THEDURIANBEAT BANTAY KANG MALAY KA! We heard that publicist Ed Malay, the discredited public relations man behind the rigged surveys that had ex-Speaker Prospero Nograles winning a lopsided battle over then Vice Mayor Sara Duterte in the mayoral race in the 2010 elections in Davao City, has resurfaced […]
THEDURIANBEAT BY ROGER M.BALANZA Holy Week is the week when the Passion—the suffering and death of Jesus Christ is remembered. On Palm Sunday Our Lord Jesus Christ entered Jerusalem, the holy city, mounted on a donkey. This event had been prophesied centuries before. The people who […]
EDITORIAL Christians celebrate this week the Passion of Christ. How deep is our religiosity in commemorating this holy event? In this crucial part of Jesus’ life today deep in our heart and soul retains the meaning and the reason why it has to happen to the Son […]
SWITCHBOARD By Roldan Gorgonio The last words of a person are his “exit lines” in this world when death, the inevitable is impending. A person’s body and soul can be bolting in struggle upon sensing the final ticking seconds of such looming extinction. Death may come in […]
EDITORIAL by ROGER M. BALANZA Although the next election is still far away–May 2013–politicians fond of naming government projects and property after them or their relatives better be warned and should take heed of two proposed bills in Congress banning this practice aimed at getting publicity at […]
BY ROGER M. BALANZA Melon at P40 per kilo; avocado, P60; pineapple, P12; singkamas, P30; mangoes, P65; dalandan, P60; pomelo at P60 per piece; mangosteen at P200 per kilo; marang, P30; rambutan, P60; guavas, P40 ; papaya at P10 a piece; apples at P10 a piece; pears […]
MY DABAW BY RAMIL JACOB CASTANEDA I had the experience with tragedy right in our backyard in Magallanes Street in Davao City. December 9th of 2011. It was an incident no one wanted to happen. Cries of panic. People running and bringing whatever they can in the rush […]
