Ang Dabawenyo

[Media Release] Manila—Birdwatchers, conservationists and eco-tourism promoters from all over Asia and elsewhere have their eyes on the Philippines, which is hosting Asia’s first-ever region-wide bird festival. The Wild Bird Club of the Philippines said the First Asian Bird Fair will be held in Davao City from 24 to 26 September 2010, in tandem with [...]

Last April I announced that I would be putting up a business directory here. But I actually ended up doing a whole new website for it: Dabawenyo.biz. It’s the Davao Region’s first business directory & classified ads site. And it’s completely free for Dabawenyos to use! Dabawenyo.biz is for Davao companies and individuals engaged in [...]

I was invited to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to be a resource speaker at the Asian Bloggers & Social Media Conference, which was held from 28 to 29 July 2010. The flight itinerary that the event organizers arranged had me traveling on my birthday! But that was OK — I gladly sacrificed my birthday celebration for [...]

In an effort to bring attention to a serious social problem in the Philippines, Kraft Foods Phils. has undertaken a worthy corporate social responsibility project called Cheez Whiz Palamantasan ng Sarap, Sustansya at Saya. In coordination with the Department of Education, this nationwide campaign was launched in Davao City last 17 July 2010 to help [...]

Ria Robillo Lu, the Dabawenya who dreamed up Talecraft, and her creative team are venturing into a free comics magazine called Espresso. Read more about this exciting new project here. This is from Komikasi Enterprise, the publisher of Espresso: What is Espresso? Espresso is a weekly comics magazine that features one-shot comic stories, as well [...]

The Asian Institute of Management, Asia’s first and leading business school, is holding a preview of its renowned MBA program this 9 June 2010. It will be held at the Marco Polo from 5:30pm and will give Dabawenyos a chance to see why AIM’s business degrees are held in such high regard all over Asia. [...]

The annual celebration of Philippine Eagle Week is just around the corner (not to mention Philippine Independence Day). As you may know, the Philippine Eagle Foundation is aggressively and positively pushing for the preservation of our national bird, which was once hailed by Charles Lindbergh as “the air’s noblest flier,” as well as its habitat. [...]

What’s the fuss over e-cigarettes? The ordinance regulating smoking in Davao City is on its 8th year already, and Dabawenyo smokers have long since become used to the rigors of the anti-smoking edict. On the whole, I am not unhappy with the situation, even though I am a smoker. I was brought up to observe [...]

The AngDabawenyo.com site has been online for 3 years now, and to freshen it up a bit, I’ve decided to publish a directory of Davao businesses. The purpose of this is to help promote the city’s various hotels, restaurants, shops, spas and other types of businesses that involve the delivery of services. The planned directory [...]

From 20 January to 20 February 2010, I traveled coast to coast across the continental United States. I was able to see 8 states: Michigan, Virginia, Maryland, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and California; plus, the District of Columbia. The main purpose of my being in the States was to participate in a special [...]