Ang Dabawenyo

New Zealand Experts to Talk in Davao

2 Dec 2011

[Media Release] Have you thought of working or migrating abroad ? Have you tried applying for work, visit, or migration, but got stuck? Then this is one information session you shouldn’t miss. Licensed New Zealand Immigration Adviser Carlo Santos and the Former Manager of the New Zealand Embassy’s Immigration Section, Rainier Sales, are set to [...]

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Business & Industry 0

Going the extra (nautical) mile for Davao Gulf

12 Sep 2011

It is one of the most diverse marine ecosystems in the world and thus has been identified by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) as one of the priority areas within the Coral Triangle. It is the Davao Gulf — a 308,000-hectare body of water surrounded by Davao City, the 3 Davao provinces and [...]

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Community 3

Exotic Tawi-Tawi demystified (part 2)

19 Aug 2011

{Click here to read the first part of this post} After dinner on my first day, Ramon and I had a few beers. I’m happy to report that Bongao Town has SanMig Light (usually ₱30/bottle). Red Horse and Pale Pilsen are available almost anywhere, too. After the nightcap, I went out to the seawall to [...]

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Out-of-Town, Travel & Tours 4

Exotic Tawi-Tawi demystified

19 Aug 2011

Two weeks ago, I was at last able to fulfill a long-time dream: to travel to the southernmost point of the archipelago, the province of Tawi-Tawi. Ever since the start of the Mindanao Bloggers Community, I’ve been grabbing every opportunity to see as much of Mindanao as possible, so that I could share with the [...]

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Out-of-Town, Travel & Tours 15

Why the new Kadayawan logo?

31 Jul 2011

The Kadayawan sa Dabaw festival logo shown here is a let-down — to say the least — for about 300 respondents who answered a survey I ran via the Kadayawan Festival facebook page from last week. (Click here to see the poll — and feel free to chime in.) I held off writing about it [...]

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Community 21

Sensationalist reporting by the Inquirer

11 Jul 2011

Last 9 July 2011, sensationalism reared its ugly head once more when Inquirer News — one of the more established news organizations in the country, both online and offline — published an article that may have damaged the reputation of a straight arrow in Davao City’s judiciary. The news article itself was far from being [...]

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National 11

High hopes for Davao tourism

11 Jul 2011

Carlos Celdran provided valuable input to the local tourism industry when he visited Davao City from 6 to 9 July 2011. On the 8th, the Department of Tourism – Region 11 arranged a powwow for Carlos and a new batch of graduates of DOT-11′s tour guiding program. In his usual effervescent self, Carlos related to [...]

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Travel & Tours 3

Walking tour of Davao

7 Jul 2011

Carlos Celdran is in town to get to know the cities of Davao and Samal, with the aim of (hopefully) tailoring a new kind of tour. Carlos is well-known in the capital for his unique walking tours of Old Manila. Those tours have gained popularity, not only because of their uniqueness, but also thanks to [...]

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Travel & Tours 3

When is violence ever an answer?

1 Jul 2011

I was shocked when I heard about Mayor Sara Duterte’s unconscionable act this afternoon. As a Dabawenyo, I felt deeply embarrassed that our city mayor could descend to that level of baseness. Whether the man who got punched (several times) by the mayor was out of line for his actions or not, violence is never [...]

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Government 22

How much more worse?

30 Jun 2011

From the time I posted my Venice of the south? piece last April, Davao City has had a couple more floods, and Dabawenyos simply accept it as a fact of life here. But the other night’s flash flood — and the rain wasn’t even that heavy — caused loss of lives (25 as of this [...]

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Government 2