The Daily Post (1/19/07)
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…
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.
That incident at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, where the plane of the Davao-bound President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (who was going to attend the wedding of the son of Davao City…