Blogs from Zamboanga, Philippines, Asia

Dipolog City is by far the most peaceful and most organized place I’ve ever visited. It is, along with Dapitan City, one of the component cities of Zamboanga del Norte province. Security wise, it is also the safest and most secured. The whole city is also very clean, with less traffic situation and friendly and trustworthy locals. These positive description is mainly attributed to the well-organized and rigid incumbency of their City Mayor. In fact, Mayor Evelyn Uy and the city itself, has been a constant recepient of many national recognitions for public administration. It is impressive to see a public terminal as clean as Dipolog City Public Terminal. The city implements strict regulations about public sanitation. You won’t find any trash cans along the city streets, urging you to keep your trash by yourself. Spitting, ... read more

It was a tiring week. . . a working week. . . a fruitful week . . . a HAPPY WEEK. My friend and I left Manila to facilitate a three day seminar cum workshop for teachers in Siocon, Zamboanga Del Norte sponsored by the TVI Phils Inc. There were more or less 40 participants in our seminar and those three days were filled with fun, laughter and exciting activities.Every activity, every lecture and discussion were dynamic and participatory. Almost all of the teachers were thankful after the seminar. Then right after the closing program, my friend J.M.O. toured us to their mining site. There, I learned that there are two types of mining. The one that is more popular, is called the underground mining. The other one is what they call as the OPEN PIT ... read more