Tag Archives : Mindanao

Davao City is the Philippines’ third largest city. It is found in Mindanao. Rodrigo Duterte, the city mayor for many years now, is known as a staunch crimefighter. However, crime rate in the city has not been reduced. In fact, the rate of criminality even shot up during the several years that Duterte has been fighting criminality in his city. But [...]

I was on a trip for some documentary film project in Mindanao, the beleaguered region in southern Philippines that has lately figured in international news once again due to radical Islamists and their kidnap-for-ransom enterprise, when I found myself in a small dusty town in deepest darkest Mindanao. I quickly finished shooting the interviews for [...]

Associated Press may be quick but not entirely accurate. So, here are a few corrections to the AP news on the Abu Sayyaf: (1) The title reads ‘ Abu Sayyaf’s new generation threatens Philippines.’ No such thing as Abu Sayyaf’s new generation. It’s still the old gang, though some of the earlier leaders have been killed. It’s still the same [...]

Mindanao, the second largest island in the Philippines, has been a battleground between government forces and radical Islamists for four decades. Recent massive fighting erupted after the ancestral domain agreement for an expanded Muslim land in Mindanao was judged illegal by the Supreme Court of the Philippines. The Muslims are deemed not rightful [...]