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Almost a year ago, Edmon Arellano, who was a former security guard at a shopping center here, vowed to run after terrorist groups if the government gives him the chance.

Delegates to this year’s Lakbayan of National Minorities joined the Lumads from Northern Mindanao in the commemorating the 2nd year anniversary of the “Lianga Massacre” on Friday, Sept. 1 at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City. The victims of the massacre were Lumad leaders, Dionel Campos and Datu Juvello Sinzo and school director Emerito Samarca. (Alex D. Lopez/davaotoday.com)

People in Claveria Street, Leoncio Deriada’s second novel, is far from his best work of fiction. But it nevertheless demonstrates the value of this living literary legend to Davao and its people.

5-year-old Nekka Eliza insists on coming with her mother Veronica Soner to work and sell ice cream at the night market in Roxas Avenue, Davao City on Saturday, Sept. 2. The local businesses in the city continue to thrive a year after the deadly blast killed 15 and injured at least 70 people. (Mart D. Sambalud/davaotoday.com)

The journey of the indigenous people and the Moro people from Mindanao to Manila to air out their demands to the government becomes an opportune time to share their unique cultures, traditions, and practices to the indigenous people from the northern part of the country. Photo shows a boy from Cordillera in discussion with a Lumad girl from Talaingod, Davao del Norte in Mindanao. (Alex D. Lopez/davaotoday.com)

Before Buwan ng Wika ends, I published through my social media account “tokhang ang daigdig,” a poem rendered from Alejandro Abadilla’s “ako ang daigdig.” In every illuminating moment of replacing each of Abadilla’s ako with tokhang, the new work gradually forms and reveals itself as something relevant in these dark times, yet conscious of the limits of its being. I leave further reading and thinking up to those who want to dissect the derivative work, which, hopefully, has its own merits. So I can devote enough space to translation. Along the way, what Hans J. Vermeer calls skopos (aim) and/or commission (definition) shifted accordingly, that ended with the translatum (target text), “tokhang the universe.”

Survivors in crutches and arm cast offer flowers and candles at the blast site. (Robby Joy D. Salveron/davaotoday.com)

Controversial Bureau of Customs broker Mark Taguba II cleared Davao Vice Mayor Paolo “Pulong” Duterte and lawyer Manases “Mans” Carpio from the alleged P6.4-billion shabu shipment from China.

It was once known as a “Little Baguio” for the city’s cool and fresh breeze. But today the air in Marawi smells of gunpowder. A few meters away from where journalists were traversing the bridge once controlled by armed militants, gun fighting continues. The government was also relentless in flushing out the militants in what they described as a small portion of the city’s 87.55 square kilometers land area with continuous aerial bombardment.

Emotions once again stir up as the city commemorated the first year of the tragic Roxas night market bombing.