Mobile Photojournalist

Testing

2011-06-13T08:02:00.000+08:00

Testing
"Sent via BlackBerry from Charlie Saceda's mobile +63.908.87.222.78"

Test

2009-11-16T13:31:00.001+08:00

Test globe

Protected

2009-08-23T16:30:00.001+08:00

Residents in Siay town, Zamboanga Sibugay, man the 100 hectare mangroves in their area from pirates cut and steal mature mangrove trees.

Book shopping

2009-08-17T10:01:00.001+08:00

Teachers in war-torn Sulu province shop across more than 200,000 books for free during an EQUALLS2-USAID book fair at the capitol grounds in Jolo, Sulu. -CS-

23 soldiers killed

2009-08-14T19:12:00.001+08:00

Members of the Philippine armed forces march slowly beside trucks containing some of the 23 killed soldiers who fought against Abu Sayyaf group in Basilan province during funeral honors as they enter the Western Mindanao Command headquarters in Zamboanga City. -CS-

TF Trillium presscon

2009-05-28T15:03:00.001+08:00

Task Force Trillium chief Rear Admiral Alex Pama announces the neutralization of kidnap-for-ransom leaders in Basilan during a press briefing at the Western Mindanao Command headquarters.-CS-

DepEd Sec Lapus meets freed teachers

2009-05-28T08:22:00.001+08:00

DepEd Sec Jesli Lapus (R) speaks during a press conference after meeting privately freed kidnap teachers, from 2nd L, Rafael Mayonado, Janet Delos Reyes and Freires Quizon, in Zamboanga City. The freed teacher will receive Php100,000 cash gift from DepEd through Sec Lapus and city government through Mayor Celso Lobregat. -CS-

Presscon on reproductive health bill

2009-05-27T11:52:00.001+08:00

Pushing for reproductive health bill, from left, Dr. Rodel Agbulos of the city health; Lourdes Lim, executive director of the Human Development and Empowerment; Jose Roland Moya, secretary general of Employers Confederation of the Philippines; Paolo Antonio Fernando, project manager of the Philippine NGO Council on Population, Health and Welfare Inc; and Roberto Valerio, secretary general of ECOP Zambasulta - during a press conference in Zamboang City. -CS

Three Zambo teachers released

2009-05-26T16:36:00.001+08:00

From left, freed kidnap victims Freires Quizon, Janet Delos Reyes and Rafael Mayonado are presented to the press by City Mayor Celso Lobregat at Camp Batalla in Zamboang City. -Charlie Saceda

Testing my C702

2009-05-25T09:01:00.001+08:00

I may be able to blog again. Testing.ü

News delayed is history

2008-08-01T08:57:00.002+08:00

The posts below were taken two-days ago. For two days now, I cannot blog using my mobile phone so I decided to post the photos I took from my mobile phone from the computer. The phone carrier g**** was acting up on 30Jul - I can't even send messages or call someone. Still on the 31st, I cannot blog. This is how inefficient they are here when it comes to gprs and internet.

Sophil fishers stops work

2008-08-01T08:53:00.003+08:00

The 14-member Southern Philippines Deep Sea Fish Association Incorporated has stopped sending out their fishing boats to fish in the nearby Sulu Sea due to the high fuel costs threatening 50,000 jobs in Zamboanga City, southern Philippines.-cs-

Road collapses in Barangay Victoria

2008-08-01T08:33:00.002+08:00

A 60-meter stretch of road in Barangay Victoria collapsed due to heavy rains in the past weeks. A pond has built up beside the road causing the soil beneath it to soft and eventually erode. No one was injured in the incident.-cs-

Breeze Cafe

2008-07-27T22:16:00.001+08:00

After a week since it opened, we finally had the chance to lounge at Breeze Cafe (according to the waiter), the newly built cafe at the Lantaka Hotel by the Sea in Zamboanga City, southern Philippines.

The cafe and the roof deck function are additions to the old but still very popular hotel. They have also renovated the rooms at the hotel's second building.

The cafe is nice. The earthly colors accentuate its ambiance. More importantly, the food is superb.

But I feel lounge music eventhough its not in the local tounge will be great. And, we didn't have any table napkins when we dined.-cs-

Pancake Day

2008-07-27T08:20:00.001+08:00

We had hotcakes with sausage on pancake sunday at McDonalds.-cs-

Test

2008-07-17T17:16:00.001+08:00

Test

No Phone

2008-07-17T08:40:00.002+08:00

Hi guys. My photo blogging using my mobile phone will be on a halt as I have sold my sonyericson k800i recently. That phone uses Smart Telecom here in the Philippines which has superb internet and mobile web browsing capabilities. Globe telecom however is a bust. I can't even email using pop or Gmail's java applet. I will start posting photos as soon as I'm capable. -cs-

Disaster Risk Reduction

2008-03-27T11:49:00.001+08:00

Training participants tour a local weather station in Dumangas, Iloilo province. -cs-

Agro-Meteorological Station

2008-03-27T11:37:00.001+08:00

Weather observer Gloria Betito checks the wind gauge at the local weather station in Dumangas, Iloilo province. Farmers in the municipality of Dumangas are using scientific weather forecasting to plan which crops to plant for better produce. -cs-

Iloilo Cathedral

2008-03-27T08:03:00.001+08:00

Built in 1874, the cathedral is the church where Philippine hero Graciano Lopez Jaena was christened in 1854. -cs-

Good Friday

2008-03-22T20:57:00.001+08:00

Religious cult leader Winie de Vera is nailed on the same cross he carried more than 20 kilometers across Zamboanga City to a hill where Catholics observe the station of the cross at Abong-Abong park on Good Friday. -cs-

Regional Journalism Workshop

2008-03-08T18:18:00.001+08:00

More than 80 high school student journalists attend a forum on current trends in mass media as part of the Ateneo Masscom week celebration in Zamboanga City. -cs-

Protest

2008-02-25T17:44:00.001+08:00

Students hold a picket protest infront of Plaza Pershing in Zamboanga City to denounce the Arroyo administration. -CS-

We Can Pay Too

2007-06-22T22:27:00.001+08:00

Western Mindanao Command chief Lt.Gen. Eugenio Cedo (L) together with his deputy Brig.Gen. Juanch Sabban (C), prepare to hand out some 6.6 million pesos to six informants who was material to the neutralization of top al Qaeda linked Abu Sayyaf members and their leaders, during ceremonies at Camp Navarro in Zamboanga City, Philippines. -cs-

Praying for Bossi

2007-06-22T22:15:00.000+08:00

Hundreds of students together with various church leaders of different religions and tribes, gathered together at Plaza Pershing in Zamboanga City in the Philippines to pray for the safe release of kidnapped Italian priest Fr. Giancarlo Bossi who was abducted by armed men in Payao, Zamboanga Sibugay at dawn last June 10, 2007.-cs-

New Gimik

2007-06-17T21:03:00.001+08:00

Catribo Complex can be compared to the mini version of The Venue or Matina Town Square in davao. It is located along Buenavista Street in Zamboanga City. It features a new club called Halo. There's also a cafe called Mr. Bean where the pizza is goood. Although not all the shops are open - only an indegenous bar called Ryan and a small Family Fried Chicken resto are in addition, I hope it gets better. -cs-

On USS Harpers Ferry

2007-06-08T08:53:00.001+08:00

A quick pose beside the 25mm crewserve machine gun on the USS Harpers Ferry during the surface gunnery exercise of the RP-US Cooperation, Afloat, Readiness and Training in Sulu Sea. -cs-

Heavily Armed

2007-06-07T20:54:00.001+08:00

A US humvee passes by a tricycle while cruising near the airport in Jolo, Sulu. -cs-

US Rewards Program

2007-06-07T20:48:00.001+08:00

Initial payment of the US$10 million is displayed during ceremonies in Jolo, Sulu, awarding to four informants leading to the Philippine military's neutralization of al Qaeda linked Abu Sayyaf leader Khadaffy Janjalani and his comrade Jainal Antel Salih alias Abu Solaiman. -cs-

Carat Exercises

2007-06-02T11:07:00.001+08:00

USS Harpers Ferry is anchored off Zamboanga City for the annual RP-US joint military exercises in the southern Philippines. -cs-

Las Bellas y Flores

2007-05-26T22:24:00.001+08:00

Ladies who paraded the streets of Zamboanga City in their beautiful gowns, are presented to be judged during the Festival de las Bellas y Flores at the Fort Pilar in the Philippines. -cs-

On the Guard

2007-05-26T09:08:00.001+08:00

A Marines B300 tank guards infront of the Basilan provincial capitol where votes are being canvassed. -cs-

Test k800i

2007-05-26T08:22:00.001+08:00

Test

Test k610i

2007-05-25T17:53:00.001+08:00

Test

Two years in the making

2007-02-24T14:43:00.000+08:00

When I got married in Davao with my wife Angel, I hired the services of Jose 'Joe' Benavides who as he claims does video and photo documentary too, but after two years he has not delivered anything to us. We cannot anymore reach him through his mobile phone. When he is reached, he always promises delivery or gives tons of excuses. Beware!

A Different Dog Begging

2007-02-19T13:49:00.000+08:00

Two trained dogs, supervised by their master, beg for alms from pedestrians near the Manila city hall in this December 22, 2007 file photo. -cs-

Woodland Pools

2007-02-19T11:33:00.000+08:00

An alternative to Sundays at the beach is the Woodland resort and restaurant located in Zambowood, Zamboanga City. -cs-

Big Fish

2007-02-18T13:15:00.000+08:00

A forklift carries a large rare ocean sunfish or tetraodontiformes, while residents watch at the Sangali fishing port in Zamboanga City. According to city agriculturist Diosdado Palacat, the sand fish or mola-mola, is a rare deep sea fish which was found dying by a local fisherman in Pamingitan, Bolong, about 25 kilometers east of downtown Zamboanga. -cs-

Wanted: a house

2006-11-28T22:16:00.001+08:00

A couple sleeps soundly on a sidewalk amidst the roaring noise of vehicles passing along Quezon avenue at daybreak in Manila, Philippines. -cs-

Pardo de Talavera

2006-11-27T13:35:00.000+08:00

Ma. Christina Samson shows an old photo of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo at the Ateneo de Manila University. -cs-

Browsing through history

2006-11-27T13:30:00.000+08:00

Photojournalists browse through the 1947-1972 Manila Times photo archive housed at the Ateneo de Manila University library in Manila, Philippines. -cs-

Tight Security

2006-11-26T13:12:00.000+08:00

An aviation policeman guards under Cebu Pacific's A319 aircraft as airport security remains on heightened alert levels in Zamboanga City. -cs-

Armed and ready

2006-11-26T09:56:00.000+08:00

Soldiers at the 104th infantry brigade receive orders from Armed Forces chief Gen. Hermogenes Esperon Jr. during his visit in Jolo, Sulu on Friday. -cs-

Thanksgiving day

2006-11-23T11:41:00.000+08:00

US ambassador Kristie Kenney together with US Pacific Command Special Operations Command chief Major General David Fridovich, visit children during Thanksgiving day at an orphanage in Barangay Talon-Talon in Zamboanga City. Kenney earlier witnessed the signing of a co-management agreement protecting the city's watershed and will visit the US troops who are based in the city. -cs-

Orphanage

2006-11-23T11:26:00.000+08:00

A child peers from their playpen while waiting to be visited by US ambassador Kristie Kenney, at an orphanage in barangay Talon-Talon in Zamboanga City, Philippines. -cs-

Legless Beggar

2006-11-19T12:32:00.000+08:00

A beggar begs for alms beside a mall in Zamboanga city. Photo by Charlie Saceda

Let's see what this camera in my phone is really made of. I shot this at 12noon in a scorching sunday heat.

Phone Adventure

2006-11-19T10:27:00.000+08:00

by Charlie Saceda