Last Wednesday, I took a taxi to the airport from the Development Academy of the Philippines; I was part of a panel that commented on a research into farmer beneficiaries in the banana plantations.
Waiting for me at the Centennial airport was Franklin Quijano, former mayor of Iligan City. We flew together to Cebu, to speak [...]
No, this does not refer to the TV series, just a recent quick trip to Baguio.
Wednesday at 12:15 am, I took the Victory de luxe bus from Quezon City to Baguio City. The non-stop trip on a solo reclining seat was worth the 600 pesos fare. Twenty-four hours later, on Thursday at 12:15 am, I [...]
Girlie and I have just come back from Toledo City in Cebu. We both spoke at the annual conference of 144 electric coop engineers, held at the People’s Development Academy which is located in the compound of CEBECO 3.
I have been going to various training workshops at the PDA, but this was special. It’s the [...]
Tonight, from 8:00 to 9:00, lights will go out in many places in the Philippines. It is our participation in Earth Hour, a global event that seeks to create awareness on climate change.
I copied this backgrounder from the WWF Earth Hour site:
“On March 31 2007, for one hour, Sydney made a powerful statement about the [...]
This posting is from Toledo City, just after we had a brief solemn rite of placing ashes on one another’s forehead, by pairs, reminding ourselves, “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”
I was paired with Fr. Paking Silva, who is 72 years old; I am turning 65 this July. At our [...]
Behind the Mall of Asia, the SMX convention facility was the site of a 3-day “Energy Summit” convened by the Department of Energy from January 29 to 31.
Girlie was curious about the summit, and decided to join, but to get there on time we would have to leave Quezon City early to avoid the traffic. [...]
The KLM flight from Amsterdam arrived on schedule before noon, and Girlie kindly fetched me at the NAIA airport. After helping Ayen sort the Havaianas I managed to buy just before leaving Sao Paolo, I took a shower and stretched out for my longed-for nap.
Just before 5 pm, Girlie woke me up: “We are invited [...]
Woke up early this morning for a two-hour trip to Tagaytay, to observe the pilot sessions of the new training program for general managers (GMs) of electric coops. It’s organized by NEA and the Global Competitiveness Advocacy Inc., a group of former and present Ateneo professors.
Just before I left them tonight, the first batch of [...]
It’s Monday, January 7, 2008. Although offices have opened as early as January 2, it is only this morning that I sit at my desk at the Education for Life Foundation. Am waiting for our staff conversations on what we want to do and need to do together in 2008.
The first week of 2008 has [...]
There is a thread running through my mind during the many activities I have been engaged in since Friday till today - the need to craft a strategy for reform.
In the left, or broader progressive tradition, with which I identify myself, the energies we have invested in crafting a political strategy for change are focused [...]
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