‘Huling Baylan ng Buhi’

“Huling Baylan ng Buhi,” a digital film by independent Davao filmmaker Sherad Anthony Sanchez, won four major awards at the recent Cinema One Originals competition in Manila. Here are pictures of the awards ceremony, courtesy of Dr. Jelieta Ruca, one of the members of the cast.

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New Indon Airline Launches Davao-Manado Flight

DAVAO CITY– Close on the heels of the successful Trade Mission of Southern
Mindanao’s Jose Abad Santos-Glan-Sarangani (JAGS-CT) Cooperation Triangle to
Indonesia last September, a new Indonesian airline company has started serving the
Davao-Manado (Indonesia) route today boosting trade ties between the Philippines
and Indonesia, which are both under the development thrust of the East Asean Growth
Area (EAGA).
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The Pearl of the South

Pearl Farm (davaotoday.com photo by Carlos H. Conde)

KAPUTIAN, Samal — Tucked in a cove on this island is the Pearl Farm Beach Resort, a former pearl farm that has been transformed into one of the country?s best, if largely unexplored, vacation havens.

Unlike most beach resorts, Pearl Farm harmonizes its clear, blue sea and its white sand with an impressive greenery that forms as a backdrop, at least on the main island. The standard cottages and suites are on the main resort while the villas are on a small island in front.

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