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Monitoring Infra Projects in Mainit

Salamat sa ijo kukabildo sa CBOX... bagan init an panahon kay nag-aso-aso an agi nan ijo comments. Maradjaw kay may mga nanginlabot sab badja. Sanan kwidaw kamo kay namagbasa iton ato mga opisyales, sanan iton mga mukandidatohay!

Nag-isip ako nan "review" nan mga infra projects sa Mainit. Kay tungod amo man iton an pinaka-obvious na achievement nan kada opisyal o mayor, amo anay ato tan-awon.

Por ehemplo... kaman gadjud agi iton 1) pagpa-semento nan dayan?, 2) pagpa-semento nan mga tulay?, 3) pagpa-tukod nan tiangge?, etc, sa ato lungsod?

Kay kun si Daddy (Ex-OIC Mayor Yonie) an pangutan-on, an ija proyekto (infra) suyod sa 7 ka buyan, sija an nag-consepto (plano), sija an nag-tuyod sa pagpa-approve sa gobernador, sa kongreso, sanan biskan gani sa Malacañang, sanan suyod sa ija panahon nakita an kahumanan... example an ato Municipal Abattoir.

Hala an nahuman sa proyekto sa panahon ni Mayor Ramon... sija ba gadjud an nag-konsepto-plano nan ini? O ija ra tiniwas? An kan Mayor Roger... ija ba gadjud ini agi o tinaliwan ra nan tagsugdan nan naiagi na administrasyon? An kan anhin-Mayor Sarah, sidja ba gadjud an nalimbasog tanan nan ija nahuman?

Hala... inday unhon, pero basin may makabisita nan ato munisipyo... paki-kuha nan tanan infra-projects sukad siguro nan 1950 (ambisyoso isab nan ini na monitoring).

Basin sab maka-uli ako... manginterbyu ako.

Labjog!

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Kapadjas

An tagalog nan kapadjas kay Papaya.

Originally from Mexico and the Americas (read here).



Lami kilawon labi na kun hinog-hinog, isawsaw dajon sa aslom na suka. Pero nan gagmay pa kami, bala namo jaon sa pusil-pusil. May single-shot may design isab nan rapid-fire ala armalite. Uman, ato kaw?

A Blessed Ramadan

To all my Muslim Brothers and Sisters especially the Muslim Pidjangas all over the world... The Pidjanga Blogger would like to wish you a very Blessed Ramadan 2009.

Bismillah hir Rahman nir Raheem! Assalaam alaikum warahmatullah wabarakathu wamaghfiratuhu!

If you don't know what Ramadan is... read the idiot's guide to Ramadan, here.

Pidjanga at the Urbanite Run

Nanlakip na sab kami sa dinayagan. Nan sabado, duyom, 15 August 2009, sa The Fort, nangiban kami sa Kenny's Urbanite Run - the largest night running event in the Philippines.

Paghikita nan "freedom wall", suyat dajon nan Pidjanga!

Sa Finish Line, biskan kun an ako pace 7.7 mins per kilometer (sobra ka hinay jaon kun permi na kaw dyagan), malipayon gihapon. Matud pa nan ako mga kaibanan, true winners are those "who had the courage to start the race and finish it". Char!

Sa sige lakip nan races (bisan wayay training), I learned some helpful tips. Thanks to my running group, Happy Feet. Jaon ako bakus, "hydration belt" kuno an tawag nan jaon. Sa una, 500ml na mineral water ako daya. Kuman di na kun hassle kay distributed na an weight nan mga tubig sa upat ka butangan sa belt. An isa, lipovitan an suyod!

An pinakagana na feeling jaon sa Finish Line... puro kaw huyas, na bagan na-tang-tang an tanan lipa sa lawas, arang ka-gana nan imo ginhawaan kay kaluag nan lungs, bagan an feeling mabuhi pa kaw nan 1oo years old. Makadum-dom lamang ako kan Lolo Bitoy, nuabot sija nan 108 years old.

Presko pa nan pagsugod. Nag-una ra an tijan!

Glad to know some of you has started running... let me know if you will brave to join the races. I'd be very glad to pace with you... and introduce you to fellow runners.

During or After Magellan... the Mosende from La Coruna and Galicia, Spain

Fr. Scheurs wrote that right after the return of the lone surviving ship of the Magellan Expedition (1519-1523), the Victoria, a new Spanish fleet sailed from the port of La Coruña to the Islands of the West. The general command was given to Garcia Jofre de Loaisa, and Sebastian de Elcano as second in command. Sailing in the track of Magellan's voyage, and after hearthbreaking setbacks with one bad omen after another haunting the expedition i.e. six of the ships has sunk or disappeared from the fleet, the surviving ship, Santa Maria, reached Mindanao (chronicles suggest it was the island of San Juan, currently Siargao) on October 1526. To their astonishment, they were met by a survivor of Magellan's fleet, Gonzalo de Vigo, a native of Galicia, Spain.

In my early days of blogging, I have posted that there are places in Northern Spain named as Mosende, although, until now, I do not know whether they are political units or merely names of villages. But it seems they are equivalent to our Philippine municipalities. These are found in Lugo, Galicia Spain, and Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain. See here.

La Coruña (called A Coruña in Galician language) is also in Galicia, Spain. See here.

Last year, I found from the well-known Genealogical Society of Utah (the National Archives recommended this splendid work of the Mormons if one would want to trace its family tree), the names of Juan Mosende (1580) and Pedro Mosende (1610) coming from La Coruña, Spain (see here).

The above seem to confirm that the Mosende Family of Mainit and Placer, Surigao del Norte must have descended from the Mosende Clan of La Coruña, Spain

Sa ato pa, gikan sa La Coruña, iban ni Magellan sanan ni Loaisa (kaibanan isab si Fray Urdaneta) an mga-kapopo-popoan nan mga Mosende. Mga lumon... wara di sa kanao! Haruy di!

References:
Schreurs, Peter. 2000. Caraga Antigua, 1521-1910: The Hispanization and Christianization of Agusan, Surigao, and East Davao. National Historical Institute.

Microsoft ® Encarta ® Premium Suite 2005. © 1993-2004 Microsoft Corporation.

Coming:
Written historical evidences of the relocation of Mainitnons from Daang Lungsod (currently San Isidro) to the present-day Poblacion due to the Hurricane of 1876. This was probably during the leadership (Cabeza de Barangay) of my great, great, great grandfather Don Saturnino Libarnes (see related post here). This also confirms the foundation of the poblacion as retold to me by Lolo Bitoy, Saturnino's grandson (see here).

KUWATRO Anyos na an Pidjanga Blog KUMAN

Bagan kapaspas an panahon, upat na ka tuig inin Pidjanga Blog! My first post was 10 August 2005 (here), although I have also posted my 1993-2004 write-ups and predated them.

The blog, despite commanding a consistent 1,500++ visits (around 3,000 pageviews) per month in the last 48 months, does not generate any income. But, despite that, pyschic rewards has been quite fulfilling.

I think, one day, perhaps one year from now, a book about Mainit can be written already from the Pidjanga posts. Who wants to be among the panel of editors? Raise your hand...

I'll post a more complete list with specific links, but meanwhile, the Pidjanga Blog has so far highlighted the following... and has put our town Mainit, our Lake, and our Pidjanga on the blogosphere!

History and Development
- Municipal and Baranagay Officials of Mainit

Cultural Development
- Minainit 101
- Fiestas and Cultural Celebrations
- Poems and Essays in Minainit
- Negosyong Pinidjanga
- Mainit Recipes

Rural and Environmental Development
- MDO Tree Planting
- Relief Operations for Lake Mainit Flooding
- Tourism
- Environmental Advocacies
- Participatory Governance
- Community Participation in Rural Development

There's more... meeting anay ako. Hehehe!

I hope napahalipay ta kamo. Kay kun waya... pila ray pag-delete. HAHAHA! Busa, mga igsoon, hanugay kamo na away-away... ako pa dijo, pagtangway kamo - iska botelya na Cervesa Negra pinarisan nan Toasted Highland Legumes, malipadjon na ako.

Camiguin is Magcono?

"The name Camiguin is derived from the native word "Kamagong," a tree of the Ebony family that thrives near Lake Mainit in the Province of Surigao del Norte. The original inhabitants of Camiguin were "Manobos" who migrated from Surigao. Thge old native language in Camiguin is called "Kinamiguin," which is similar to the dialect spoken in Surigao."

Read more here:

Pidjanga notes: To better ensure UN safety and security in Mindanao, we need to understand Mindanao culture and context. While listening to the presentations of a Muslim colleague, I noted some points for further online research: islamic presence in northern Mindanao; Caraga in the Treaty of Paris of 1898; the migration of Tausugs from Caraga to Sulu, etc. And the above link surprised me. We know that one of the famous hardwoods in our lake is the Magcono or the Philippine Ironwood. I believe this is also the kamagong... where, seemingly, Camiguin is named after.

Can anyone confirm this? Will appreciate your inputs.

Update: And surprises of surprises... Kamagong is Mabolo. Read here.

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Lungsod na Pinayangga


Mainit Hymn, Music & Lyrics by: Brando. Juan

Copy lyrics here.

This would qualify as official anthem of Mainit, Surigao del Norte!

What do y ou think folks?

Your Cory Aquino moment...

Mainitnons... Pidjangas... where were you during the EDSA revolution of 1986? What was your Cory Aquino moment?

Please share. Hit the comments (below) or the shoutbox (left). Or email me here.

And I saw her, finally!

Cory's funeral car passed by RCBC Plaza today at around 1PM, on its way to the Manila Cathedral. (Click photos to enlarge)

If you are sharp, you would see Mai Mai and Mikee, and the Cojuangco family flashing the Laban sign.

Thank you, Cory

The Pidjanga Blogger, and the rest of the Mainitnons, would like to pay our last respects to former President Cory Aquino, by posting a yellow ribbon here in our blog.

I will write a longer tribute, but for now, let me epxress that even though I never met this woman, Cory has been a big part of my life. When the news of her death was announced and tributes for her were featured in both national and international televisions, I can not help but shed some tears.

I was just 11 years old and was in Grade Six when I witnessed history unfolded in the Philippines and in Mainit... Daddy Yonie was PDP-Laban's political leader of Mainit during the Cory Aquino-Doy Laurel tandem against the most powerful man in the Philippines at that time... and I saw how the Mainitnons and the Surigaonons rallied and voted for Cory and Doy (I would know, because as Daddy's personal secretary, I have to memorize the barangay records and monitor election results by precincts). With battery-powered radios, I joined Daddy and other Cory- supporters on my very first rally for democracy, wearing my yellow jacket with a portrait of the would-be president, which I meticulously hand-printed (that was before I learned the rudiments of textile printing).

It may not have been published, but history could attest that in 1986, EDSA and Cory was not only in Manila, but was in Mainit too.

More about this post later. I hope I can dig some black and white photos of that EDSA Rally in Mainit taken at the old Plaza stage. I remember Daddy Yonie, Dodong Andanar, Claro Garcia, and Uncle Robing among the leaders on stage.


Here's a video of her before the congress of the United States of America. The Laban sign, I think, has been my most lasting memory about Cory, the "President of a free people".


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CBCP News: Mining threatens 4th largest freshwater lake in PH

SEVEN are in the town of Mainit, Surigao del Norte... of the 15 exploration permits (EP) that the Regional Office 13 (CARAGA) of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) of the Environment department approved as of June 30, 2010.

Read more at www.cbcpnews.com and Surigao Today.

If you want to support the protection of Lake Mainit, contact me at pidjangaATgmailDOTcom or 0917-800-4557. Zimm/Peter/Pidjanga