, Hinobaan, Ilog, Candoni, Kabangkalan and Sipalay.
Last April, I visited Sipalay for the first time, taking the long 178 kilometer drive [...]
Girlie has asked me to join their group of volunteers tomorrow at the Bantayog Memorial Center. They will be the tour guides of two big groups of students who are coming from Cavite and from Taytay to visit the Bantayog ng mga Bayani Museum and the Wall of Remembrance.
Earlier, she sent a text message from [...]
The subtitle of this book promises to give answers to the question: Why some ideas survive and others die.
It was on the internet that I first read about Made to Stick by the brothers Chip and Dan Heath. Their website gave excerpts and reviews that caught my interest. So when I went with Girlie [...]
Walking to Claret School this morning, Girlie and I were still undecided about the list of candidates we would vote for at the barangay elections.
It’s a reflection of our activist history that we keep track of national politicians, but do not know our barangay officials; not even most of our city councilors.
Martial law and centralized [...]
Today Bong Mendoza sent me an article about Burma written by Cynthia Boaz. The title is the main message: Resistance, not repression, is the real story from Burma.
Bong and I were invited early this year to a conference in Oxford about “people power.” Unfortunately, I didn’t make it; there was not enough time to get [...]
When I opened my room this morning, today’s issue of The Times of India greeted me. It had an unusual front page, a kind of advert-editorial: “Why India needs a second October.”
I merely glanced at it, and went down to join Sandy and Bernie for breakfast. Then Gerald from Malaysia walked in, carrying the same [...]
Tomorrow I fly to Mumbai, via Singapore. I am meeting with the leadership of the Asia Pacific Bureau of Adult Education, ASPBAE, to discuss the evaluation report we have prepared with Vasanth from India.
ASPBAE is the oldest and largest network of NGOs and individuals promoting adult and popular education in Asia-Pacific.
Mumbai memories
The first time I [...]
This is very short post.
I got three text messages yesterday, two from Indonesia and one from Australia.
All call on us to wear red today, Friday, September 28, in solidarity with the brave people marching in protest on the streets in Myanmar.
I think back to the days leading to EDSA “people power” in February 1986. [...]
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