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September 25, 2006 | Posted by Armand B. Frasco at Nature, Science & Environment, Philippines

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“Stanley, it’s a Doliops! A Doliops!” A cry of elation emanated from a grove of trees as an avid entomologist (scientists who study insects) discovered a unique creature. Cupped in his big hands, lay a delicate insect feigning death. Doliops multifasciata, a rather uncommon longhorn beetle recently rediscovered after it was described as a new species in the early 1920s. Its golden sheen and exquisite pattern glistening in the mid day sun as me and a companion were in the rugged fastnesses of the Bukidnon hinterlands around four years ago.

Beetles, ubiquitous insects comprise the biggest group of insects, Order Coleoptera. Its varied forms has fascinated generations, helped shape agricultural practices as well as captivated many collectors and scientists through the last few centuries. I started collecting these dazzling insects after a few years of pursuing butterflies not only because of their intriguing forms and jewel like qualities but they are very much understudied as far as the Philippine setting is concerned. The more I have handled these creatures, the more I want to learn about their diversity and the uniqueness of the Philippine coleopteran fauna that sets it apart from the rest of the world.

To date, I have contributed about 10 species new to science with five named after me and several new distribution records for the Philippines and many more that are awaiting study. These have been collected from the northernmost island of Batan to the southern corridor that is Tawitawi and in the major islands and forests in between with majority of the collection coming from Mindanao. [Read more]

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Another Filipino triumph in poetry ding_pc_right-gray

September 24, 2006 | Posted by Armand B. Frasco at Culture, Philippines

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By Alfred A. Yuson

I can't be happier for my young friend Joel M. Toledo, poet and literature teacher at Miriam College, also the percussionist for the music band of fellow-poets, Los Chupacabras.

As far as I'm concerned, he's done an Efren "Bata" Reyes and a Manny Pacquiao, in proving that a homegrown Filipino poet in English is world-class. Not that we didn't know; it's just that the triumphant occasion comes with official notification.

Last May, one of the final generous acts by The British Council Philippines director Gill Westaway, before she completed her tour of duty, was to arrange for Filipinos to enter poems and stories in English for the Bridport Prize 2006 competition without having to pay the usual contest fee.

No telling how many local poets and fictionists answered the call, but the hefty cash prizes must have generated a flurry of activity by way of downloading the entry form from a website, printing and filling this up, and dropping it off at the BC with the accompanying works.

Well, Gill will be happy to learn, in Sri Lanka where she's now posted, that her faith in the Filipino has reaped yet another award for the country I'm sure she still pines for. In 2004 Gill was also instrumental in helping set up the English Speaking Union Philippines chapter, which conducted a contest that eventually resulted in getting Patricia Evangelista of U.P. to join the ESU International Public Speaking Competition in London, where she bested some 60 foreign competitors and won the top prize. Now we have the 34-year-old Joel — who took a Masters Degree in Creative Writing at U.P., and has authored a novelette for young adults, Pedro and the Lifeforce (Giraffe Books, 1997) — accomplishing the same in a worldwide contest where a poem of his won out over more than 5,000 other entries.

Last week he was rendered motionless, stupefied and ecstatic, perchance in that order, at an Internet shop upon checking his mail and finding a congratulatory notice re a prideful windfall. [Read more]

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September 23, 2006 | Posted by Norman Nimer at Announcements, Asia-Pacific

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by Skokieswift

It has been widely held that in 1906, the original wave of Filipinos came to the United States and first settled in the islands of Hawaii. From the humble sugar plantation workers of yesteryears, the Pinoys in the United States have gone far and wide conquering countless heights and shattering many glass ceilings.

To celebrate that important milestone, the National Federation of Filipino American Associations or NaFFAA will host the 7th Biennial National Empowerment Conference from September 28 to October 1, 2006.

It is being dubbed as the "convention of conventions" of Pinoys. And where else to best commemorate the event, but in Hawaii.

During the same occasion, NaFFAA will also host kababayans from around the globe for the 4th Global Filipino Networking Convention. Pinoys from the Philippines, Canada, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, Asia and Australia are expected to join in the festivities.

Dignitaries expected to attend the event are US Senators Daniel Akaka and Daniel Inouye from Hawaii and US Rep. Mike Honda (D-Calif.).

They will be joined by former Philippine President Fidel V. Ramos, Philippine House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., Sen. Franklin Drilon and House Minority Leader Francis G. Escudero.

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My Arabian Nights ding_pc_right-gray

September 22, 2006 | Posted by Norman Nimer at Features and Articles, Middle East

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