Special Report: A Not-So-Bright Christma... Davaoe�os, like most Filipinos, are now feeling the pinch of the high cost of commodities. Many can�t afford to celebrate Christmas the way they used to. �The times are so hard, we hardly sell anything,� two fruit vendors cried in unison when asked about their sales this week just a few hours before dusk....

Special Report: Desperate Housewives... Women and mothers are reeling from the impact of the new value-added tax (EVAT) law, and some have gone to extreme measures to make both ends meet. One of them is Miranda, who takes �Last Two� bets to support her family. She knows what she’s doing is wrong but according to her, she was willing to take...

Of Strokes, Figs and Canvases... Even the uninitiated can tell if a work of art was done by someone from Mindanao or who has been influenced by the island’s peoples, culture and the strife. You can sense this in the strokes, in the medium, in the subjects. In this issue of davaotoday.com, five visual artists who all hailed from...