IMAGENation
Former logging community in Compostela wary of soldiers in the area
By CJ KUIZON | Davao Today
Sitio Valma of Barangay Ngan in the municipality of Compostela used to be a thriving logging community in the 1970s up to the 1990s. When the company's timber logging agreement (TLA) expired, Consuelo Valderrama, its owner, chose not to renew the contract, signalling the death of the boom town.Davao drivers and operators demand the scrapping of VAT on oil
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN | Davao Today
According to the Transport of Southern Mindanao for Solidarity, Independence and Nationalism (Transmision) computations, a driver who consumes an average of 30 liters per day loses 747.30 pesos in his day's income compared to the 2005 level. The one-peso fare hike allows the driver to recover 250 pesos of this lost income, if he maintains the average number of passengers in a day. But he still has to contend with the 497.30 pesos deficit.Where goes the Durian King?
By GERMELINA A. LACORTE | Davao Today
They call him the Durian King. When truckloads of durians arrive at the fruit stand at Magsaysay Park, the durian trucker no longer bothers unloading the thorny fruits in baskets. All the trucker had to do is throw the fruits at him and he'd catch them with his bare hands.Martial Law survivors say the past is still in their midst
By GRACE S. UDDIN | Davao Today
He could hear the sound of his footsteps as he ran to escape his captors. His heart beat very fast. He went to their underground house, where they used to hold secret meetings against the Marcos government, to warn other activists to abandon the place. But men in uniforms captured him instead. "It was just like in the movies," recalls Bienvenido Lumbera, the National Artist for Literature, who was once a Martial Law survivor.- Go to the previous page
- 1
- …
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 17
- 18
- …
- 92
- Go to the next page