Colonel Macairog Alberto, the new head of Task Force Davao that is in charge of the city’s security, assures the unit’s approachability to the public during Thursday’s I-Speak forum in City Hall. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Most sixteen-year-olds should have been in the fourth year of their high school this school year, or in Grade 10 in the current Kindergarten plus 12 years of basic education.
TESDA Region 11 Director Gaspar Gayona (right) laments that plenty of certified vocational graduates end up seeking greener pastures outside the country because of lack of opportunities and low salary rates here. Gayona is joined by regional labor officials in this photo. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
Late in afternoon yesterday, as I went out to buy some RTE (ready-to-eat) viand for my dinner in the little Coop Eatery in my purok, I overheard this conversation among village folks –
A young vendor displays flaglets for sale along Palma Gil (Ponciano) Street in lieu of the coming 116th Independence Day on June 12. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
The Maa Slaughterhouse reopens June 3, as part of the private-public partnership endeavor of the city. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Matthew Cua (right), owner of Sky Eye Incorporated, says his team’s detention by the New People’s Army in Compostela Valley for operating drone surveillance serves as a lesson to coordinate with local government units and security forces. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
The Interface Development Intervention Services (IDIS) collaborate with Davao Association of Catholic Schools (DACS) for the 2014 3rd Lunhaw Awards search for best environment practices among groups and institutions in Davao City. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
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Encountered mess and damage we did. We had barely caught our breaths after the hike from Nasilaban to the neighboring village of Sambulungan when some of the Talaingod Manobos started approaching us. Their houses had been ransacked, items were missing, one kitchen’s GI roofing had been ripped off.
Nobody wants to be dominated. The natural disposition of anyone is to be free—free to steer the direction of one’s own life, free to seek one’s own well-being and happiness. But the other side of this mold of thought is the desire to control—to control everything that figures in one’s drive for freedom. It is as much an irony as a mystery. But it is an undeniable fact of human existence and history.
