Read more about the article Davao’s Luz Ilagan named as DSWD Usec
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte confers the Legal Award for Outstanding Lawyer in Community and Legal Aid Service to Social and Welfare Undersecretary Luzviminda Ilagan on behalf of his husband, the late Atty. Laurente Ilagan, during the First Davao Legal Awards on September 30, 2017. (Malacañang Photo)

Davao’s Luz Ilagan named as DSWD Usec

President Rodrigo Duterte named former Davao City councilor Luzviminda Ilagan as the Undersecretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development.

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Echo chamber of mines

By design and by default, enclosed concrete spaces heavily secured in built structures exclude. Insiders isolate themselves from the wild natural world outside. They validate each other’s truths and cement their beliefs, so they only receive dubious outsiders, who undergo security checks, satisfy decorum requirements and speak the language. Voices harmonize and synchronize to the point of unison, as if hearing a fellow insider’s voice is no different from hearing one’s own, conjuring delusions of grandeur and visions of the future under the industry they thought they have built with their own hands. Their noble vocation, essential. Their technological knowledge, absolute. Their corporate confidence, intact. Thus, they tremble and panic when proven wrong.

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Read more about the article Leftist lawmakers: Duterte turns Mindanao into ‘land of lost promises’
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Leftist lawmakers: Duterte turns Mindanao into ‘land of lost promises’

Seven lawmakers under the Makabayan bloc bolted out from the House majority on Thursday, September 14 citing the “unraveling of an anti-people” Duterte administration.

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Read more about the article Deca developer eyes P1.6-B Pag-IBIG units for Davao
Photo taken from 8990 Housing Development Corporation's official website

Deca developer eyes P1.6-B Pag-IBIG units for Davao

eca Homes developer 8990 Housing Development Corporation (8990 HDC) is projecting to deliver P1.6-billion worth of socialized housing units in this city, an official said Thursday, September 14.

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