Mindanao on my mind and other musings - Gomez, Nikki Rivera (Quezon City The University of the Philippines Press, 2013)
PRESIDENTS --The good years -- Why isn't Manila budging on Mindanao's budget issue? -- That time of the year -- Enough with the pious remarks -- Fiasco -- Embracing the world stage -- All the wrong moves -- Backlash -- Idiots -- When things are bound to fail -- Haughtiness at the threshold of power -- The ghosts of presidents past -- PLUNDERERS --The illness within -- A call for sobriety -- Is there hope for the Filipino? -- The evil within -- Crime -- Damage control -- The crimes we commit in the name of the poor -- Sordid -- AN easter that endures -- Confused -- PEACENICKS -- Health care and the promise of peace -- Midsayap blas: once again, with feeling -- Do we not tire of talking -- The evil amidst us -- The time to act is now -- Privileged, but not quite -- Peace as a business objective -- Small steps, small gains -- Hope -- Missing the point, again -- Secret marshals -- Humbling truths for our jaded negotiators -- Millions in the land of want -- A clear loss -- Don't push it -- Just do it -- The road to hell -- A benevolent Mindanao? -- So what else is new? -- "Saving" the poor -- Hubris -- To forgive and forget -- ID cards, anyone? -- When Muslims and Christians unite -- A peace process in peril -- When one man cares -- Messages from the ground -- Call to arms -- The peace process that was -- Back to square one -- At what cost, peace? -- Local business finds its voice -- Rogue -- Gunning for peace -- When old problems -- Human capital -- PRESS -- In search of a responsible press -- Reporting the war -- Not just to chronicle, but to enlighten -- Covering the high and mighty -- The speaker versus free speech -- The coverage on terror -- Not again -- The duty of the press -- Journalism at its finest -- Dangerous minds -- PANIGAN, ETC. -- When the blood from wrongs -- pondering a birth -- Horror in Magtuod -- What price electricity? -- After the victory -- Our choices -- Brain drain as policy -- Vox populi -- Peace, ABCs, panitikan-what matters most in today's education -- Symbols to mask our sins -- An omen from the sky -- a dark legacy -- No contest -- Perspective -- Meaning business -- Leaving a monster be -- What gives? -- Power talk -- Mending fabrics of discord -- In the shoes of the mayor -- Resistance and reform -- Reform or retire -- PERSONALS -- Masang himig: a reprise -- Humor and grace from an album of memories -- My love affair with the theater -- Home -- Poems I'd read over on any rainy day -- Salad days -- Easy listening -- Beliefs -- Existentialism at 6:30 p.m. -- Remembering Rizal -- John Butiu and other homegrown stories -- Abouth the author.
Keywords: Mindanao Island (Philippines) -- Miscellanea; Mindanao Island (Philippines) -- Politics and government; Mindanao Island (Philippines) -- Social life and customs