Comments on: Here we go again

By: MindanaoBob

MindanaoBob — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:43:46 +0000

Hi danny – Gingoog and Butuan is very far from the areas where this took place. There is no reason to expect any problems.

By: danny

danny — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:36:33 +0000

looking at these comments makes me feel a little uneasy. I will be coming to Mindanao very soon. I will be in Butuan and then Gingoog city. Is there extremist activity in those places? thanks

By: MindanaoBob

MindanaoBob — Tue, 05 May 2009 23:33:34 +0000

Hi Rex – I’ve already been to Tawi Tawi, and also to Basilan. I will visit Sulu when the time is right.

By: Rex Delgado

Rex Delgado — Tue, 05 May 2009 13:33:34 +0000

Kidnapping is a way of life in Sulu. If I were you, I woud forego your future plans to visit the place …. you might end up another kidnap victim. Why not visit Tawi-Tawi. People there and very friendly and accomodating and majority of its professionals came from premier universities like UP, Silliman, Ateneo, etc. In the island municipality of Simunul, it has a 98% literacy rate. Maej can even come along with you to have a panoramic view of Bongao, Tawi-Tawi right from its provincial capitol. maej has friends there like Ms Florabel Ambas, a product of UP who now teaches PE at Batu-Batu National high School. Ms Santillan-Adjarail also teaches there before she moved in Samal Island.

Engr Jane Lacaba and Andreas Notter were already relaesed. But the AFP is still groping in the dark where to locate the remaining ICRC worker, Eugenio Vagni. I hope our military are resourceful enough to finally pinpoint Vagni and finally rescuwe him from the hands of thse damned bastards.

By: Engr. Ronald Nuneza

Engr. Ronald Nuneza — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:48:31 +0000

..these kidnappings things especially in some parts of Mindanao is really sick, catching or killing those kidnappers wont solve these problems…unless there is social justice, equitable distribution of wealth and oppurtunities especially on these impoverised regions, these things will just go on, and on, and on…

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 03:44:59 +0000

Hi Philmor – Yea, I agree. I’ve been to Ozamiz City – no problems there. I’ve been to Basilan and Tawi Tawi too, but not yet to Sulu. Right now, I’d advise against going to any of those three places, it’s not a good time for such travel.

By: Philmor

Philmor — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 03:11:32 +0000

Yeah, you right Bob I think Ozamiz is safe too. But places like Basilan and Sulu? Goodlcuk

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:15:59 +0000

Hi Philmor – I see no problems with Ozamiz. How do you connect Ozamiz with Sulu? They are very far from each other.

By: Philmor

Philmor — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:46:40 +0000

Matador, a friendly advice.. Much better if you will meet your girl in Davao City than in Ozamis.

Sulu is totally not a safe place for me. As a Filipino I will never try to go there.

By: matador

matador — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:18:23 +0000

hey bob
thans for the well desined and informative site
i wanna meet a girl in kapagatan in del norte part of mindanao,,i red about the island in many sites and just got confuse,,some say is safe and some as safenews say it’s top bad.
im going about two months from sweden and maybe tell to my girl to go davao or ozima to meet me,,she can’t get to cebu because to it needs money and i no met her before just by net and phone talking and i don’t know if it is a serious,as the guy who went to mindanao and it was a scams wrote him in three years.
she wanna study in lligan city and asked me to send her money to by a laptop of 33 thousand peso and i refused,nothing before i meet her in reality i told her.
what is the best choice?ozima or davao to meet her? and if u know anyting about her hometown kaopagatan so please tell me some adivices.
thanks