Author Archives: DAVAO TODAY

16 years ago

IMAGENation

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ART EXHIBIT. Students examine an installation art at the IMAGEnation exhibit at the Holy Cross of Davao College Museum. The exhibit, which opened October 8, was organized by CREATIVEfactory, a young art organization composed of Dabawenyo artists. (Contributed photo)

16 years ago

Davao drivers and operators demand the scrapping of VAT on oil

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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.

16 years ago

Where goes the Durian King?

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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.