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		<title>Social Distance in Facebook: Breaking or Building Barriers in Cyberspace</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 16:05:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Social networking sites have captured the interest and aspiration of people especially Filipinos and Filipinas to make contacts and connect with families, friends, and others. To illustrate this, imagine Facebook having over half a billion account users all over the world. Twenty-six million of those are found in the Philippines. Thus, albeit virtually, numerous contacts [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mensab.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1942586&amp;post=181&amp;subd=mensab&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Under-Mining the Power of Communities: The Politics of Mining and Local Community in the Philippines</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 00:57:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oftentimes, local communities feel powerless in the decision-making on issues that matter most to them. It is time to give them back the power they truly deserve and put them at the center of decision-making of these issues. Environmentally critical projects such as mining remain a controversial and divisive issue in mineral-rich communities all over [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mensab.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1942586&amp;post=172&amp;subd=mensab&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>To a certain Carlos who came to church</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 10:07:21 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[cultural]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[reproductive health]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Carlos, As you read this, I pray for your well-being inside the juvenile jail cell. Surprised and shocked, I could not hold shaking my head for quite a number of times after I saw your own &#8220;civil disobedience.&#8221; As I saw it, there was no civility in the act. Yeah, it was a show [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mensab.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1942586&amp;post=168&amp;subd=mensab&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rationalization of my blogs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have to admit that I breathed this blog in and out of my system. For a time, this has taken over my plans. Your comments and constant stream of visitors to this blog have inspired me to continue blogging, to make a dent in the blogged world. It is through this inspiration that I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mensab.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1942586&amp;post=162&amp;subd=mensab&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bicol Vote: Saen Mapapaduman?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 07:43:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Enot sa gabos, ano may Bicol vote mananggad?

May mga nasurat na manonongod sa Bicol vote. Kadakli nagsasabi na ini sarong "myth." Sa halipot na tataramon, dae totoo na may Bicol vote.

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