Ang Dabawenyo

Sad news — Caffe Vivere is closing shop sometime soon. Owner Mawie Bawar texted me yesterday and asked if I knew anyone possibly interested in taking over a restaurant business. Unfortunately, Mawie will be relocating back to Manila already, is why. So, I thought it might be good to blog about it, to help her [...]

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If you’re living in the US or any developed country, the use of credit cards is as indispensable as using the telephone. Credit cards have become a sought-after convenience. Unfortunately, not everyone is capable of managing his or her finances, and so run the risk of mounting credit card debt. In fact, credit card debt [...]

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Have you ever found yourself in a financial tight spot? Or do you find yourself in a quandary when you don’t know how to handle the various and endless financial requirements of living in this day and age? You really shouldn’t feel alone in this. It might be comforting to know that many are in [...]

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Davao City’s newest entertainment center, Damosa Gateway, has come into its own after only about a year in existence. It is being managed by one of the city’s most established property developers, Damosa Land, which also put up Davao’s first information technology business center beside the Gateway.

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The air’s starting to get nippy already in Davao. Today I noticed it was much cooler than it was last week. So, the Christmas season has really set in finally. Time to think about Christmasy stuff again! Speaking of which, it’s all about gifts this time of year. Receiving is a lot better, yes, but [...]

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For those of you who are into online poker, blackjack, roulette and other popular online casino games, it might be a good idea for you to check out this Web portal first: Online Casino Bluebook. It’s a resource site that shows a list of the top 10 online casinos, among other things.

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Last week I was the guest of honor and speaker of the Rotary Club of Davao — the ‘mother club’ of all Rotary Clubs here. Although it was my second time to be invited by this Club (the first was back in 2004), it still felt rather intimidating, what with the presence of Davao’s captains [...]

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The Damosa area used to be a dusty, neglected-looking part of Davao, until recently. This part of Lanang was almost exclusively for warehouses and industrial-type buildings. When the Mindanao Kokusai Daigaku (Mindanao International College) along Mamay Road was established in 2002, its first batch of students found the area dreary and rather isolated. But things [...]

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It was a landmark event on 31 March 2007 when a new organization that can promote more business and industry between Japan and the island of Mindanao was inaugurated at the Davao Convention & Trade Center. The Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Mindanao, Inc. (JCCM) held a prestigious debut and was formally introduced to Davao’s [...]

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It all started when GlobeQuest (later known as Innove) connected Basti’s Brew in Victoria Plaza to the Internet and broadcast Davao’s first public wireless Internet signal. The service was offered free to the customers — at first, only as a promotional offer, but then the offer lasted for about a year! So when another coffee [...]

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