DAVAO CITY

‘Gateway to Kadayawan’

This August, in Davao, Dabawenyos will hold a celebration of flowers, fruits, and for the year’s bountiful harvest – the Kadayawan festival. This celebration is one of the popular traditional festivals in Mindanao, now on its 22nd year.

In time for this gigantic festival, Damosa Gateway will once again mark the city with a series of exciting activities and events, as it commemorates its Second Year Anniversary. Also, Damosa Market Basket invites all entrepreneurs and exhibitors to showcase their best products and join FIESTANG PINOY (Fiesta Bazaar) at Damosa Market Basket, Lanang, Davao City.

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Rotaract Club provides assistance to Agdao schoolkids

By Rose B. Palacio

The Rotaract Club of Munting Pag-asa Davao district 3860, a duly recognized and registered member of the Rotary International, a worldwide service organization known in 161 countries, has provided assistance to malnourished schoolchildren in Ubalde Elementary School along Agdao, Davao City.
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‘New’ Kadayawan goes back to its tribal roots


Tribal women perform during the opening ceremonies of the Kadayawan Festival last week. (davaotoday.com photo by Tyrone A. Velez) Click here for more Kadayawan pictures.


By TYRONE A. VELEZ and CHERYLL D. FIEL | Davao Today

As the city announced a shift in the way the annual Kadayawan Festival is celebrated -- that is, for one, showcasing Lumad culture and tradition not for tourism's sake -- tribal leaders remain concerned that the festivities hardly depict the struggle of Mindanao's indigenous peoples to pursue their unique way of life and retain control of their ancestral lands, which have been encroached into by big mining companies and plantations.

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Duterte gets more money to spend

By CHERYLL D. FIEL | Davao Today

Mayor Rodrigo Duterte's office will get the biggest chunk -- 190 million -- of the nearly half a billion supplemental budget, which was passed Tuesday on second reading by the City Council. Much of it (180 million) will go to his "peace and order program." He also gets to spend an additional 10 million for doleouts to the city's indigents. On the other hand, the City Social Services and Development Office gets 322,000 pesos.

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Sasa workers victorious over ‘yellow unions’

Alex Tuazon, president of NAMAFIL-NAFLU-KMU, said their victory was a testament to the workers' discontent over the two "yellow unions" or management unions. "The landslide victory was also a statement to the management that we are ready to strengthen our ranks to protect our economic and democratic rights."

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