Kadayawan 2008 in photos
Check out these awe-inspiring photographs of the recently-concluded Kadayawan sa Dabaw festival by photographer extraordinaire, Rhonson Ng. Rhonson, an adoptive Dabawenyo, has become one of the most...
View ArticleMr. WordPress in Davao
Matt Mullenweg, creator of this fantastic blogging software that powers AngDabawenyo.com, is in town for WordCamp. He arrived yesterday all the way from San Francisco via Manila, and will stay up to...
View ArticleBlind man achieves immortality – Part 3
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...
View ArticleJoey Ayala’s timeless music
Joey Ayala Recently, I’ve rediscovered one of the musical gems that moved me — nay, jolted me out of my stupor — the first time I heard it. The music of Joey Ayala. Discographies label his tracks as...
View ArticleNursing grad wins Mutya ng Dabaw 2009
Resci Angeli Rizada Resci Angeli Rizada, a nursing graduate of one of the leading nursing schools in the city, has won the crown and the hearts of Dabawenyos for this year’s search for the Mutya ng...
View ArticleDavao bloggers & the American ambassador
Bloggers & Amb. Kenney The U.S. ambassador to the Philippines, Kristie Kenney, is often in Mindanao, attending to the various projects and commitments that her government has in the Philippine...
View Articlem Mag: Sec. Durano recalls days of youth
[Media Release] From rowing a banca in a river during his teen years to bringing his own children to their first beach outing, Tourism Secretary Joseph “Ace” Felix Mari Hotchkiss Durano shares why...
View ArticleDabawenya actress in M’s latest issue
[Media Release] From a host in local TV variety show to a lead starrer in a top-rating television series, Dabawenya actress Bangs Garcia is definitely making a significant leap in Philippine showbiz....
View ArticleIn memoriam, Roger G. Layson
Jojie and her Kuya Roger In 1992, after four years in Manila, I returned to Davao with a renewed appreciation for my hometown. One of the first things I got myself into was an outdoors club that was...
View ArticleA creative recycling project for Samal
Yesterday was Blog Action Day to Save Philippine Seas, an Internet-wide activity that galvanized local and foreign netizens into a concerted call for marine environment protection. Coincidentally, it...
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