Yet another outcry from the former internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Central Mindanao. On Monday, thousands of people coming from different areas in Mindanao gathered in Cotabato City and urged both the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to resume the stalled negotiations.

There was never a good war or a bad peace - Benjamin Franklin

How long shall we wait? Why is it always stalled whenever some major breakthroughs are reached? Personally, I believe that the ‘hawks’ in the government have dipped their fingers on the peace process.  Many wants to live in peace but some want to live in an ‘atmosphere of war.’ War is business, war produce generals.

“We hate war!” - Cotabato peace rally participants
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/07 January) — An outpouring of frustration and anger marked today’s peace rally at the city plaza here where thousands of people converged to push the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) into resuming their talks and eventually signing a peace agreement. “I am tired of war,” said Bai Misceria Malasalagat who arrived here from Pagalungan, Maguindanao this morning on board a caravan of about 23 trucks. “We have been bakwits (evacuees) for 20 years already.” They are afraid, she said, that in case the talks would collapse, “there will be fighting again and we will suffer.”

They type of gear you’re using is not really an issue for me. It’s how you use and and how you come up with an impressive output. A lot of discussion boards have discussed this issue on the latest cameras from Canon and Nikon.

I can’t discuss the whole thing here because I’m not an expert on this. I’m using Canon system but when I’d look at the others’ photos, I don’t really ask what type of camera they are using. I’m not counting the megapixel, I’m more concerned on what’s in the megapixel

Let me share with you here a review of both cameras, which I came across in the world wide web. Both are great cameras.Sadly, I can’t afford them.

Canon vs Nikon

As previously reported, I ordered my Nikon D3 and my Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III at the same time, back in September. I’d recently also written about seeing a D3 “in the wild” when covering a White House event, and I was eager to get my hands on my own.

That surprisingly happened all on the same day, yesterday, Friday the 7th, when both cameras arrived, separately, from Adorama. The first thing I did was call my friend Mark Finkenstaedt, a die-hard Canon photographer, and invite him over to have a look-see at both bodies, as they were unboxed, make a few photographs of them, and with them, and generally have some fun with what is otherwise sometimes a dry “review”. [read on]

Early this morning, I’ve heard again a radio commentator blurting on the dismantling of Task Force Davao. There is no finality yet on this report. Even TF Davao commander Col. Alan Luga has already said that the fate of TF Davao remains on the hands of Mayor Rodrigo Duterte. Continue Reading »