I attended the wake of 1st Congressional District of Misamis Oriental Representative Danilo “Danny” P. Lagbas yesterday, Friday the 13th, 2008 and attended his funeral the following day, today. This was my third funeral to attend in The Philippines. Above, 1st Congressional District of Misamis Oriental, Congressman Danilo “Danny” P. Lagbas with, 2nd Congressional District [...]
Councilor Nacaya is a member of the Rotary Club of Cagayan de Oro, the “Mother Club”, and heads two major committees in the City Council. He is the chairman of the Committee of Public Utility which is now concerned with rising rates of jeepneys and motorelas. He also heads the Committee on Police and Public [...]
Nanding Advincula has been a Cagayan de Oro City Counselor for 18 years, he is one of the stalwarts of our community. On May 29, 2008, he granted me a brief interview. Michael Turner: As Chairman of the Committee on Subdivision and Landed Estates, what can you say about the issues or problem of land [...]
Retired General Filipino Amoguis (“Filipino” is his name, not just his nationality, kind of like if I named my son or daughter “America Turner”) was inducted into the Rotary Club of Cagayan de Oro on Thursday, May 8, 2008. General Amoguis has served in both the Philippine Military, and with the Philippine National Police. He [...]
The devastation of The Earth by the pursuit for renewable energy sources, namely biofuel. I can’t help but notice there is a rice shortage in The Philippines and the government is having to import a shortfall of 2.7 million metric tons of foreign grown rice. But there is no shortage of biofuel. I do not [...]
I had the good fortune to meet and interview Congressman Rufus Rodriguez of the 2nd District of Cagayan de Oro City on April 17, 2008. Michael Turner: Good afternoon, Congressman, I appreciate you allowing me to interview you. So far, your projects are doing well, particularly the concreting of Velez Street, which I believe is [...]
I made a post almost a year ago regarding what I expected from the coming American presidential elections of 2008. I then expected that no Republican would get elected, and that either Obama or Clinton wouold get the ticket. However, I also expected that Clinton and Obama would reconcile and Hillary would become the first [...]
State of Fear, by Michael Crichton I have just finished the first novel I have read in…in I don’t know how long. In ten years or so. I generally just stick to non-fiction. Good books are hard to come by in The Philippines. Sure there are some good book stores in Manila, but there is [...]
I gotta be one of the luckiest foreigners in The Philippines. I get my photo taken with all sorts of prominent and famous people. Probably because I’m just so cool and good looking. Here I am with the new Cagayan de Oro City Police Director Superintendent Colonel Isagani Genabe, Jr. From the previous photos I [...]
…and on just about everything else. More than a year ago Cagayan de Oro Mayor Tinnex Jaraula, then a congressman, sought and got approval for a refurbishment/resurfacing of Velez Street, which is the main North-South Street going through town. The Street actually belongs to the national government so repairs to this street cannot be authorized [...]