00000cam a22000004a 4500 UP-1685594773861938289 Buklod 20130927124406.0 g||| | || || ta 160129s2013 xx r |||0 0deng d 9789715427081 (iLib)UPBAG-00011491467 BC-63735 Php300.00 BAG rda eng DS 688 M2 G65 2013 Gomez, Nikki Rivera. author. Mindanao on my mind and other musings Nikki Rivera Gomez. Quezon City The University of the Philippines Press ©2013. 255 pages 23 cm 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. Mindanao Island (Philippines) Miscellanea. Mindanao Island (Philippines) Politics and government. Mindanao Island (Philippines) Social life and customs. FI UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN DS 688 M2 G65 2013 Book