Not everything in Davao City speaks well of its slogan “Life is Here” In the cramp office of senior citizens at the ground floor of the Sangguniang Panglungsod building are throngs of aged people lining up and seated in plastic chairs in a narrow isle that leads to the public toilets. The Office of Senior Citizens Affairs…
Davao City has shared the international limelight with tennis star Alexandra Eala. The Kingdome, the world’s biggest covered arena with 75,000 seating capacity formally opened September 1 with all the grandeur and splendor beyond anyone’s imagination. Across the globe, in New York City, Alex Eala delivered one of her spectacular victories same day with a…
There must be an overdose of hallucinogens intake in the apogee of power and functionaries I am afraid we are bound to some eerie national emergency situation, assuming we are not there yet. While some parts of Metro Manila and greater part of Central Luzon are literally under water caused by unmitigated flooding, Pres. BongBong…
Some propagandists who are obviously in Malacanang payroll are asking where, in the midst of devastating floods in Metro Manila and Central Luzon, is Vice President Sara Duterte. Either they did it on their own or followed the script of President’s Spokesman Claire Castro to please their benefactor who appeared to be paralyzed watching the…
The prosecution lead counsel, Lorna Kapunan, is one of a kind. She argues her case in the Impeachment Court at the Senate Hall and in the Court of Public Opinion. In both situations she controls the situation. Consider this. When former State Auditor Roderick Wamil, the prosecution witness, was asked by Defense Lawyer, Atty. Michael…
Maybe Marcos found the the proposition of Laurel so preposterous he did not give any mention of it in his SONA. DA Sec Laurel asks for ₱500B with zero roadmap. Nothing that farmers from Central Luzon and Central Mindanao can hear nor see. Nothing for irrigation, nothing to fully revive the functions of the National…
Davao Light and Power Co. Inc. explained before the Davao City Council last week, that higher generation charges, tighter power supply, and rising Wholesale Electricity Spot Market prices caused the recent increase in electricity rates. The City Council invited Davao Light following concerns raised by Councilor Danilo Dayanghirang, chairperson of the Committee on Finance, Ways…
Photo courtesy: CIO Every now and then garbage piles up in Davao City. Side streets smell. Residents and business establishments used to clean environment are complaining. Garbage dump trucks are parked because there’s nowhere to dump. Not long ago the Department of Environment and National Resources, a national agency, refused to allow garbage to be…
I had coffee yesterday with a big businessman from Davao. He doesn’t want his name printed, but he’s been around long enough to see 5 presidents come and go. “Jun,” he said, “the billions they stole from flood control and ghost projects? It’s not in banks. It’s in houses. Brand new houses.” He meant cash….
It is ridiculously funny how the anti-Duterte forces make such a big issue of a flood that occurred in a low-lying area outside of the city poblacion following hours of heavy rain. They feasted on it like it is a far better headline story than the delisting of former DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan from scroll…
