On Wednesday, April 12, residents of Kalilangan in Bukidnon and Wao in Lanao del Sur were rattled by a magnitude 6.0 earthquake. As of 8am of April 13, a total of 170 houses were partially damaged in these two towns, 117 of which are in Wao. The good news, no one was reported injured. Here… read more →
“If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.” – Will Rogers Since 2009, we are living with eight dogs at home. They are all Aspins except for Sophie (minipinscher – shitzu) and Maxi, a pure bred Dalmatian. To live with dogs is also to… read more →
About 5,000 devotees joined the first Translacion of the Black Nazarene in Tagum City, Davao del Norte on Monday. Fr. Emerson Luego, parish priest of the Sagrado de Corazon, described it as a good start for the religious event. The five-kilometer procession kicked off at around 5:30a.m. at the Parish of Christ the Eucharistic King… read more →
The Communist Party of the Philippines celebrates its 48th founding anniversary at the hinterland village of Lumiad in Paquibato District in Davao City on December 26, 2016. A battalion of of New Peoples Army, the armed wing of the CPP, marched before thousands of their supporters in an open field at the heart of the… read more →
Filipino-Norwegian Phillip Warren Gertsson captured his second freestyle football crown during the 4th edition of the Asian Freestyle Football Championships at SM Lanang Premiere in Davao City on Saturday, December 10. Gertsson beat Yo Kamatsuka of Japan. While Ardhi Andyadi outperformed Ahamdreza Falsafi of Iran for the third place. Read Story … read more →
My EOS M, which is a borrowed unit from colleague Rene Lumawag, has been away for five months after its dial malfunctioned and it has to be replaced. I’ve waited for five months after Canon Service Center in Davao City has finally installed the whole back cover, which include the touch screen LCD and the… read more →
Then Commission on Human Rights chair Leila De lima accompanied the members of the Scene of the Crime Operatives (SOCO) on July 11, 2009 to exhume a suspected ‘mass grave’ of the alleged victims of summary execution in Maa, Davao City. The site is inside a firing range along Diversion Road in the city. De… read more →
This is quite long but if you want to know how the drug menace has penetrated even the remote villages in the provinces, take time to read. Last week, I visited a friend in a remote village somewhere in my home province of North Cotabato. The nearest town center is about 20 kilometers away. The… read more →
James L. Chiongbian National Trade School Performing Arts dancers from Kiamba, Saranggani Province won the grand prize of this year’s Indak-Indak sa Kadalanan. Indak-Indak sa Kadalanan, a street dancing competition, is one… read more →