Special Supplement

‘No pain, no gain’ in education

As many would agree, surviving college is not an easy task and completing a degree takes a significant chunk of this challenge. We also know that...

The city’s changing skyline

Visitors coming to the city now will not recognize it when they come back five years from now if they just look at it...

DAVAO: FROM MURDER CITY TO ONE OF WORLD’S SAFEST CITIES

“MURDER City” -- that was how the defunct Asiaweek described Davao City in the early 1980s.  Each day, some two to three people were killed and thrown in the...

DAVAO CITY: A GLIMPSE OF THE PAST

On March 16, 1521, the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan (from which Magallanes Street was named after), working under the auspices of Spain, rediscovered the Philippines (named...

Palatable Paradise: Davao embraces local flavours

Food speaks of an infinite language that only the palate understands. It speaks of life – the very reason that fuels one to go...

DAVAO CITY AS TOURIST DESTINATION

If there’s one business that is profitable in Davao City, it’s definitely tourism.  It has already ready consumers – from local, national and international. Although 89% of those who came...

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS WITH DATU BAGO LAUREATES

Before Davao City came into existence, there was already Datu Bago who, according to some Spanish documents, was a villain.  Datu Bago was considered as such because he...

Governance and other things that foreigners like about Davao

BORROWING the sobriquet bestowed by the defunct Asiaweek magazine, Davao City has become “one of the most livable in Asia”. Today, Davao City is one of the country’s...

Araw ng Davao Supplement

This year’s 82nd Araw ng Davao celebration led by no less than City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio is inspired by the people of Davao themselves. No...

Mainstreaming the Halal industry

In most tourist destinations in the world, among the come-ons are their culinary industry. In Asia, even non-Islamic countries like Thailand and Singapore have ventured into strengthening their Halal...