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YOUR news
tunnel, the MWBuzz, has compiled its top10 staff-written stories for 2012 based on the number of
readers who clicked on the stories.
Here they are:
1) Banduria
and rondalla – the slowly-vanishing Filipino icons, by AP Hernandez (March 25,
2012) – 922 views
2) Interview
with Mayor Dong Padilla, by Percy A Ostonal (February 23, 2012) – 236
3) Letters
from Port Moresby – Film cinema and Figaro come to Port Moresby, by AP
Hernandez (March 9, 2012) – 206
4) Photo Essay
– Beaches to walk on, by AP Hernandez (March 25, 2012) – 190
5) At last, a
high school diploma after 46 years, by Percy A Ostonal (February 23, 2012) -175
6) Christmas
Essay – The parols of ancient Parang, by AP Hernandez (December 13, 2012) – 161
7) Smiles for
Guinbatan’s unfortunate children, by Percy A Ostonal (November 26, 2012) – 93
8)
Latebreakers: It’s fiesta time!, by Percy A Ostonal (September 13, 2012) – 89
9) Padilla
highlights infrastructure projects, by AP Hernandez (December 13, 2012) – 83
10) Canoreco
in hot water, by AP Hernandez (November 12, 2012) – 76
While the
infrastructure projects of Mayor Ricarte Padilla (Padilla highlights
infrastructure projects) should attract more readerships than the rest of the
top 10 stories, it did not happen this way.
One reason
that MWBuzz could offer is that as far as our readers are concerned, Padilla’s
road cementing project is no longer news.
All throughout
2012, this newsletter had reported on the progress of the projects, which are
right now taking place in most of the municipality’s baranggays.
So, when the
LGU posted the video of the mayor’s infrastructure project progress report,
MWBuzz readers knew already what it was all about, and were no longer
enthusiastic to read the story when it was carried by MWBuzz.
Percy A
Ostonal’s “Interview with Mayor Dong Padilla” snatched the 2nd slot for the
most read stories, simply because it was the very first time that MWBuzz
reported in full on the mayor’s activities and insights.
It was obvious
that MWBuzz readers wanted to know more about their mayor, and the interview
with Ostonal provided some hints on what kind of mayor he is going to be in the
coming months.
The No. 3
story, Letters from Port Moresby – Film
cinema and Figaro come to Port Moresby - is surprising, considering that it
is an item originating from Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
However, most
Mambulaoans who had, in one way or the other, stayed for quite some time in
Metro Manila, might have sipped coffee or had a nice snacks at one of the
well-known coffee lounges – Figaro.
Figaro’s being
in Papua New Guinea has become a curiousity among Mambulaons who had
experienced having coffee at this cozy shop.
And wanted to
know what was going on with this brand in PNG.
The top story
- Banduria
and rondalla Banduria and rondalla – the slowly-vanishing Filipino icons – garnered the
most number of Mambulaoan readers.
One reason is
that banduria and rondalla had become a part of their lives when they were
young adults during the 1960s and 1970s.
It would be
recalled that during the heyday of the Larap iron mines, there was a group of
children who formed the Larap’s rondalla which was overseen by the late Ka
Pinong Laroga, himself a top musician in the province having owned and led an
orchestra.
The Jose
Panganiban High School during those days also had a rondalla group composed of
young boys and girls who learned to play the instrument from one of the music
teachers.
Rondalla was
very famous during those years among many children in Mambulao and Larap and
today’s MWBuzz readers could relate to the story.
After going online for a year now, MWBuzz is being read by close to 8,000 Mambulaoans who are overseas and elsewhere in the Philippines.
- The editors
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