Opinion
#SpreadLoveNotHate: The Roxas Night Market Bombing
Davao City is keeping up with its promise of safety and security by providing services and truthful information free to all, thus, the tagline “Life is Here.” The assurance of safety and security to its constituents and tourists alike has always been a pride of Davao City. The city was cited as the "Safest City" in the world several times in...
Journey to Duterte’s Victory
I know that it’s a bit too late for this and there are already a lot of versions on this topic. What can I say? Better late than never, it is. From the start of the campaign up until today, supporters of Mayor Duterte have their own story to tell. He’s been Davao City's mayor for more than 20...
Hugot Defined: Talking about Relationships and Emotions
1. Falling in love Falling in love is perhaps the best feeling anyone could ever feel in his/her life. It takes you to a different kind of dimension. It takes you a place where everything seems to luster in an undoubting way. It takes you to somewhere wherein all the odds don't seem to matter anymore. A warm emotion that...
Why Gaisano Mall is a Suicide Hot Spot
Early this year, a man committed suicide by jumping from the 4th floor of Gaisano Mall, Davao. This wasn’t the first suicide to take place inside the mall. Not one, not two, but three previous suicides had already taken place. It can be recalled three years ago, an internet cafe worker jumped to death from the fourth floor of the...
Davao City Speed Limits for all kinds of Motor Vehicles
When do we learn? Are we waiting to be the one who will be hit next by the truck or any cars before fully awake the danger of over speeding? "Accidents" become very widely used to be a reason even it is cause by recklessness. As vice Mayor Duterte stated "Dili na ni pwede masikmura sa katilingban ning mga...
1st Virtual Assistants Regional Convention
On March 30-31, 2015, another milestone for TESDA in technical vocational education was launched – the 1st Virtual Assistants Annual Regional Convention held in Davao City. I'ts a collaboration between Knights of Online Marketers (KOM) and IP Summit 2015 at TESDA Theatre KorPhil Training Center, with the theme “Weaving Together to The Fabric of Building The Success of Online Businesses.” It...
The lessons from the aftermath of Haiyan/Yolanda typhoon
Luckily, Mindanao particularly in Davao City is safe from the typhoon Yolanda, the typhoon which had a 147 mph that gusted 170 mph. The news reported that Yolanda was the strongest typhoon ever landed, stronger than typhoon Katrina and Sandy in the U.S, which had approximately about 129 mph and 95mph respectively (Muskal, 2013). Now that Yolanda leaves the...
A faith that counts
Yahweh is near to the broken-hearted, he helps those whose spirit is crushed. Though hardships without number beset the upright, Yahweh brings rescue from them all. - Psalm 34:18-19 This passage speaks about how God works in the life of his broken-hearted people. This is not superficial, but evident as the concrete walls around us. But it would only be evident...
