Davao drivers and operators demand the scrapping of VAT on oil
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.Davao’s new malls
Two new malls and call centers will soon rise along Bajada in Davao city: Abreeza, a joint venture between Ayala Land Inc. and the Davao-based Antonio Floirendo Corp. (Anflocor), will feature a mall and a call center; while Robinson's cybergate, still being built near the Davao city Water District, will feature a mall and a call center on its second floor. (davaotoday.com photo by Jonald Mahinay)
Goodbye to a ‘true revolutionary’
Thousands of peasants from Southern Mindanao, including old acquaintances, bid farewell to New People's Army leader Valerio "Ka Richard" Mante Jr. as he is laid down to his final rest, September 30, in Forest Lake memorial park in Davao City. A former secretary-general of the progressive group Bayan before he joined the NPA, Mante is remembered well as a teacher, a cultural artist and a true soldier of the people. MORE PHOTOS HERE. (davaotoday.com photos by Barry Ohaylan and Jonald Mahinay)
Signs of fear, traumatic distress visible among Lanao IDP’s — CHR
Tubod, Lanao del Norte-Signs of traumatic distress such as suspicion, anxiety and fear are visible among the internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in the evacuation centers of Lanao del Norte.…