Author Archives: DON J. PAGUSARA

11 years ago

[PRINTS & TRACES] Where Did Mangulayon Go?

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[PRINTS & TRACES] Where Did Mangulayon Go?

Human mapatay ni Datu Mangulayon si Gov. Bolton didto sa Lacaron, Malalag, Davao del Sur, iyang gimangnoan ang tanang nakasaksi ug nakahibalo sa makasaysayanong hitabo nga siya lang ug way laing pasanginlan ug idalahig sa pagpatay kang Bolton ug sa kauban niining si Benjamin Christian.

11 years ago

[Prints & Traces] Who is Datu Mangulayon?

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[Prints & Traces] Who is Datu Mangulayon?

In spotlighting the celebratory pitch and color of the Kadayawan Festival, let us give honor and deference to the unifying common tongue of all Lumads of Mindanao — the Cebuano language as the Island’s lengua franca. And so, allow me to use this as medium in this special write-up about the legendary Datu Mangulayon, the greatest of all Lumads in this part of the Philippine Islands.

11 years ago

[PRINTS & TRACES] A Legacy of TRAPO

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[PRINTS & TRACES] A Legacy of TRAPO

A blind musician, Willie, who was a student of the Davao School for the Blind, visited me the other day. He is a good musician, as he could play the guitar, keyboard and could sing. He played the guitar for the theme song of a film I wrote two years ago, which was beautifully sung by his classmate Gaga.

11 years ago

Today’s View: A Birthday Holiday

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Today’s View: A Birthday Holiday

By DON J. PAGUSARA

Davao Today

My childhood years were filled with random dreams and not-so-intentional glories.  But they come as happenstances with childhood drives and urge to excel in everything — from shatung to basketball, to high jump, to gardening to handicrafts making.  And to give fleshly meaning to parents’ and mentors’ exhortation in the cliché Burn your midnight candle! 

11 years ago

Today’s View: Who needs to be honest?

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Today’s View:  Who needs to be honest?

By DON J. PAGUSARA

Davao Today

Who can be honest?  Rather, who need to be honest and be featured in the news?  It’s the poor!  Never the wealthy and powerful!  They have no need of the glory of publicity or a reward for honesty.  Their position in society is more than rewarding enough!

11 years ago

Today’s View: Liar Dream

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Today’s View: Liar Dream

By DON J. PAGUSARA

Davao Today

Liar, because the speaker is an incorrigible liar and the promises are lies.  Dream, because the people are made to hope and expect “a kingdom come” or “a state of better living” or “a more comfortable life,” or at least a more “humane earthly existence.”  Which never ever comes.  Not today, not tomorrow, not until the end of time!