Davao’s New Traffic System Goes Haywire
The new traffic light system implemented in Davao City this week has created monstrous traffic jams, according to a report in the Philippine Daily Inquirer. The new system, which synchronizes…
Davao-Tokyo Flight Pushed
Tuna exporters are lobbying for a direct flight between Davao City and Tokyo, in order to ensure, according to them the fresh delivery of produce from the city.
Davao’s Guardian of Memory
At war over her body
'LITTLE TOKYO'. Flags of Japan and the Philippines are placed in various locations in Davao City including in Barangay Mintal where Japan's First Lady Akei Abe, wife of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is set to visit on Friday, Jan. 13, 2017. Barangay Mintal is tagged as the Little Tokyo of prewar Philippines where early Japanese migrants reside?d and worked in the abaca plantations around it?. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)
How Davao Became ‘Little Tokyo’
A lot of things have changed since the 1930s, when Davao City was born out of fear of Japanese control. What remained, however, is the affinity to it by the Japanese, who remain the top tourists to the city.