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Immediately after I took up underwater photography, I set out to look for an online service that would help me identify the myriad coral species, fish, mollusks, etc., that I was collecting. I found several sites right away, but the one that I cottoned to was Whats That Fish! (or “WTF” … lol!). The folks [...]
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Last Saturday, a scubasurero team from the Carabao Dive Center went back to San Juan Reef to remove the ghost net that we discovered the previous day. We did two dives at the site, but we were only able to extract about 60% of the offensive fishing net. Talking with fellow divers on the boat [...]
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The Carabao Dive Center asked me to accompany two Japanese divers today. Of course I didn’t pass up the chance to go scuba diving, and I was really looking forward to it because we were going to San Juan Reef. This dive site, which is very close to the Hof Gorei beach resort on Samal [...]
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Today, my friends and I spent the good part of the day with the Special Operations Group (CGSOG) of the Philippine Coast Guard’s South Eastern Mindanao District. The command is celebrating its 26th founding anniversary this month, and as part of their continuing commitment to the community, they conducted a coastal clean-up activity at Samal [...]
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It had been quite a spell since I was first invited to talk about “blogging for peace”, so I was happy to have had the chance again two weeks ago in Zamboanga City. The first time was in Hong Kong in November 2009 — it wasn’t really my assigned topic, but I emphasized in my [...]
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The Davao Reef Divers Club is deeply concerned about the state of the marine environment in Davao Gulf. That’s why they regularly conduct scubasurero activities and talk to fellow divers about the importance of protecting marine life. Last 17 July 2011 (Sunday), the club had its monthly club dive at a beach resort on Samal [...]
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I’ve been crazy about scuba diving for some months now, but I’m still very much a WordPress fanatic. Take a look at this dive photo of me and my underwater WordPress notebook, shot by the awesome diver-photographer, Bing Peña last 16 July 2011 at Angel’s Cove. No, the guys at Automattic haven’t come up with [...]
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Tourism is a great thing for any destination: it brings in tourist dollars, thus stimulating economic activity, thus creating more jobs for locals. However, tourism can also turn unsustainable. It’s when the destination’s environment is eroded, thereby becoming less and less attractive to tourists. It should be noted that one of the causes of this [...]
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I’ve been published before, but today is a first for me: my story made it to the front page of a local business paper, the Edge Davao weekly. Lead story, baby! The piece is about my take on the protection of the marine environment, especially tha…
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Before I took up scuba diving, the place called Coral Gardens was my favorite snorkeling site. Now I don’t think I’d ever be satisfied with just swimming on the surface in this aquatic haven. I had my second and third dives there today R…
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Today is World Oceans Day, and it is also Blog Action Day for the Save the Philippine Seas campaign. As part of the latter, I have taken it upon myself to advocate for the conservation of the marine ecosystem in the Gulf of Davao. It’s not going …
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Yesterday I had my first two official dives as part of my scuba certification program under SDI, administered by the cool people at Carabao Dive Center. We did Coral Gardens and the Dapia Wall, both found around Talikud Island, Samal. That was my first…
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It was in Mindanao that an unfathomably huge case of marine poaching occurred last month. Off the coast of Cotabato, in the Sulu Sea, coral reefs five times the size of Manila were plundered beyond imagination, robbing the Filipino people of natural resources that we’ll most probably never see again in our lifetimes. Precious black [...]
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In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Edsa Revolution, Davao City joined the nationwide effort to keep the spirit of People Power alive through a “freedom run”, which happened early this morning. The event kicked off simultaneously in Manila (on Edsa, of course), Vigan, Zambales, Clark (Pampanga), Legaspi (Bicol), Cebu City, Dipolog City, Davao [...]
Today, Filipinos celebrate the 25th anniversary of the EDSA REVOLUTION, which brought the Marcos regime to its knees. On 25 February 1986, Filipinos peacefully won freedom from oppression and neglect by the conjugal dictatorship perpetrated by the Marcoses for two decades. Today, Filipinos can be proud of a legacy of revolution by peaceful means through [...]
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The most underrepresented sector of society is, undoubtedly, the youth. Even though the youth are hailed by many as the future of our country, very few actually take the time to listen to them. On the other hand, one reason for this might be the perceived apathy among the country’s high school and university students. [...]
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Probably the most gratifying compliment I got after my WordPress talk at the Asian Bloggers & Social Media Conference in Kuala Lumpur last 29 July 2010 was when a gentleman from an English-language training company left me his name card with this message scrawled in: “Great presentation! You sold me on WordPress!” In fact, the [...]
In an effort to bring attention to a serious social problem in the Philippines, Kraft Foods Phils. has undertaken a worthy corporate social responsibility project called Cheez Whiz Palamantasan ng Sarap, Sustansya at Saya. In coordination with the Department of Education, this nationwide campaign was launched in Davao City last 17 July 2010 to help [...]
I gave a crash course on WordPress last week during a digital activism training for organizations and causes. The Asia Foundation brought together various human rights activists from all over Mindanao to learn hands-on about online social media and how Internet tools can be employed in their line of work. The TAF consultant who helped [...]
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Early this month, civil society delegates from all over Southeast Asia converged in Hong Kong to attend and contribute to the 1st Asia-Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum (APrIGF). The purpose was singular: to be heard in the global multi-stakeholder forum where there is an ongoing discussion on issues surrounding the Internet. The civil society group, [...]
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The 13th major update of WordPress is finally here! A little late coming, but more than welcome to all WordPress lovers. As I’ve mentioned before, it’s the merger of the two branches of WordPress and now it’s multi-site enabled. I’m working on a Web project that’s built on WordPress 3.0 and that will take advantage [...]
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Thanks to the International Visitor Leadership Program fellowship I received from the U.S. Department of State, I was finally able to visit the physical offices of Automattic in San Francisco last 4 February 2010. I was in the States primarily for the IVLP from 21-25 January in Washington, D.C. Too bad, though, Matt Mullenweg wasn’t [...]
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I was in the cities of Zamboanga and Isabela from 17 to 20 October for a short vacation and to touch base with the bloggers there. Thanks to Yolynne Medina and Ryann Elumba, I was also able to talk to them about WordPress. On 19 October, I was invited to give a talk at e.AXS [...]
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