Work of folktales, historical pieces, fiction and nonfiction: stories and novels set mostly in Zamboanga Peninsula and Maguindanao. Chabacano pieces.
This is going to be short, but not the least sweet! Just the other day - that it's still clear in my mind - a distressed friend of mine had this story to tell: She said she had brought her teen-aged son, who was bent with chest pain and rocking cough,...
Read moreLets hav dis strayd: did former President & former layt Dictator Marcos's police chief, Mr Ramos, say he handed over da solution to da Mindanao Moro insurgency problem to impeached President Arroyo, and den passed it on to present President Aquino - 'on...
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CopyrightCon Most Vile-Help Appeal: Philippine PEN International and UMPHIL: member of both. My historical novel 'The Revolt of Gueremon Tenorio' and short stories were posted in Zamboanga.com-webmaster.zamboanga.com, 2006. This vile deed was done without...
Read moreThe Waterlogged Files 07 “A Coverup Most Foul” City Lights By Antonio Ma. Nieva Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 6, 1992 – Twenty-eight days to the eight year of his death by an assassin’s gun, Cesar Cortes Climaco’s ghost haunts the streets of Zamboanga...
Read moreThe Waterlogged Files 06 “Murder in Broad Dayligh” Time: November 26, 1984 -- So commonplace is violence in the southern Mindanao seaport of Zamboanga City that Mayor Cesar Climaco, 68, tallied the killings on a billboard outside the municipal hall. The...
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Note: You may not realize it, but you can’t read this during martial law ¾ ’72-’86. I got to read this myself only today as I typed it in my PC, having found it damp and muddy after Typhoon Sendong. Caught reading it then, I mean, during the Marcos dictatorship...
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Note:Files are drying up faster than expected; so, we maybe able to put in our materials without having to miss a day or two. The Waterlogged Files #03 “Philippine Opposition Leader Assassinated” The Dallas Morning News, Associated Press, Zamboanga City,...
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Note NOTE : Clipping was still a bit damp, so we miss a word. Is it ‘courageous’? Enriquez Collection: Lapuyan Subanon Giant Phingi. Drawing Estarte The Waterlogged Files #02 “Death Squads Cross the Pacific” New York Times , Monday, November 19, 1984....
Read moreNote NOTE : Clipping was still a bit damp, so we miss a word. Is it ‘courageous’? Enriquez Collection: Lapuyan Subanon Giant Phingi. Drawing Estarte The Waterlogged Files #02 “Death Squads Cross the Pacific” New York Times , Monday, November 19, 1984....
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Enriquez collection: painting Saudi Did Mayor Cesar Climaco Foresee His Assassination? Here is a letter written by the late Mayor Climaco to his vice-mayor, Manuel Dalipe, before he was gunned down in the heart of the city before he was gunned down! ....
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