by DON J. PAGUSARA
By DON J. PAGUSARA
Davao Today
My childhood years were filled with random dreams and not-so-intentional glories. But they come as happenstances with childhood drives and urge to excel in everything — from shatung to basketball, to high jump, to gardening to handicrafts making. And to give fleshly meaning to parents’ and mentors’ exhortation in the cliché Burn your midnight candle!
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By RAWI JUNE AMAGA-MORANDANTE
Davao Today
Rising at an altitude of 2,674 meters above sea level, it’s rich in biological diversity and distinct with its magnificent mossy forest — true to being part of the Mt. Apo National Park.
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By DANILDA L. FUSILERO
Davao Today
“With the continuing aftershocks, more reports on damages are documented. More schools and houses were confirmed destroyed,” said Governor Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza.
by JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today
“Strong earthquakes which are tectonic will cause aftershocks until the energy dissipates. In the case of Carmen which was hit by shallow quakes, the energy of the quake has little chance to dissipate when it reaches the surface.” — Jenila de Ocampo, Officer-in-charge of the Davao Seismic Station-Phivolcs
by JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today
According to Jerome Barranco, Assistant Director of the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council-Office of the Civil Defense in Region XII, 60 houses were destroyed in Kimadsil village alone.
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Sympathizers of slain Italian priest Fausto ‘Pops’ Tentorio picket outside the Garden Oases Resort in Davao City where the Commission…
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Dominador Mantangkil Damlayon (with his back to camera), one of the witnesses presented by Task Force Tentorio in 2012, tells…
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By DANILDA L. FUSILERO
Davao Today
Canvassing was temporarily stopped due to the malfunctioning compact flash cards and the precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines in two clustered precincts of two villages. The Comelec said they are anticipating for more or less a thousand votes to be canvassed.
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By DANILDA L. FUSILERO
Davao Today
Jay Apiag, Kontra Daya coordinator for North Cotabato province said their forecast was due to delays brought about by glitches of PCOS (precinct count optical scan) machines, the heavy rains that started 3 PM Monday and blackouts in the villages of Katipunan and Amas.
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By DANILDA L. FUSILERO
Davao Today
Rice, according to Mella, has been proven to be one of the most effective items to win votes, particularly from those who are living below the poverty line. “Hangga’t gutom ang tao, nabibili ang boto nya sa tatlong kilong bigas lamang (as long as the people are hungry, their votes could be bought for even three kilos of rice),” she said.