Love makes the world go round
“IT IS better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.” This statement, which was relevant at the time when Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote, came to mind while hearing the words the leading character in the hit movie, My Best Friend’s Wedding: “If you love someone you say it. You say...
Much ado about marine turtles
"I WOULD just accept the apology. Personally, my sense is that an apology would be enough."
Asia’s longest dual zipline
ARMANDO A. Mortejo, who’s taking a master’s degree in business administration, was under pressure because of the thesis he was doing. Wanting to relax, he decided to visit the Dahilayan Adventure Park in Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon.
“All my stress vanished,” Mortejo said after riding the 840...
Tacio: Basics of blood
BLOOD is essential for good health because the body depends on a steady supply of fuel and oxygen to reach its billions of cells. Even the heart couldn’t survive without blood flowing through the vessels that bring nourishment to its muscular walls. Blood also carries carbon dioxide and other...
Street food: To eat or not to eat
"FOOD per se is not dangerous, improper food handling is." That was what Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio told Sun.Star Davao when reporter Jereco O. Paloma asked if total ban of street food in the city is possible.
Davao City was one of the four identified areas in the country where...
Educational fun at D'Bone Collection Museum
FINALLY, it’s official. The D’Bone Collector Museum Inc. finally had its grand opening recently.
Discovering Samal under the water
ALTHOUGH located in the Davao Gulf, the Island Garden City of Samal is a distant away from the shores of Davao City. Being physically unattached to mainland Mindanao, this beautiful virgin island has been protected from commercialization.
Actually, the city is a group of islands with...
Bitten by flu bug
TWENTY-eight-year-old Sandra was very lively five days ago during the company’s anniversary. After all, she was just promoted in her department. She partied and dined. When she returned home, she immediately went to sleep. But the following day, she felt flattened – as if ambushed from behind...
A different kind of adventure
CAGAYAN de Oro City, the gateway of Northern Mindanao, is dubbed as the “adventure capital” in the Philippines. After all, it is home to the most scenic and exhilarating whitewater rafting in the country.
Road trip: From Cagayan de Oro to Mati
RECENTLY I made the unthinkable: to travel from Cagayan de Oro City up to Mati City by bus. Although it was exhausting and tiring, I did have the best of my time. Traveling with friends made it more worthwhile.
Road trip: From Cagayan de Oro to Mati
RECENTLY, I made the unthinkable: to travel from Cagayan de Oro City up to Mati City by bus. Although it was exhausting and tiring, I did have the best of my time. Traveling with friends made it more worthwhile. Let’s start with Cagayan de Oro, which was devastated recently by...
Filming Hollywood movies; more fun in the Philippines
IF you happen to go to the United States and mention Vietnam, they become poignant. After all, a lot of American soldiers died during the war that took place in the said country. Americans are so engrossed on it that several movies were made on the subject, most of the Oscar-winning pictures:...
A different kind of debut
LAST September, while I was checking my Facebook, I got a message from Tune Inumerables. "We are going home this Christmas," she said.
Tacio: The waiting game
WHEN I was still a little boy, I dreamed of going to the United States. Watching those Hollywood films had stirred me to go the land of milk and honey.
Bone Museum for Filipinos
DARELL D. Blatchley was born in the United States but spent his childhood in Thailand. When he was 15, the family moved to the Philippines, where his parents work helping poverty-stricken and displaced children in Davao City.
Tacio: Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: What’s That?
THIRTY-year-old Anna Marie, a secretary working in a big company in Davao City, had long history of irregular periods. More recently, she put on weight. She didn’t know it, but her ovaries were riddled with cysts. She saw three or four doctors over three years, but none of them could offer a...
The lighting of parola
FOR three years now, I have been covering the traditional event being observed at the Pearl Farm Beach Resort in Island Garden City of Samal. I am referring to the lighting of parol on top of the Parola. The lighting signifies the start of the Christmas season in the resort.
Beating insomnia by really trying
YOU think you've got insomnia problems? Pity the wife of Socrates. Seems the famed philosopher had so much trouble getting shut-eye that he would keep his wife up all night - every night, expounding his views on the nature of the universe. That is, until one night when she took revenge - by...
What are we living for?
IN THE comic strip Calvin and Hobbes, Calvin is at school and his teacher is attempting to teach the class.
Forage crops for goats
THE increasing demand for goat meat is a boon to farmers engaged in goat-raising, making backyard and commercial projects a promising investment field.
The reason for the season
CHRISTMAS is celebrated because of Jesus Christ and not because of food, gifts and drinking. That should be what Christians should think this season.
The precision weighing partner
WHAT kind of scale compares the weight of two beauties, the gravity of duties, or the ground speed of joy? Tell me, what kind of gage can quantify elation? What kind of equation could I possibly employ?
Those words, penned by American singer and songwriter Ani Difranco, came to my mind...
Whatever happened to our carabaos?
IF YOU ask a Filipino to describe what a farmer looks like, don't be surprised if carabao is also being mentioned. The two are partners when it comes to farming. The carabao is the farmer’s beast of burden, pulling the plow and harrow and hauling farm produce when market time comes.
In...
Perfect getaway for families
IF LIFE can be compared to a beach, then Bluejaz Beach Resort and Water Park would be it. Just five to 10 minutes away from Davao City, it has everything a whole family can ask for.
A body to die for this Holiday season
DURING holiday season, it seems to be a crazy world. So many things to do in a short span of time: year-end report, meetings, and beating deadlines plus Christmas parties with lots of singing, drinking, and eating. The result: less sleep, hangover, stress, no exercise and gaining weight.
