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DANGA: Needed respite amid this pandemic

Lorenzo E. Mendoza / from 18 hours ago

A COMPREHENSIVE yet cost-effective wellness program for teaching and non-teaching personnel is needed by each one to face the challenges brought by this pandemic. One of our schools in DepEd Davao Occidental had recently launched its version they called DANGA. Danga, a Manobo term for “play,” is an annual wellness ...

Editorial: Save the trees

/ from 18 hours ago

ALONG the stretch of Gen. Douglas MacArthur there are barely any trees to provide shade for pedestrians. In fact, there are barely any trees at all along most streets in Davao City, especially within the downtown area.On Friday, November 27, the Save Heritage Trees movement posted on its Facebook page ...

Velez: We are not Exhibit A

Tyrone Velez / from November 28, 2020

WE USED to say we are "Exhibit A," the city that keeps things clean, people follow rules and life is here.Even at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the city put us under lockdown with enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), but we still follow the rules.And the city wanted us to ...

Tan: Grateful Grumblers?

Rev. Arnel Tan / from November 26, 2020

Jesus asked, “Didn’t I heal ten men? Where are the other nine? 18 Has no one returned to give glory to God except this foreigner? Luke 17:17-18 I PUT a question mark to the title of this article “Grateful Grumblers?” Because they can never co-exist. Grateful people somehow have and ...

Lizada: How To Go Out

Rene Lizada / from November 26, 2020

FOR purposes of this article, M is me and C is for checkpoint.M: Good morning Sir.C: Good morning po, FM Pass pls.M: Sir, hindi man ako magbili ng Food or Medicine.C: Saan ka pala punta?M: Magpa check up sa sasakyan kay hard start unya adto bangko.C: Ok, Asa ang bank ...

Editorial: Improving internal communications

/ from November 24, 2020

THERE is clearly a disconnect when it comes to the guidelines being issued on the management of the spread of the Covid-19 and those tasked to implement it.The guidelines issued by the national or local government unit (LGU) tells us what needs to be done or complied with during a ...

Custodio: Quick Thoughts

Nina S. Custodio / from November 22, 2020

SO, IT'S the first Sunday of the general community quarantine (GCQ). I hope you guys are all at home spending precious time with your family. I hope someone has volunteered to prepare the meals and that you’ve all decided to do something together other than text and tinker ...

Mendoza: On donations for typhoon victims, building resilient school buildings

Lorenzo E. Mendoza / from November 22, 2020

IT WAS announced in an official statement of the Department of Education (DepEd) that it is open to accepting donations for students, teaching and non-teaching personnel affected by past disasters in the country including the Super Typhoons Rolly and Ulysses that devastated the whole of Luzon. It prompted the ...

Editorial: No room for complacency

/ from November 21, 2020

PRESIDENTIAL Spokesperson Harry Roque announced on Friday, November 20, 2020, that the city will be placed under a general community quarantine (GCQ) starting November 20 to 30 in a bid to control the spread of the Covid-19.The GCQ status of the city was expected based on the recent statement of ...

Editorial: Boosting contact tracing

/ from November 19, 2020

NATIONAL Task Force (NTF) Against Covid-19 policy chief implementer Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. commented on Wednesday, November 18, during the National Coordinated Operations to Defeat Pandemic (Code) Team virtual presser that there is a need for the local government units in the region to improve their contact tracing efforts.According to ...

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