Engaging in conversations with seafarers has deepened my understanding of the profound sacrifices they make for their families and our country.
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Wednesday’s transport strike led by Transmision-Piston paralyzed around 70 to 99% of the jeepney routes in Davao City as they oppose the impending Davao Bus System that will displace the old kings of the road.
This Wednesday, December 27, most of the 6,000 jeepney drivers will join the transport strike to oppose the phaseout of jeepneys.
What a sad Christmas season this is for the peace-loving peoples of the world. Devastating wars are being waged, most notably, today, in Palestine and Ukraine. Soldiers are dying, civilians are suffering and dying too, and there seems to be no power on earth that will stop the gunfire.
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) declared a two-day ceasefire effective Christmas Day and its 55th Anniversary, December 25 and 26, respectively.
Those back home must recognize that the challenges faced by OFWs extend beyond the visual narratives shared online.
MEMORIES. Father and son enjoy the sight of a colorful ferris wheel at San Pedro Square, a night attraction organized by the city for the Christmas season. (Kath Cortez/davaotoday.com)
A bridge collapsed and one person went missing in Davao Oriental, while 206 families in a Davao de Oro town evacuated as tropical depression Kabayan hit most parts of Mindanao on Monday, December 18.
Six books published by Mindanao-based authors are among the winners of the 41st National Book Awards.
More than four centuries of foreign acculturation of the Filipino has effectively woven a cultural matrix that has welded both Spanish and American influences in the Christmas consciousness of present-day Filipinos.
