Special Supplement

Coming home of game changers: Portrait of Filipinos working abroad

A Filipino staying abroad is called an overseas Filipino.  Once the Filipino works in another country, he or she  is called an overseas Filipino worker,...

Coming home of game changers: Dabawenyo lawyer in USA gets award

Poverty is no hindrance to success, so goes a popular saying. Nicolas M. Caraquel, a lawyer from Davao Oriental has proven this.  The former resident of...
MUTYA NG DAVAO 2018. Shellah Faye Juntilla (center) poses for photographs during Thursday night’s coronation at RMC Gym. The members of her court are Mary Jose Vicente, Patnubay ng Davao; Claudine Verga, Pag-asa ng Davao; Pamela Framil, Sinag ng Davao; Cindy Benedicto, Diwa ng Davao. LEAN DAVAL JR

Mutya ng Dabaw 2018 Crowned

The flower does not dream of the bee. It blossoms and the bee comes. It is not enough that you have a dream. A dream...

Davao Intrepids: The Datu Bago Awardees 2018

It’s not just about fame that urges the story to embrace the status of infinity; it is about communicating a particular message that solicits...
CHANGING SKYLINE. Hotels and condominium buildings dominate the skyline of Davao City in this photo taken on Saturday. Tourism officials reported on Friday that the city’s tourist arrivals in 2017 had surpassed the city government’s target of two million foreign and domestic tourist arrivals. LEAN DAVAL JR.

Davao in the first year of Dutertenomics

This weeks economic news is the record setting US$ 10.1B Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) figure gained in 2017. It has beaten expectations and begs deeper...

Rabies: a terrifying ordeal

On a sunny Monday morning, 12-year-old John arrived early at school.  When he opened his classroom door, a stray dog that had wandered into the building...

Dabawenyos Down Under

In 2005 at the height of the nursing boom in the Philippines, Ateneo de Davao University delivered its first batch of graduates from its...

The rise of Davao City

There seems to be no stopping Davao City’s rise. Being the Philippine’s largest city in terms of land area, and now, being the home of...

Now is the Time to Invest in (Torre Lorenzo) Davao

Today, Davao City is home to so much opportunity.  Over the last ten years, the city has developed to become a robust center of...
CHANGING SKYLINE. Hotels and condominium buildings dominate the skyline of Davao City in this photo taken on Saturday. Tourism officials reported on Friday that the city’s tourist arrivals in 2017 had surpassed the city government’s target of two million foreign and domestic tourist arrivals. LEAN DAVAL JR.

Beginnings of the city’s fantastic growth

One hundred seventy years since Davao’s rise from a rural pueblo to a highly urbanized city, the economic boom that has characterized its growth...