By MASIDING NOOR YAHYA With the way Task Force Bangon Marawi (TFBM) is handling the Marawi rehabilitation, it is impossible the wartorn city will recover in another couple of years. More than three years after the Marawi Siege of 2017, Ground Zero (GZ), the most devastated during the Siege, is still a ghost town with… Read More Unbelievable Marawi Rehab
By Masiding Noor Yahya | August 19, 2019 It’s true that producing good writing is not easy. But, then again, anything worth your attention is never easy. Some say developing a good writing skill is a lot like the aging process of wine: it gets better with time.We disagree. With wine, all you have to… Read More Good writing is not like the wine aging process
Career Guide photo. Six years ago today, I posted in my personal FB account a brief opinion about education concerns of the Maranaos. I heard people said my concern still holds true today. I believe corruption is the biggest root of this problem. If our education authorities want to urgenly address our poor education standard,… Read More Education among Maranaos as seen six years ago
By Masiding Noor Yahya Marawi City has long been known as a cultural city of the Philippines. It is said it is the cultural center of the country; the center of Islamic civilization; and the Summer Capital of the South. Its climate is the best in the country, and… Read More Marawi: Why not declare as a City of Peace and Culture?
Looking BackBy Dean Yahya@dingyahya I really ain’t sure if it’s due to irrelevant interpretation of events or lack of proper grasp on the subject or simply not reading why some are accusing me of receiving an award decided by one man and not the entire so-called Executive Council of the organization. It means, I was… Read More I never received an award from the Bangsa Mranaw Congress
Looking BackBy Dean Yahya@dingyahya Yes, it s time to express our grievances. Hindi sapat ang magsabi sabar. Kailangan lahat ng mga taga Marawi magsalita na. Yung iba wala ginawa kundi magsipsip ay hindi natin dapat tularan. Magsalita tau kasi iyan pinaka malakas natin sandata sa panahon ngayon.#EnjoinTheRightForbidTheWrongSayang, they’re always bound by inclination to powers that… Read More Hey Mga Lalim, Ibt ko Allaah ka magdamiyodn sa madti magaan!
By Masiding Noor Yahya When President Rodrigo Roa Dutere warned that he may declare a revolutionary government if his detractors would not stop their destabilization campaign against him, Maranaos showed varied reactions: some are happy; others are not.Those who are happy are happy because of the inherent powers of the President in a revolutionary government to replace existing officials,… Read More Revolutionary government is one best option to eradicate corruption
It’s true The New Ranao Star is choosing what to publish in its pages. That’s our prerogative. And as long as it isn’t against the law, no one can deny that right of us. If an agency, government or not, is not accommodated in one of our pages, it’s because such agency doesn’t deserve it—perhaps… Read More It’s true, Ranao Star chooses what to publish
By MASIDING NOOR YAHYA | March 20, 2019 Sometimes, we eat consciously or unconsciously whatever the foreigners feed us with a blind belief that such was a good food of the civilized of which we strive to show we are among them.” I was in Morocco in the year 2000. I had talked to some… Read More Is the word ‘Moro’ kastilan? What does it mean?
Journalism as a profession is an independent pillar of democracy. As a fourth estate, it is at par with the government, the Church and the community, the other estates of democracy. Each has an inherent responsibility without which does not qualify it to that dignified position, or a violation of which entails penalty and may… Read More Repost: JOURNALISTS ARE NOT PREACHERS
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