About Us

Island. Life.Style

Hot tropical sun, rich and diverse culture, camaraderie, abiding faith and lively politics. These and much more is our way of life. Nurturing, believing, envisioning, pursuing our goals. Tireless work punctuated by exuberant celebrations. This lifestyle embodies the Ambibo spirit and goes with each Zanortean wherever we may be.

Ambibo.com is an online magazine celebrating the rich and varied cultures of our country’s diverse regions. The original Ambibo.com site was established on January 24, 2001 by Noah C. Omamalin and Armand B. Frasco to serve as an online community for friends in Dipolog and Dapitan and the province of Zamboanga del Norte. The site went on hiatus in April 2006. This revived version will blog on the people, places and events of our hometowns and those who are away from home.

Welcome back.

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Site Policies (or The “Just Play Nice and Don’t be a Dork” notice)

Ambibo.com is all for free speech and freedom of expression. We encourage readers and followers to build ties and foster friendship.

We welcome comments from those who have points to raise and thoughts to share. However, Ambibo.com administrators reserve the right to delete comments that are deemed offensive, inflammatory or highly personal.

Whenever discussions heat up and get out of hand, Ambibo.com administrators will close down the thread to further comments. Any person who repeatedly abuses the comment policy will be blacklisted from the site. This person’s posts will be deleted and his IP address banned.

Your questions, issues, or concerns with this comment policy are welcome at info [at]ambibo[dot] com.Image and Content Policy

Ambibo.com respects copyright and will not use, borrow, steal, or reuse protected image and content without permission and approval from the original holder of the copyright.

Ambibo.com may occasionally excerpt newsworthy content or use thumbnails of protected images for comment and criticism purposes. In such cases, we will cite our sources and provide a link back to the original content.

Ambibo.com may also use images on public domain or make arrangements with photographers and artists who give us permission to use their work. If you wish to share your materials with us, we’d love to hear from you!

If you think any material has been used unfairly in this site, please inform the administrators at editorial [at]ambibo [dot] com with the following:

1. a description of the copyrighted image or work that you claim to have been infringed;
2. the location of the material that you claim is infringing;
3. your address, telephone number, and e-mail address;
4. a statement from you that you believe, in good faith, that the use of the disputed image or work is unauthorized.

Ambibo.com will immediately take down the infringing image or content and provide an explanation and/or issue an apology.

A Word about Ethics
Ambibo.com aims to incorporate standard journalism practices in its coverage and encourages its contributors to adhere to these.

* Ambibo.com shall cite its sources where at all possible and will inhibit from covering stories based on rumors.
* When a post or article is discovered to be erroneous,Ambibo.com administrators will issue an erratum and note a correction.
* While Ambibo.com respects individuality and poetic license, it also applies a consistent editorial style throughout the site and reserves the right to edit content to conform to this.
* All advertising on Ambibo.com will clearly be labeled as such.
* Ambibo.com will only provide coverage to events that are newsworthy and applicable to the site’s and its readers’ interests.

Privacy Policy
Ambibo.com hates spam, respects privacy, and does not approve of other individuals and organizations misusing personal information. Similarly, we promise to protect the e-mail addresses and other personal details that our readers and followers share with us.

Fair Use
This site contains images and excerpts the use of which have not been pre-authorized. This material is made available for the purpose of analysis and critique, as well as to advance the understanding of political, media and cultural issues.

The ‘fair use’ of such material is provided for under U.S. Copyright Law. In accordance with U.S. Code Title 17, Section 107, material on this site (along with credit links and attributions to original sources) is viewable for educational and intellectual purposes. If you are interested in using any copyrighted material from this site for any reason that goes beyond ‘fair use,’ you must first obtain permission from the copyright owner.

Suggest a Site
Ambibo.com aims to build an independent community Website for news, events, and features that is inherently Pinoy, for Filipino readers back home and across the seas.

If you have a particular site in mind that mirrors this ideal, tell us about it at info [at]ambibo [dot] com.

Disclaimer
Ambibo.com is a group blog. Posts, comments, and opinions aired by its readers, contributors, editors, and followers reflect only their personal views and are not considered official.

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