Davao Harvest 2

(reposted from dom)

Edited by Ricardo M. de Ungria and Tita Lacambra Ayala
(Davao Writers Guild)
Exterior: Glossy softcover
Interior: 353 pages book paper with color prints
Price:P300.00 (excl. shipping and handling, if necessary)

DAVAO HARVEST 2, an anthology of short fiction, essays, poetry, drama, and art from Davao City, is now available from the Davao Writers Guild.

Covering nearly thirty years of literary and artistic activity in the city, DAVAO HARVEST 2 features more writers and artists than its predecessor. Literary works in Bisaya, Filipino, and English come from a stellar cast of award-winning Davao-based writers. Paintings from artists are reproduced in color. At 353 pages, DAVAO HARVEST 2 is a comprehensive view of the best of literature and art in Davao City.

Poke me through 09196116007 for orders...
or contact me through camptheyas@gmail.com.

16th Iligan National Writers Workshop

The National Commission for Culture and Arts (NCCA), the Mindanao

Creative Writers Group, Inc., and the Mindanao State University-Iligan
Institute of Technology's Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research
and Extension (OVCRE) are accepting applications from writers to the
16th Iligan National Writers Workshop (INWW) to be held on May 25-29,
2009 in Iligan City.

Sixteen (16) slots, five each from Luzon and Visayas and six from
Mindanao are available for writing fellowships to the INWW. Of the
slots for Mindanao, one (1) is for the Manuel T. Buenafe Writing
Fellowship for Muslim or Lumad applicants.

Applicants are required to submit five poems; or, one short story; or,
for the novel, a summary and 2 chapters for the work-in-progress; and,
a one-act play in Filipino, English or in Cebuano.

For entries in Hiligaynon, Kinaray-a, Waray and Chavacano,
translations in English are required. Please submit along with the
application form two, 2X2 photos. The application form may be
downloaded here. Please submit a hard copy and a CD with the
manuscripts encoded in MS Word97. Unpublished works are preferred.
Applicants must have attended at least one regional/local writers
workshop, no exceptions.

Writing fellows will be given free board and lodging and a travel
allowance. Applications must be postmarked on or before February 15,
2009. No applications or manuscripts will be accepted if sent after
postmarked dates or by fax or e-mail.

Applicants are also advised to keep copies of their manuscripts since
these will not be returned. Send all applications to the 16th INWW
Director, Christine F. Godinez-Ortega c/o OVCRE, MSU-IIT, Iligan City.
For more information contact Pat Cruz or Alice Bartolome or Cherly
Adlawan, tels. 063-3516131 ; or e-mail: patcruz@yahoo. com /
cherlyadlawan@ yahoo.com / aliciabartolome@ yahoo.com

Our View of the Fire (Leon Garcia, October 10th)

reposted from Dog Eats Avocado - October 13, 2008
photo at left by Yas D. Ocampo, photos in news report by Edgar Arro

It was the guard at the gate, I think, who told us at the Editorial Office that there was an on-going fire at a place called "Carpenter" (Leon Garcia, actually) in Agdao.
The smoke that was visible from our point of view showed how spread out the fire had become.
As kuya edgar, our photographer, headed towards his motorcycle to rush towards the area, Kuya joey (a reporter from the office) and i went out of our building to look, mistaking the smoke for rain clouds.
Good thing kuya joey kept a camera with him: i had this idea of taking a photograph of the fire at a perspective from a nearby hotel building for an aerial view.
The desk manager was more than helpful: he asked one of the security detail (and his german shepherd) to escort us to a fire escape that had a view of the Davao City cityscape, only that at that afternoon the smoke almost hogged the space where the blue used to be.
That same date, a man stood atop a communications tower in Matina Aplaya and threatened to jump to his death. (There is no supporting article for this one, my editors don't allow suicide reports on the paper.)
Another day at the office.
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Fire guts 100 houses, 2 school buildings: report
by Jose G. Dalumpines

A FIRE of an unknown origin razed about 100 houses and two school buildings yesterday afternoon at Corias Village, Brgy Leon Garcia, Agdao District.
SF02 Orencio Grado, arson investigator of the Bureau of Fire Protection 11, said in his initial report that the fire was first started at the ground floor of the house owned by Inday and Roberto Guemera. However, he said that the cause of the fire has yet be determined.
Grado said firefighters from the Central Fire Station and the Filipino-Chinese Fire Brigade responded to the scene upon receiving initial alarm on the incident.
He said the fire was controlled at 4 pm and was declared fire out by Senior Supt. Rico Neil Kwantiu, the ground commander of the firefighters.
Grado estimated the damages to property at about P5 million.
Anecito Panaungon, president of the Leon Garcia National High School, said the wind was so strong that it caused the fire to reach and engulf one school building that housed six classrooms for second year students and another building housing the records section and guidance center and three classrooms for fourth year high school students.
He observed the firefighters were prompt in responding to the incident but the strong winds and high temperature hampered their efforts.
“Strong winds hastened the fire which razed two of our important buildings,” Panaungon said.
Even a rescue helicopter from the Philippine Air Force (PAF) assisted efforts to put off the fire by dousing it with water from the sea. JGD



(News article from Mindanao Times, Page 2, October 11 issue.)