DAVAO CITY — Davao City sets another first in coming up with a fully-equipped country club with different sports facilities for each member of the family. Rancho Palos Verdes Country Club, a 60-hectare project developed by the Sta. Lucia Realty and Development Inc. (SLRDI), is soon to open and boost...

Davao City — Viewers clapped as John Ray Batucan offered a handshake to Ruel Bucaling, Jr. indicating the end of round 4 of the recent 1st Mindanao Children’s Games-Chess Tournament in SM City Davao giving another point to Bucaling. Bucaling, 12, of Kapalong, offered a draw in the middle of the...

Davao City-Young athletes from the four member-countries of the Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (Bimp-Eaga) will troop to Brunei in November this year for the 6th Bimp-Eaga Friendship Games. In a preparatory meeting held at the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC)...

Tagum City— Two years from now, a 320 million peso state-of-the-art sports complex will rise in a 12-hectare lot across the provincial capitol of Davao del Norte to train local players to compete in the international arena. Plans for the sports complex were unveiled in the recent celebration of the...

By GRACE S. UDDIN | Davao Today Two Davao athletes who bagged the gold in the 24th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Thailand in December last year will fight it out for the qualifying rounds in Shenzhen, China, for the 2008 Beijing Olympics slated in August. Shiela Mae Perez, 22, earlier made the city proud by...

By MARILOU M. AGUIRRE | Davao Today DAVAO CITY — Anticipating Davaoe�os’ excitement over the rematch of World Boxing Council international super featherweight champions Manny Pacquiao and Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez, the Araw ng Dabaw executive committee prepares wide screens at the Quezon park...

DAVAO CITY — The 2nd BAMBOO Store Under 12-year old Rapid Open Chess Tournament kicks off on July 28, 2007 from 10:00 AM � 7:00 PM at the Victoria Plaza Mall, 2nd floor of ECentral beside Fiesta Bingo. ...

by CANDICE Y. CEREZO www.ofwjournalism.net PASIG CITY — A DECADE after a regional property bubble burst, the country�s golf industry swings to fresh hits every summer, courtesy of moneyed Filipinos from the United States. In three weeks last April, for instance, retired Filipinos from the US...

Apparently upset that he was defeated in his congressional bid and that his “principals” in Manila have so far failed to reimburse him the 140 million pesos he supposedly spent in the elections, boxing hero Manny Pacquiao reportedly instigated what amounted to a mini bank run after he withdrew...

(Hong Kong, May 31, 2007) � The Chinese government is backtracking on new rules that allow much greater freedom to foreign journalists, and is continuing to deny comparable freedoms to Chinese journalists, Human Rights Watch said today. ...

DAVAO CITY, Philippines — Newly reelected Davao City Councilor Peter Lavi�a is seeking to advocate the construction and completion of a modern sports complex in the City in his third and final term as Councilor. ...

MANILA, Philippines — So why was Manny Pacquiao KO’d by Rep. Darlene Antonino Custodio in the fight for the congressional seat of the first district of South Cotabato? Former North Cotabato governor (and now vice-governor) Manny Pi�ol, in an article published in philboxing.com, offers an answer:...

DAVAO CITY, Philippines — the 39th National Moo Duk Kwan Soo Bahk Do Summer League championship is coming down to Davao City on June 2, 2007. The tournament organizers announce this Tuesday at the regular Sports Communicators Organization of the Philippines (Scoop-Davao) of the Royal Mandaya Hotel,...

DAVAO CITY — Bearing the initials of the man they honored, the 19th GET Open Golf Tournament gets underway at the scenic Apo Golf & Country Club, Davao City on Sunday, June 17, 2007. �This is the longest-running golf event in Davao and Mindanao,� UMBN executive Bong Gonzaga told events...

SURROUNDED by the neighboring Gulf cities and provinces, the Island Garden City of Samal or Igacos has become the natural idyllic ground for summer adventure vacationers wanting to escape boredom and the scorching sun downtown. Once called by its own corporate identity as Samal, the island was all alone by...

GENERAL Santos City � Congressional bet Manny �Pacman� Pacquiao said that he will respect the outcome of the May 14 elections after signing the covenant last Wednesday here at the Sanguniang Panglungsod session hall. �Irerespeto ko kung sino man yung pipilin ng mga tao,� said the 28-year old Pacquiao, who is...

GENERAL SANTOS CITY -� Boxing icon Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao appears to have scrapped his usual post-fight break this time in favor of yet another fight. Barely three days after successfully defending his World Boxing Council International Super Featerweight title in San Antonio, Texas last Sunday,...

MANILA — Although without the usual pomp and fanfare, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo welcomed warmly today the People�s Champ and boxing idol Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao by personally greeting him at the foyer of Malaca?ang�s Rizal Hall before proceeding to the Music Room for a closed-door...

Statement of the President Re: Pacquiao’s Victory The people�s champion has once again brought victory and pride to the nation. His physical strength is matched by a tenacious will to uplift his countrymen with every win. We welcome him home as the people�s idol, and this generation�s shining...

MANILA — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has ordered the Games and Amusements Board (GAB) to make the promoters and managers accountable for the death of Filipino boxer Angelito “Lito” Sisnorio in a mismatch of a fight in Thailand recently. ...

DAVAO CITY — Professional runners and running enthusiasts are encouraged to join the first ever international marathon that will attract athletes from Brunei, Indonesia , Malaysia and the Philippines here in this city next month. To be held in line with this year’s 13th anniversary celebration of...

By Romy Sabaldan Philippine Information Agency Davao City (14 March) — Noted martial arts instructor in the Davao region Ricardo Tacay has never lost faith in the country’s medal hopefuls wresting its first Olympic gold medal through Wushu. And Mindanao is ready to contribute to the continuing...

70th Araw ng Dabaw Calendar of Activities Note: Schedules are subject to change without prior notice. Check the Davao City official website or the Araw ng Dabaw website for possible updates. March 8, 2007 4:30 am Blowing of Sirens 7:00 am Ecumenical Prayer City Hall Drive 8:00 am Formal Opening of...

By Cheryll D. Fiel davaotoday.com DAVAO CITY � More than anything else, the homecoming was a marketing event, with Erwin �Pastor� Emata, the Davaoeno who recently conquered Mount Everest, the product. It seemed that, on Wednesday, June 7, the organizers — companies who sponsored Emata�s historic...

Erwin �Pastor� Emata, the Davao native who became the second Filipino to conquer Mount Everest, will hold a press conference on June 7, 2006, Wednesday, 730 p.m. at the Kanto Bar at the Matina Town Square. Emata is shown in this 2004 photo taken by photographer Rhonson Ng on Mount Apo during a �technical...