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Sunday, December 16, 2018

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Custodio: The essence of Christmas

Nina S. Custodio / from 3 hours ago

CHRISTMAS is just around the corner and I know things are starting to get crazy. Parties left and right, gift hunting, plans for Christmas dinner and every kind of reunion that it’s usually scheduled around this time.Christmas vacation for the kids has come so that makes it even busier for ...

Estremera: No breaks

/ from 3 hours ago

WE ATTENDED the SunStar Davao Christmas party but still had some time to spare before going home. I wanted a couple more cold beer, Imee suggested a place because the owner and many of the crew there are her friends. I'm okay with any place that has beer.That was what ...

Velez: A run-up to the martial law extension

Tyrone Velez / from today

TWO weeks before Congress approved the extension of martial law for another year, this happened in Davao City.A van carrying priests and Lumad (indigenous people) bound for an Advent mass at Redemptorist Church was stopped at the checkpoint of Task Force Davao in Lasang. It took three hours for the ...

Editorial: Waste-to-Energy (WTE) technology

/ from today

DAVAO City is eyeing to build and operate a waste-to-energy (WTE) facility in 2022.This billion-worth project - P2.5 billion at that – is a partnership endeavor among Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica), Kitakyushu City of Japan, and the City Government of Davao. But it will be funded by official development ...

Uyboco: How not to teach math?

Andy Uyboco / from today

THERE are math teachers who like to teach only one method of solving problems and who will mark students wrong if they use another method but arrive at the correct answer anyway. This is all the more unfortunate if these are elementary or high school teachers, because they are giving ...

Editorial: Digging up the city

/ from 2 days ago

THE Davao City Council approved 30 quarry operation requests during a session on Wednesday. This is in top of the 63 active quarry operations in the city.This did not sit well with Davao City Councilor Maria Belen Acosta, who is the chair on the committee on peace and order, claiming ...

Abrigo: The ayes and nays to Davao de Oro

Danny Abrigo / from 2 days ago

ANYTIME soon, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte may sign into law the Senate Bill 1746, known as Davao de Oro Bill. The Bill bid to rename the province of Compostela Valley to Davao de Oro Province by amending some sections of Republic Act No. 8470 that crafted Compostela into province two ...

Editorial: Another year of martial law

/ from 3 days ago

IT CAME out as no surprise when news came out Wednesday, December 12, that martial law in Mindanao has been extended to December 31, 2019.In the joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives, 235 voted yes for its extension, 28 no, and one abstained. In the Senate alone, ...

Estremera: Life lessons

Stella Estremera / from 3 days ago

THE workshop crew handed me a disposable cup to drink water from. I kept this by my side the whole day using and re-using it.As we were preparing to head off to our sleeping quarters I proudly showed Kublai my disposable cup saying, “I don’t know about you guys, but ...

Tan: The gentle whisper of rest

Rev. Arnel Tan / from 3 days ago

THE depression of Elijah, which we dubbed as “The Elijah Syndrome” shows us how we must never underestimate our need for rest; literally rest as the angel instructed -- “Eat, sleep, eat” -- for such practical admonition is the immediate response by which we address crisis and prepare for a ...

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