Fantasy Capital City

I grew up in a small yet significant barangay in Davao City called Mintal. My non-Davao City friends often ask if I live near a mental institution or at least with the psychologically challenged. Yet, names do deceive but when my excomcen pals raised the possibility of having a separate Mindanao Republic, fellow Mintal resident Omar Mercado, now in Canada, quickly lobbied that our barangay be the capital city -- not barangay -- in the new republic.

Just for fun, but consistently using realistic possibilities. I want to be called a Filipino more than a Mindanaoan. I can't stand having to visit Bohol with passports and immigration procedures attended by officers who speak the language I understood since I was born: "gunja,ahu,injo,unja,wa jamo".

But just in case, here's my addition to Omar's suggestions:

WHY MINTAL SHOULD BE THE CAPITAL

To add up to Omar's lobbying, there are more reasons why MINTAL is not
just a barangay, it's a city pretending to be a barangay.

We have a power generating plant (hopefully working and not
mothballed) for power needs (for power grabbers),

we have a rice mill, for you farmers out there
we have a cooperative bank for the bankers, not the holduppers
we have a trading district dealing with copra, bagon seeds,etc
we have a decent number of bakeries offering pandesal, ensaymada
we have wet market with fish and meat and fruits all year round,
we have holy spirit medical clinic for your wounds and heartaches,
we have smaller clinics specializing in fever, tuli, varicose veins
we have efficient transportation links
we have flower-friendly street names and no "your name here" laws
we're accessible by jeep, helicopter, taxi, habal2 & rural transit bus
we have nice housing units at elenita, and numerous boarding houses
we have extensive farm to market roads linking toril, calinan and ulas
we have rich cultural ties; the japanese built their ww2 memorial here
we have thousands of seedlings to protect environment..

What are you waiting for... lobby now and we will all be happy.. :D

www.makemintalthecapitalcityofmindanao.com - our marketing site

www.mintaltourism.gov.mi -
slogan: langoy ta sa power, tungas ta sa tacunan!

www.mintalisnotmental.com - we're not stiff, we also laugh

www.mintalismypal.com - friendly mintalians at your service

www.mintal.gov.mi - official government site (if approved)

(mi - mindanao country domain name assignment; root zone information)