By ALEX D. LOPEZ
Davao Today
Dubbed as ‘I Run for Priesthood,’ the fun run aims to promote more vocations to priesthood in the Archdiocese of Davao, Dodong Ocon said in last Thursday’s regular press briefing at the city hall.
By KENETTE JEAN I. MILLONDAGA
Davao Today
Pacañas shared that his greatest fear is that once Davaoeños become good dancers, they will not stay. “They will go (abroad) and look for a job to further their career. Just like other people who have no job here,” he said.
Photos by MEDEL V. HERNANI & ACE R. MORANDANTE
Text by MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
It has become a tradition that long before All Soul’s Day on November 2, families will visit their dead as early as a week ago. Davao Today shows the sights of the living and the dead in the city’s cemeteries.
By Krista V. Melgarejo
Davao Today
Jonathan “Spartan” Sumogat faced Mike John Bandera in a flyweight stand-up kick boxing match. Sumogat clinched a quick victory after Bandera was unable to continue with the fight in the first round. It was his sixth victory and he remained undefeated in the history of Smoker Fights.
By ALEX D. LOPEZ
Davao Today
During the regular press briefing at the city hall, Sr. Supt. Manuel Española, operations officer of the Traffic Management Center (TMC), bared their plan to temporarily convert some road networks to go in just one direction or ‘one way’, especially those leading to cemeteries.
By KENNETE JEAN I. MILLONDAGA
Davao Today
“It is my social responsibility as a filmmaker” — Brillante Mendoza, world-acclaimed indie film director
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today
“Nishioka was outfought all the way. He showed plenty of respect for Donaire’s power. It was just a matter of time he would fall, and it came in the sixth and ninth (rounds), a TKO (technical knockout) win for the Filipino Flash” — Ram Maxey, Davao sports analyst
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today
Now that he earns for himself, “Nalipay ko kay dili na nako maperwisyo ang akong mga igsoon. Makapalit na ko gikan sa akong hinagoan. Kanang, mabuhi kog inusara (I’m happy that I can now fend for myself).”
By ALEX D. LOPEZ
Davao Today
Unlike most other waterfalls, not a river or any body of water exists above it. The water simply gushes out from rock formations in a cliff at the edge of a hill. A great portion of the cliff is covered with grasses resembling large green curtains.
By KRISTA V. MELGAREJO
Davao Today
There will be the long bus ride again, the long walk back to their homes, where unlike the Kadayawan, a celebration for a harvest does not happen anymore.
