The town of Butig is considered as the oldest settlement in the center of Mindanao. A sultanate located in the Pangampong (Principality) of Unayan, in ancient history, Butig is a place where the lofty tower (LAMIN) of Princess Sittie Anak was located, Anak is daughter of a king in Kiaranda a Ragat now “Ranao” Butig is the Capital o Unayan principality which is belongs to the confederation of the Sultanates of Lanao (Ranao in Maranao language). This historic town is the "cradle" of Maranao civilization.
Continue ReadingContributed mainly for an anthology of poems entitled Rage, due for most part against the inhumane massacre in Maguindanao, Philippines because of extra-political reasons.
Continue ReadingPhilippine Literature: Story summary of "Indirapatra and Sulayman" (Buod ng "Indirapatra at Sulayman"), epic of Mindanao. Also a legend of Mindanao island.
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Continue ReadingMindanao has been asserted as a perilous island in the nation ever since.
Continue ReadingHotdog. “Not again,” I muttered to myself as I sat down for breakfast at the urban chef cafeteria in Maxim Philippines Operating Corporation where I am having my on the job training in Cavite.
Continue ReadingMy family’s experiences during the worst tragedy that has ever befallen my hometown, the city of Pagadian. At around 12:11 AM of August 17, 1976, a 7.9-magnitude earthquake struck the Moro Gulf and had triggered a series of tsunamis in many parts of Mindanao including our city, claiming thousands of lives.
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