Ang Dabawenyo

PLDT, the country’s pioneering telecommunications firm, celebrated 8 decades of service with a Pasasalamat Party last 14 November 2008 in Davao City. It was also the company’s early Christmas treat to their corporate clients in Southern Mindanao. It’s good that blue-chip corporations such as PLDT make it a point to make a splash in Mindanao. [...]

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[Press Release] Film actress, TV host, product endorser, fashion model and mother Angel Aquino shares her life, her passions and her unforgettable return to Mindanao in the latest issue of m. (Life and Living in Mindanao). A CineMalaya Film Festival Best Actress awardee, Aquino was once referred to as the “Ingrid Bergman of Asia” by [...]

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Here are some photos from my Halloween outing last Friday night. I went to Toto’s Bar at Casa Leticia first, then off to Bar One and Rizal Promenade. More photos on Facebook from the Toto’s gig. And here’s another slideshow of photos taken by my brother, Jake, mostly at Urban Club.

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The DigitalFilipino.com Club fellowship night and bloggers’ get-together last 21 October 2008 at the Casino Filipino in Davao was a very enjoyable and eye-opening event. Enjoyable because there were about a hundred bloggers there, and it’s always fun when bloggers come together to eat and play. One of the things that made the affair an [...]

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My last stay in Metro Manila was my busiest this year, even counting my stay in the nation’s capital for the WordCamp Philippines event on 6 September. On the plane back to Davao last Saturday, I was mildly surprised at my count of the number of restaurants I’d gone to: 18! My new favorite cheap, [...]

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Metanarrative in Metamorphosis (Conclusion of a three-part series by Phillip Somozo. Click here for Part 1 and Part 2.) Eve’s biting the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden was not original sin but the first disobedience. It is today something for her descendants not to be repentant of, but one worth celebrating. So spoke [...]

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For the very first time in my life, I plan to see one of the cinematic offerings of the Metro Manila Film Festival this year. The movie is a full-length animation called Dayo, and the reason I want to watch it is to give support towards this unique Filipino enterprise. Last 4 October, a group [...]

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(This is a contributed article by Phillip Somozo, the 2nd of a 3-part series. Click here for Part 1.) Davao Surreal Artist features in New York Exhibit celebrating John Milton and Paradise Lost Juan Luna and Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo* were the first Filipino visual artists to achieve international recognition by virtue of their winning gold [...]

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PRESS RELEASE The much-awaited Ayala Land, Inc. (ALI) and Anflocor project took a significant stride with a groundbreaking ceremony held on site last 23 September 2008 for their joint venture dubbed as Abreeza. The ceremony was attended by ALI & Anflocor executives and guests, who witnessed Anflocor Chairman of the Board Antonio O. Floirendo Sr., [...]

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After introducing an air ticket booking service that’s completely online and automated, Cebu Pacific has introduced new features into their Web-based reservation system. This is one thing that I’ve long been pining for ever since I started using this airline’s Web site: the facility to not only book tickets but reserve seats as well. And [...]

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