Mindanews reported yesterday that Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte is being considered as the next defense secretary. (We cannot provide the link to the story because the Mindanews website, as of 9 a.m. today, has been hacked.) The story mentioned the praises Duterte has received lately from President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Senate president Manuel Villar, mainly for the mayor’s efforts to keep his city safe from criminals.
Inquirer columnist Rina Jimenez-David describes as boring "Huling Baylan ng Buhi," the award-winning film by young Davao filmmaker Anthony Sherad Sanchez. (David actually used the word "soporific" but she was…
Here's something that might make some people rethink the conventional wisdom that Davao City's is the safest city in the Philippines. According to this report, an average of 1.5 killings…
Authorities have "downplayed" the advisory issued by the Australian government warning that Davao is a likely target of terror attacks in the coming days. "We knew about the threat. It…
Davao City Councilor Pilar Braga maybe overdoing her campaign against pornography on the Internet. In a privilege speech, according to this report, Braga raised alarm over the sight of “laptop-carrying executives accessing pornographic materials while leisurely sipping coffee in some cafes in the downtown area.” For that, she wanted to regulate wi-fi connections being offered by these bars and cafes.
While we share her concern that minors should be protected from online pornography (and that regulating Internet cafes for that purpose maybe a good idea), we don’t see any good in her new proposal to regulate as well wi-fi.