In local elections here in most of the parts of Midanao may not have that much fanfare like the Ate Vi -Ricky scenario, but nevertheless the political clans are lording it in their places.
Davao is bracing for the Duterte and his daughter taking over the top posts of City Hall. The Uy brothers are [...]
Family affair
Diet of the Philippines
For GMA, dieting means watching her weight and her health. But for the rest of the 80% of the Philippines, dieting simply means skipping meals.
Dieting as a solution to hunger? Who needs it here?
Barbaric 300
The movie 300 is such a huge hit. It is now on its second week of showing here. This movie is typical of the Hollywood formula where blood, gore, bravado and machismo is killing the box office. Look at the string of movies recently released– Alexander, Kingdom of Heaven, Apocalypto, and you [...]
Davao bloggers’ party!
Congratulations for the success of the first davao bloggers party!
A bloggers’ party held here last week turned into a coming-out party of sorts for the 52 bloggers who showed up at the newly opened NetFront coffeeshop and Internet café. Organizers claimed it was the first blog party outside of Metro Manila.
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Outrage
This was the news on TV that greeted me in the early morning.
A minute later, I was feeling rage in my blood. How could this government become so bare-faced in its tyranny?
We are going back to martial law. And ironic is, here is the man Satur Ocampo, a political prisoner during those times, now facing [...]
The peacemaker?
The AFP is putting a peacemaker to head its division in the volatile Maguindanao area.
The man is Maj. Gen. Raymundo Ferrer, former chief of the 1st Infantry Division or Tabak Division in Western Mindanao, who will now trade places with Maj. Gen. Nehemias Parajito on the helm of the 6th Infantry Division.
Reports of his conflict [...]
Araw ng Dabaw
The hard times, plus being election year, may have somewhat dampen the spirit in this year’s celebration.
But still, I and Che was able to see the parade during the Araw ng Davao. The weather was fair so we are spared from the hot sun.
We got to see the floats that presented the history of Davao. [...]
myth of the Mindanao candidate
Cris Diaz of Sunstar Cagayan de Oro writes an incisive opinion on the failure of Mindanao politicians to fare well in national elections.
It is a tragedy that these Mindanao politicians, then and now, have not made a dent to carry Mindanao issues in their platforms. If they do, it is all talk, no action.
And if [...]
