Mindanao in the News

June 12th, 2005 at 9:17 am (General, National Politics, Media)

A couple of weeks ago, GMA 7’s 24 Oras news show reported on a hostage situation in Pagadian, Zamboanga. And they kept on referring to it as the “Mindanao Hostage” situation. I am really pissed off at it because reports like it is a reason why a lot of people see the entire Mindanao island as an unsafe place to vacation or do business in. When people were murdered in Rizal, nobody referred to it as the Luzon massacre. This kind of irresponsible reporting make people think that the entire Mindanao is a place where bloodbaths, hostaging and kidnapping occur all the time.

In the little airtime that is given to Mindanao, each city or province is generalized or referred to as Mindanao. And most, if not all of it, is about bad news. People in Luzon and Visayas more about the Davao Death Squad than anything else about Davao City. They know more about the MILF, MNLF and the Abu Sayyaf than about anything else in Mindanao.

I am outraged by the fact that Mindanao is not given enough publicity and the little it gets is nothing but bad news. Why is it when a couple of bombings in Mindanao get people more frightened that the horrendous Rizal Day bombings in Metro Manila which killed much more people? It is because people hear ONLY bad news about Mindanao and nothing else.

Some people say that there is no such thing as bad publicity. I BEG TO DIFFER.

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  2. bonita said,

    July 8, 2005 at 7:25 pm

    I am a resident of Mindanao for 24 years now and I believe that Mindanao is the safest place to live in. Only irresponsible newscasting makes Mindanao a somewhat “hunted” place for people who was never been here.

    I am also threatened everytime I go to other parts of this country and people ask me where I live. If I answer them I am from Mindanao they would react differently. why?

    I can here reports on tv about the massacre and chop-chop things which took event in Luzon and Visayas. Why are they so paranoid…

    Maybe it’s time to change your views…come and visist our place and you’ll experience a GREAT difference…

  3. lino k. b. said,

    December 19, 2005 at 5:42 pm

    i was in davao nov.of 2004.i find this city the nices in the philippines.i have been to cebu,cagayan de oro.ifind davao has the most friendliest people less pollution,lots of seafood an nice golf courses.i give this city two thumbs up.
    i am from canada born in luzon.hoping to retire in davao.i think this city is the best kept secret when it comes to place to visit or to retire.

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