The place where I belong: "The Mystical Island Dinagat"

Have you ever gone to a place where everything you want is already there, in terms of beautiful beaches, beautiful sceneries or let just say a little/mini Palawan? If not, let us go! Let me tour you in our place but before that let me introduce it first.

            Philippines has 7,017 islands divided into 3 major parts namely Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. Mindanao is popularly known as the” land of promise”. Looking at the map, our place is nowhere to be found because it is a small island but our place is so   wonderful and unique.  Let me start introducing our place in this way.

            Long, long time ago, there were two camps in an unknown place. The two camps were rivals. Both camps had their child a boy and girl named Prince Gat and Princess Dina. They fell in love with each other but because their families   were rivals there love became forbidden. There love was very powerful to the extent of fighting for it until the end. And the place where they lived was called Dinagat.

            Dinagat province was long before part of Surigao Del Norte, but Dec. 2, 2006       with the R.A No. 9355 it became a province. Unfortunately, last Feb. 11, 2011, the Supreme Court of the Philippine declared that the making of Dinagat as a province is null and void for the reason that Dinagat did not meet the requirement to make a local government unit. However on March 30 of the same year the Supreme Court reversed their decision and upheld the constitutionality of R.A No. 9355 and the creation of Dinagat islands as a province.

            

Dinagat came from the word “dinagatan” which means “ what you’ve got in fishing?”. It is an island surrounded by water and composed of 7 municipalities namely Basilisa, Dinagat, Libjo, Tubajon, Cagdianao, Loreto and San Jose. It is located near the Leyte gulf and at the south portion of Surigao del norte. It takes 2 hours from Surigao City to Dinagat province riding a pump boat. Its location being away from a city gives so many advantages to those people            who lived there in preserving their culture and their natural way of living. The people of Dinagat  are called Dinagatnon. Their common dialects are Surigaonon, bisaya, and Cebuano.

            Do you want a memorable bath and get tanned? Check these amazing beaches at Dinagat.  We have this Sta. Cruz beach located at the municipality of San Jose.

 Sundayo beach is located at the municipality of Basilisa. Sundayo originated from the       word “sundalo” which is translated in English as “army”. It is called Sundayo because there is a rock formation there that looks like the helmet of an army. We have this lake Bababu this condition of this lake is called “meramictic” a type of water body where fresh and marine water do not mix.

We have this Bitaog beach also.

 Next is the natural bonsai forest and bat sanctuary.

 Nature has always the best scenario to show but humans also do have their man-made beautiful sceneries. Let’s check this out. The Shrine and white castle located at the municipality of San Jose.

Dinagat has also their annual competition for their festival known” Bugkusan”   which means unity. The festival is done to build unity between the 7 municipalities of Dinagat Islands.

            Now how can you ignore the beauty of Dinagat province starting from the natural to man-made beautiful creations? I think there is no   way to ignore all of these, the only way you have to do is to grab your family and friends and see what is inside the mystical province of Dinagat.

            I am residing at the municipality of Basilisa saying: WHAT YOU HAVE READ IS JUST A GLIMPSE OF DINAGAT ISLANDS’ IRRESISTIBLE CHARM.

Trade Bazaar Exhibit

            Through the joint efforts of the Department of Trade and Industry and the College of Business Administration and Accountancy in preparing the opening of the trade bazaar exhibit it was successfully opened last August 30, 2016 at Peace Plaza, Mindanao State University Main Campus. This is the first time that MSU helds this kind of exhibit, therefore it was exciting to witness the said opening. The exhibit was open to all vendors or businessmen and women.

            The event was hosted by one of the instructors in Marketing Department. Marketing students gave an intermission number and showed their moves in dancing to entertain the viewers. There are different stalls came from different colleges and different places like stalls from College of Agriculture, College of Hotel and Restaurant Management, College of Fisheries, okir including the College of Business Administration and Accountancy practitioners. The venue which is the peace plaza was full of foods that were new in our sights and clothes as well.

            The said event was attended by the employees, staffs, instructors, and other individuals especially the instructor and professors from college of Business Administration and Accountancy together with the dean and also the students who were actively participating in the opening.  President Habib Watamama Macaayong together with his better half was also there. According to president Macaayong, it is good that the Department of Trade and Industry   have a partnership with Mindanao State University because it will give huge business opportunities in both the MSU and all the students.

The ribbon cutting was led by President Macaayong and after that everyone was welcome to join the said exhibit. After the ribbon cutting President  Macaayong visited every stall and took a look at for the different product that were offered. Everyone roamed around the plaza   and enjoyed taking pictures and buying foods. The opening was indeed enjoyable and successful.

MSU on its 55th Foundation Day

Accordingly Mindanao State University (MSU) was established on September 1, 1961 through RA 1387, as amended, was the brain child of the late Senator Domocao A. Alonto, as one of the government’s responses to the so-called “Mindanao Problem”. Today, MSU has various units in areas which cut across the Mindanao regions. From a one campus university in Marawi City. MSU has grown to a multi-campus university of eight autonomous campuses, which include: MSU-Main in Marawi City, MSU-IIT in Iligan City, MSU-TCTO in Tawi-Tawi, MSU-Naawan in Misamis Oriental, MSU-Maguindanao, MSU-General Santos, MSU-Sulu in Jolo and MSU Buug in Zamboanga Sibugay.^[4]

 The Mindanao State University also known as the “melting pot of the south” celebrates its 55^th foundation day with the theme “In partnership with the National Government in Pursuing Reforms towards Peace and Poverty Alleviation”. The parade started at 7:00 A.M. A long long parade because MSU is composed of 17 colleges. Festive is the best thing to describe MSU in that time. Every college prepares different yells even though we are very exposed in the sunlight but it is all worth it because we really enjoy it. The hosts welcome every college and they introduces it by naming its future career. Imagine how old Mindanao State University is? I am very proud to be part of MSU to be an Msuan, because it is not easy. You are  Msuan if you will survive not just for the safety aspects but all the aspects. Because of hotness the people are thirsty and hungry so they visited the trade bazaar in the peace plaza and buy foods and the others are taking photos.

The celebration in the morning was successful and in the afternoon there will be a discussion about Federalism in the Dimaporo Gymnasium.

This is Me

Have you ever felt like you were made to do something?

I am Jeia and I want to do so many things in my life.

“  You have to believe in yourself when no one does and that’s what makes you a winner”

-          Venus Williams

I really love this adage because it makes me realize something very important. My name is Jeia Manto Tubo, 21 years of age, BSBA Entrepreneurial Marketing. Manufactured by Mr. Junito Tubo and Mrs Virginia Tubo, product of the province of love, Dinagat Islands. I have 6 siblings.

            About myself? It is a difficult question for me because I am a woman who is not fun of sharing my life to others but this time it is a big challenge for me to do this. So here it goes. I am a type of person who can easily be disappointed and I am afraid of rejection. I don’t want to be rejected but entering the business world made me realize that I should accept rejections because it is one of the spices in the business— to be rejected by others. This is one of the challenges that should be accepted.  I don’t want to wait, I don’t want in the noisy place and I don’t want to be with a serious person. Talent? Last time I checked I love dancing because that is one of my passions but when I enter college I slowly forget that passion, not totally forget but not now, because I realized that college life is not that easy so I decided to forget that just for now and maybe when I graduate, I will pursue that passion of mine. Accordingly, you cannot serve two masters at a time and yes, it is true for me because all I want is to focus on my studies. I am a very emotional person and sometimes loner but I love myself this way. Sometimes I am weird because I keep talking to myself and staring in the people who pass by, to the flowers, and to the grasses.  Dreams? I have a lots dreams and one of those is to travel around the world especially in Paris I want to take a look in Eiffel tower and take some pictures. I just want to explore the world like Dora.

            A woman who have dreams in life, a lovable one and hope to be loved also by those people I love, approachable, and friendly. This is me I have lots of imperfections and flaws I am not perfect but I am a child of God.
                                                 

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