Vantage Points

A kind of duality

A SELF-CENTERED VIEW EASY TO UNDERSTAND, BUT IT IS ALSO A MISTAKEN BELIEF – People who lived and worked in Metro Manila and the...

EDITORIAL – Keeping our fingers crossed on ASO

The reinforced anti-smoking ordinance or ASO (an apt acronym because the Cebuano translation for smoke is ‘aso’, accent on the last syllable) is slowly...

Lessening mass poverty

“POVERTY REMAINS A MENACING CHALLENGE TO SOCIETY “- Contemplating over the statements of outgoing Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, it would seem I’ve gathered...

Catholic vote, anyone?

The winners of this year’s elections will assume office in the next few days. But hardline Catholics have not gotten over the issue of whether...

Making the Grade

Education is indeed a commodity; a good we aspire for as evidenced by the millions who trooped to schools and universitiesfor the June opening....

EDITORIAL – Little triumph that makes us proud

Somebody once said, “life’s little triumphs only make us strive for more.” Edge Davao, barely a year as a daily publication, won in the Best...

Economic reversals

BEGINNING TO FEEL THE PAIN IN UNANTICIPATED WAYS – Spoilsports economists and financial analysts probably may say that it’s about time to reach for...

She’s always a woman

There are some lines in that old Billy Joel classic “She’s always a woman” that will remind us in some ways of outgoing Davao...

Dengue prognosis and prevention

MAINTAINING SUFFICIENT LEVEL OF PUBLIC INFORMATION ABOUT DENGUE – Many people, patients in particular know the feeling - a searing aching muscles and joints,...

Dumping ground

AUTHORITIES ADMITTED THERE ARE CAUSES FOR CONCERN – Consumers beware! The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the agency task to regulate and monitor food...