SunStar Network News feed for Davao, Philippines http://www.sunstar.com.ph en-us Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:15:40 +0800 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:15:40 +0800 DABAWENYOS and visitors alike can look forward to a longer visual treat this weekend, as there are more entries for the annual Floral Float Parade. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/20/news/more.participants.in.float.parade.html Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified RARELY seen in one event, the Dutertes -- Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte, Vice Mayor Sara Z. Duterte, and Association of Barangay Captains (ABC) president Paolo Z. Duterte -- were out full force for the opening of the 2008 Kadayawan sa Dabaw, late Monday afternoon. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/20/news/city.to.bend.back.for.peace.mayor.html Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Grace L. Plata KIDAPAWAN CITY -- The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) in Central Mindanao was set to file Tuesday at least 50 criminal complaints, most of them arson, against Commander Ameril Umbra Kato and his men. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/20/news/umbra.kato.men.to.face.50.criminal.raps.html Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Malu C. Manar Correspondent OLYMPICS silver medalist Onyok Velasco is also coming to Davao City to be part of the group of actors playing in the Mayor Rody and Inday Sara Kadayawan Basketball with the Stars on August 22 at 5 p.m. at the Davao City Recreation Center. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/20/sports/onyok.joins.stars.roster.vs.cmo.five.html Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE Dabawenyo Bowlers Association (DBA) Officers and Answer Me Bowlers captured the divisions A and B titles, respectively, at the close of the 23rd Kadayawan Open Bowling Tournament on Monday at the Fairlanes Bowling Center. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/20/sports/dba.officers.win.kadayawan.crown.html Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified BALWEG Bangoyan, the promising fighter from the Davao Region called "The Hitman," will fight Sande Otieno of Kenya on October 10 for the World Boxing Council (WBC) international superbantamweight crown in what could be his toughest test so far since blitzing his way into the professional ranks. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/20/sports/bangoyan.eyes.wbc.int.l.crown.html Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Marianne Saberon-Abalayan IF THERE is anything significant in the present imbroglio over the memo of agreement on ancestral domain crafted by the MILF and the government peace negotiating panels, it is the unmasking of the character, the strength or the weakness of the will power of our incumbent senators and congressmen. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/20/oped/jun.ledesma.sunbursts.html Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Jun Ledesma Sunbursts FOOTBALL and baseball were invented and played centuries ahead of basketball. Today, these are two of the world's most popular team games. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/20/oped/edcer.escudero.wit.or.without.html Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Edcer Escudero Wit or without THE celebration continues to surge with exciting events and festivities in this week's Kadayawan Festival. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/20/life/kadayawan.celebration.continues.to.surge.html Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE Kadayawan sa Dabaw 2008 shifted to high gear as Kumbira '08 kicked off with a huge party at Damosa Market Basket on Friday where people flooded in all day long to seek fun and fare. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/20/life/kumbira.08.opens.with.a.bang.html Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE Lizada dinner last Saturday pushed through. And because it was a lot of fun, we decided to do it again. So come next dinner my Titas and cousins will be heading towards our home. We agreed that we start earlier so we can have more time with the food. And also we are inviting more Lizadas to join the party. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/20/feat/dinner.(part.two).html Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Rene Lizada Papa's table THE chair of the Regional Development Council (RDC)-Southern Mindanao said the body is focused on initiating programs aimed at alleviating poverty. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/20/bus/dev.t.council.vows.to.focus.on.programs.to.fight.poverty.html Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Joy Romares-Sevilla A GROUP from the Afghanistan Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock arrived in Davao City for a study tour Tuesday. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/20/bus/afghan.agri.execs.visit.davao.for.a.study.tour.html Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Stella A. Estremera THE business sector in Mindanao believes that the government is not doing enough to pre-empt the atrocities being perpetrated by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) against civilians and business establishments here. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/20/bus/bizmen.gov.t.not.doing.enough.to.pre.empt.milf.attacks.html Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Carlo P. Mallo KIDAPAWAN CITY -- Tension ran high again in North Cotabato when suspected Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels attacked a military outpost in an interior village in Aleosan town Monday night. Aleosan Mayor Loreto Cabaya said over Catholic-run dxMS that the rebels used rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) in raking a detachment, which they thought was still manned by Army soldiers. View Kadayawan 2008 updates http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/20/news/rebels.attack.abandoned.army.outpost.in.aleosan.html Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Malu Cadelina Manar Correspondent THE University of Mindanao (UM) Tagum-A bagged the crown of the just concluded Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte Kadayawan sa Dabaw Sepak Takraw Open Tournament college division at the Rizal Park over the weekend. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/19/sports/um.tagum.a.tops.sepak.takraw.tournament.html Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified GLENN Sapsal of Barangay 24-C beat Owen Candreho, 5-3, to pocket the First Senate President Manny Villar Cup 9-Ball Open Inter-Barangay Tournament title at the NCCC Mall B3 Center Sunday evening. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/19/sports/sapsal.seizes.pool.title.html Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE Dadiangas Torpedoes Swimming Team (DTST) amassed a total of 1,275 points to emerge champion in the Zeeplus "Languyan sa Kadayawan" Festival 2008 held at the Ladislawa Country Club in Buhangin over the weekend. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/19/sports/dadiangas.torpedoes.top.swimfest.html Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Marianne Saberon-Abalayan PLANTERSBANK and Banco de Oro overcame rivals that played inspired basketball to emerge triumphant in their quarterfinal encounters Saturday and advance to the semifinals of the Bankers Cup 2008. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/19/sports/plantersbank.bdo.move.into.semifinals.html Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified NOT often do I resort to a taxi but on Saturday -- rainy Saturday -- I left my bicycle at home, jeepneyed down to Victoria Plaza and, laden with a week's worth of groceries, took a taxi home. And survived. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/19/oped/gary.covington.looking.in.html Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Gary Covington Looking In FINALLY, Malacaņang figured it out: They need a civil society initiative to form a framework for lasting peace in Mindanao. And we, Mindanaoans, are all supposed to cheer in agreement. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/19/oped/editorial.html Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified DAVAO City is on festival high this month as it celebrates the annual Kadayawan with the theme "Musanay Lumadnong Kagikan, Yutang Kabilin Panalipdan." http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/19/life/pearl.farm.offers.kadayawan.promo.html Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) will recognize the achievements of overseas Filipinos in various fields of expertise in the upcoming BPInoy Awards in ceremonies to be held on October 8. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/19/life/bpi.to.hold.3rd.bpinoy.awards.html Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THERE'S no better and more fun place to visit and celebrate the amazing bounties of nature in Eden Nature Park and Resort's Kadayawan celebration. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/19/life/eden.celebrates.bounties.of.kadayawan.html Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified 4. POOR People Skills. Leadership is doing things through other people. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/19/bus/tabije.how.to.fail.as.a.leader.(last.of.2.parts).html Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Maeng Tabije Notions Plus THE palay production of the country from July to December this year was anticipated by the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS) to increase. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/19/bus/increase.in.palay.production.eyed.html Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) has identified the overseas demand for land-based workers, saying that job openings for production and related workers, transport equipment operators and laborers accounted the biggest share of overseas demand. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/19/bus/labor.department.land.based.workers.in.demand.html Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified A TOTAL of P577 billion was the gross value of the Philippine agriculture output during the first six months of the year, the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS) reported. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/19/bus/agri.posts.p577.billion.income.html Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Joy Romares-Sevilla THE Bishop-Ulama Conference (BUC) will spearhead a peace initiative involving the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and all the other sectors left out during the peace negotiations between the MILF and the Philippine government. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/19/news/bishops.ulamas.tapped.for.peace..html Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified PRESS Secretary Jesus Dureza appealed to the media to become partners, not just impartial chroniclers, and at worst, critics of the peace efforts. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/19/news/dureza.swipes.at.abs.news.html Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified LANAO DEL SUR -- The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) vowed to pursue the armed group responsible for the death of eight soldiers and wounding of 12 others in Lanao del Sur, Sunday morning. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/19/news/8.men.killed.in.milf.ambush.html Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Ben O. Tesiorna SARANGANI Governor Miguel Rene A. Dominguez has vowed to pursue the attackers to bring justice to the two innocent men slain in a dawn attack in Maasim town Monday. In a press statement, Dominguez said he was appalled at the "brazenness" and "treachery" of the armed attack at the Maasim town. Visit the Beijing Olympics 2008 blog http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/19/news/sarangani.won.t.cower.in.fear.guv.html Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE Kadayawan Festival celebrations will be more colorful with the coming of actors who will play a basketball game dubbed Mayor Rody and Inday Sara Duterte-Kadayawan Basketball with the Stars on August 22 starting at 5 p.m. at the Davao City Recreation Center. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/18/sports/movie.stars.coming.to.play.for.fest.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified BANG the cymbals. Hit the drums. Light up the fireworks. The Smart-Liga Pilipinas playoffs are on. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/18/sports/liga.playoffs.underway.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE woes compounding Team Philippines in the Beijing Games are not about to stop, with long-jumper Henry Dagmil becoming the latest Filipino athlete to crash out in the face of world-class competition. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/18/sports/still.no.breakthrough.for.rp.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified (Editor's Note: Today's column of Mr. Lorenzo E. Mendoza, who is the Regional Supervisor in Filipino in the Secondary Level of Department of Education in Southern Mindanao, is written in Filipino to commemorate the death of the Father of the Filipino Language, Manuel L. Quezon. It is also meant to highlight the celebration of the Language Month in the month of August.) http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/18/oped/lorenzo.e..mendoza.the.scribe.s.corner.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Lorenzo E. Mendoza The Scribe's Corner THE Olympic Games, an ancient athletic contest, started in Olympia, in the old district of Elis, a locality in Greece, in the year 776 B.C. It continued to be played every four years for 1200 years until the Romans gained power in Greece and proclaimed Christianity as religion. The Olympics was banned in 393 as a pagan practice by Theodosius 1, a Christian Roman emperor. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/18/oped/roger.p..antalan.dateline.igacos.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Roger P. Antalan Dateline IGaCoS THAT this year's theme of Kadayawan sa Dabaw Festival is barely intelligible to a good number of Dabawenyos underscore one thing: there is a lot that even Dabawenyos do not know about Davao. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/18/oped/editorial.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified RAIDING celebrity kitchens to create impromptu recipes fit for TV viewing can be a stressful task. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/18/life/discovering.friendship.through.food.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified FURTHER innovating its undisputed, top-rating KiliTV block, GMA Network presents three new programs under the flagship show Bilib Ka Ba Nights presents Ripley's Believe it or Not, World Records and Masquerade, starting tonight. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/18/life/breathtaking.videos.in.bilib.ka.ba.nights..html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified ALTHOUGH coconut is the country's top agricultural export with annual average revenue of US$629.58 million, its yield is declining. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/18/bus/coco.yield.declines.research.body.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified WITH so many computer stores at almost every corner of Davao City's streets, Blinque is one that truly stands out from all the rest. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/18/bus/.modify.your.pc.at.blinque.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Ben O. Tesiorna THE Regional Development Committee (RDCom) for Mindanao of the National Economic Development Authority (Neda) Board recommended a comprehensive solution to the rice problem in Mindanao during its meeting last week at the Marco Polo Davao. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/18/bus/rdcom.gives.solution.to.rice.problem.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Joy Romares-Sevilla DAVAO City and the rest of Southern Mindanao can expect clearer skies for the rest of the week with minimum possibility of rain showers during the day. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/18/news/clear.skies.in.davao.city.this.week.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Carlo P. Mallo THE Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) once again denied accusations by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) they planted landmines in some villages in North Cotabato where series of fierce fighting took place since July 1. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/18/news/milf.denies.placing.landmines.in.n..cotabato.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified DAVAO City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte branded officials of the government, who claimed that the controversial memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain (MOA-AD) is just a piece of paper, as stupid. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/18/news/mayor.sneers.at.gov.t.execs.for.stupid.comments.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Ben O. Tesiorna DAVAO City-based human rights group Karapatan has condemned the killing last Friday of a militant in Monkayo town in Compostela Valley. In a statement, the Karapatan in Southern Mindanao identified the latest victim of the so-called extra-judicial killing as Roel Doratot, 33, organizer of militant partylist Bayan Muna in Monkayo. Visit the Beijing Olympics 2008 blog http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/18/news/human.rights.group.condemns.militant.leader.s.slay.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Malu Cadelina Manar Correspondent THE Dabawenyo Bowlers Association (DBA) and Answer Me led their respective divisions after eight games in the 10-game elimination round of the 23rd Kadayawan Open Bowling Tournament held at the Fairlanes Bowling Center Thursday evening. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/17/sports/dba.answer.me.lead.bowlfest.html Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE Dadiangas Torpedoes Swimming Team (DTST) struck for a total of 16 gold medals, three silvers and six bronzes to lead the 5th Languyan sa Kadayawan at the Ladislawa Country Club as of press time Saturday. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/17/sports/dadiangas.torpedoes.sink.rivals.html Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Marianne L. Saberon-Abalayan LOCAL officials and backers of taekwondo recently formed the Regional Management Committee (RMC) Southern Mindanao in an attempt to propagate the sport of taekwondo in the Davao Region. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/17/sports/regional.taekwondo.committee.formed.html Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified WHEN the 12 young soccer players from the Ateneo de Davao Unhiversity (AdDU) traveled to Europe in July to play a series of tournaments against the world's best youth booters, they were not only representing their school nor the Makati Football Club, or Davao City for that matter. They were playing for the country. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/17/sports/keeping.the.rp.flag.flying.high.in.europe.html Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Charles Raymond A. Maxey "MATAPOS na sana itong gyera, pagod na ako kakaisip kung ano pang isulat sa editorial," I blurted out last week as I gathered the day's newspapers once more for my daily afternoon marathon readings just before writing the day's editorial. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/17/oped/stella.a.estremera.spider.s.web.html Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Stella A Estremera Spider's web I'VE just come to realize -- I'm quick about these things -- that the scribblers' section of the Sun.Star Weekend is divided into Views and Y-Speak and that usually it's the oldies with the views -- me and Henry the other week -- and bright young things contributing to Y-Speak. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/17/oped/gary.covington.looking.in.html Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Gary Covington Looking in DAVAO Rotarians gathered recently for a forum with North Cotabato Vice-Governor Emmanuel Piņol on the controversial issue of the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MOA-AD). http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/17/news/rotarians.piņol.hold.territorial.deal.forum.html Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified IT'S a grand day for Davao City on Monday with the opening of the Kadayawan sa Dabaw 2008. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/17/news/kadayawan.2008.fest.opens.monday.html Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified SPEAKING as chair of the Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC), Davao del Sur Governor Douglas Ra Cagas hit the government's policy requiring rebels to surrender a firearm before they can avail of amnesty. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/17/news/guv.hits.amnesty.program.for.rebels.html Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Grace L. Plata KIDAPAWAN CITY -- Suspected hired killers shot dead a school principal identified as Felipe Ternio Sr. while on his way home in Barangay Nuangan, this city around 4 p.m. Friday. Ternio, principal of Nuangan Elementary School, succumbed to four gunshot wounds in his head, said Inspector Benjamin Mauricio, deputy chief of the Kidapawan City Philippine National Police (PNP). Visit the Beijing Olympics 2008 blog http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/17/news/school.principal.shot.dead.html Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified LAST Thursday, the City Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management Office (CFarmo) of the Island Garden City of Samal conducted a fish census off the waters of Samal Beach Park and the Paradise Island Beach Resort to check on the veracity of declaring the one fronting Paradise as a dive spot. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/17/life/another.look.underwater.html Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Stella A. Estremera I KNEW I was pushing it, but I wanted to get all article in before Friday since I was off somewhere again by Saturday, thus I was texting Deng even as I was still on my way to the dive shop on a banca around 8:30 p.m. Saturday. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/17/feat/persian.fit.for.the.pinoy.html Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Stella A. Estremera Goin' places MANILA -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo issued last week local government units (LGUs) a say in mining development at the local level. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/17/bus/lgus.given.big.say.in.mining.html Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE 2008 Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte Kadayawan Men's Open Doubles Tennis Tournament, which unwraps on August 23 and 24 at the Ecoland Phase 4 Tennis Club, will serve as the Davao City's qualifying event for the upcoming 4th Mindanao Friendship Games. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/16/sports/open.netfest.a.qualifying.event.html Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified LOCAL officials and backers of taekwondo recently formed the Regional Management Committee (RMC)-Southern Mindanao in an attempt to propagate the sport of taekwondo in the Davao Region. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/16/sports/regional.taekwondo.committee.formed.html Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified SHEILA Mae Perez finished only 23rd in the preliminary round of the women's 3-meter springboard Friday and failed to advance in the face of world-class competition at the Beijing Games. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/16/sports/davao.s.perez.finishes.23rd.html Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Charles Raymond A. Maxey AS A vehicle owner, it is now normal for me to go drive round and round downtown just to find parking space, wasting expensive fuel and time while contributing to traffic congestion. I suspect that this is the cause of my high blood pressure at most times. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/16/oped/roberto.p..alabado.iii.planning.perspectives.html Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Roberto P. Alabado III Planning Perspectives IT IS uncovering the gift of awareness and peace within the self that radiates and helps build peace outside of the self as well. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/16/oped/radzini.oledan.html Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Radzini Oledan THE Social Weather Station had consistently reported how badly President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is doing in its surveys. Even with the overall performance of her administration gaining some plus points in the surveys, her popularity continues to plunge. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/16/oped/jun.ledesma.sunbursts.html Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Jun Ledesma Sunbursts DAVAO City stands out among the highly urbanized cities in the country because not only does it pride itself with a booming economy brought in by business operations much like the businesses in Makati, the epitome of business success in this part of the globe, but also because this economic growth is solidly backed up by other solid foundations, like agricultural outputs and eco-tourism treats. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/16/oped/editorial.html Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified DAVAO City has been chosen by the Information Technology giant-Hewlett Packard as the first HP City in the Philippines. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/16/news/davao.city.eyed.as.1st.hp.city.html Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified TWO counts of murder are being recommended for filing against Ken Alder Villa Abrille Lelis while two others were to be charged as accomplices in a crime that resulted in the death of two persons. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/16/news/double.murder.raps.vs.villa.abrille.boy.html Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Carlo P. Mallo AT LEAST 15 people died while 14 others were injured when the cargo truck they were riding in fell off a ravine while on its way down to the town center of Monkayo, Compostela Valley on Friday morning. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/16/news/truck.falls.off.ravine.15.dead.html Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified A PLATOON from the Philippine Army has encountered 20 New People's Army (NPA) combatants at Sitio Nasilaban, Barangay Palma Gil in the town of Talaingod, Davao del Norte Thursday afternoon. Visit the Beijing Olympics 2008 blog http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/16/news/army.encounters.communist.rebels.in.talaingod.html Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE chief architect tasked with ensuring the people of Davao City of quality and affordable water is an environmentalist, a gentle and an athletic individual who plays almost all kinds of sports. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/16/life/delivering.the.most.basic.html Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Charles Raymond A. Maxey THE Philippines has been dislodged by Indonesia as the number one producer of coconut. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/16/bus/indonesia.topples.rp.as.top.coconut.producer.html Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) in Southern Mindanao has planned the "Handog sa Kabataan Career Caravan" for the maritime sector as a prelude to the National Maritime Weeks Celebration in September. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/16/bus/career.caravan.for.maritime.sector.set.html Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE president of the Davao Merchant Marine Academy (DMMA) in Davao City said there is an increasing manpower demand in the maritime industry, adding that from 2006 to 2010, some 5,615 new vessels will be coming out and they would need additional officers and seafarers. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/16/bus/rising.demand.for.seafarers.noted.html Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Joy Romares-Sevilla THE regional office of the Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) in Southern Mindanao claimed there is a shortage of quality applicants in the region, adding that to help address this challenge in the labor industry, the agency has developed a module that will level up the quality of students and graduates. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/16/bus/dole.11.to.boost.quality.of.graduates.html Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified TOUR Pilipinas veteran Paterno Genon of Davao City died of cardiac arrest on August 9. He was 67 years old. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/15/sports/tour.veteran.passes.away.html Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified ROOKIE player Boy Aniņon shocked his veteran opponents to capture the 2008 Kadayawan Dutba Cup Tenpin Singles crown at the NCCC Mall B3 Lanes Tuesday evening. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/15/sports/rookie.bowler.stuns.veterans.html Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified SHEILA Mae Perez of Davao City, the country's wonder girl in diving, opens her campaign in the Beijing Games this afternoon hoping to perform well and landing herself a finals berth. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/15/sports/perez.sees.action.friday.in.beijing.html Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE country's campaign in the Beijing Games suffered a jolting blow Wednesday night when boxer Harry Taņamor crashed out right in the first round to an unheralded African fighter. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/15/sports/rp.bid.suffers.big.blow.beijing.games.html Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Charles Raymond A. Maxey THE search for novel and nuanced peace initiative must be put high on agenda. Without enduring peace, there can be no meaningful development in Mindanao. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/15/oped/radzini.oledan.html Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Radzini Oledan DESPITE the lean and still medal-less Philippine contingent barely making a blip on the Olympic media coverage, I have been following the Beijing Olympics regularly since the spectacular Opening Ceremonies. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/15/oped/jocy.l..so.unraveling.html Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Jocy L. So Unraveling LOVE, so goes a song, makes the world go round. After all, "Love is the only bow of life's dark cloud," said Robert Green Ingersoll. "It is the Morning and Evening Star. It shines upon the cradle of the babe, and sheds its radiance upon the quiet tomb. It is the Mother of Art, inspirer of poet, patriot, and philosopher. It is the air and light of every heart and builder of every home. It was the first dream of immortality. It fills the world with melody. Love is the magician, the enchanter, that changes worthless things to joy, and makes right royal kings of common clay." http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/15/life/thoughts.on.love.and.marriage.html Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Henrylito D. Tacio Regarding Henry LAST week, Chona and I had dinner with three very close family relatives. We had dinner with two first cousins and the sister of my father. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/15/life/dinner.and.coffee.html Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Rene Lizada Papa's Table AN OFF-SITE diagnostic clinic that serves as access to free medical consultation, treatment and other services, is now open to serve some 6,000 residents of barangay Darong in Sta. Cruz, Davao City. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/15/life/smb.off.site.clinic.1st.in.mindanao.html Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Nelson C. Bagaforo KORONADAL CITY -- A fresh rift has flared up between two foreign companies already at odds with each other over ownership stakes at the huge Tampakan copper and gold project in South Cotabato, it was learned Tuesday. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/15/bus/foreign.firms.quarrel.over.copper.marketing.rights.html Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- The fish port complex here can now accommodate large fishing vessels with the completion of construction works for the deep-water docking facility, a development seen to help boost scarce tuna supplies for canned production, officials said. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/15/bus/fish.port.can.now.hold.large.fishing.vessels.html Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified WITH the proliferation of substandard equal-leg steel angle bars in the local market today, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) through the Bureau of Product Standards (BPS) issued Memorandum Circular 099, series of 2008. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/15/bus/dti.issues.standards.for.leg.steel.angle.bars.html Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE Moro Islamic Liberation Front is turning the tables on the Armed Forces of the Philippines, as the rebels accused government forces of burning more than a dozen houses owned by Muslims in Aleosan, North Cotabato. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/15/news/milf.accuses.military.of.burning.moro.houses.html Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified SIX people were wounded when an M203 grenade placed in a box that children were playing with in Matanao, Davao del Sur exploded Wednesday morning. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/15/news/grenade.blast.hurts.6.in.davao.sur.html Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE armed conflict in North Cotabato is far from over despite the success of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in liberating all 15 barangays that were occupied by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). In a television interview, North Cotabato Vice Governor Emmanuel Piņol said the MILF rebels are just taking a respite and recollecting their forces for more atrocities in the near future. He predicted the armed conflict not to end within 2-3 weeks time. Visit the Beijing Olympics 2008 blog http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/15/news/piņol.war.far.from.over.html Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE regional office of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) 11 is expected to step into the conflict over the mining of nickel reserves at Pujada Bay in the City of Mati, Davao Oriental after the National Commission on Indigenous People (NCIP) has reportedly neglected a group of indigenous people in the area. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/15/news/rights.office.to.step.into.pujada.mining.row.html Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Carlo P. Mallo NATIONAL Master (NM) Elwin Retanal of Malita, Davao del Sur will gun for an International Master (IM) norm when he joins the Philippine team that will see action in two tournaments in Malaysia. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/14/sports/retanal.eyes.im.norm.in.malaysia.html Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified DAVAO City rowers Ruditha Poralan, Amina Annudina, Sanita Kasim, and Jesus Asok formed part of the Philippine team that harvested a total of two golds, four silvers, and three bronze medals in the 8th Asian Dragon Boat Championships that culminated recently in Penang, Malaysia. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/14/sports/davao.rowers.capture.golds.html Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Marianne Saberon-Abalayan THE streetlights have come on. It's two-thirty in the afternoon, Sunday. The sky is black as a boot, threatening to rain, and I've just received my Davao Light bill. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/14/oped/gary.covington.looking.in.html Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Gary Covington Looking In THERE are prophets of doom. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/14/oped/radzini.oledan.slice.of.life.html Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Radzini Oledan Slice Of Life EVEN before anyone from government showed any effort to shed light on why the memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain (MOA-AD) was drafted without giving a hint about it to anyone outside the august circle of Mindanao, peace experts in the government and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace negotiations panel, Manila newspapers are screaming, Charter change. Like, duh? http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/14/oped/editorial.html Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified AND night has fallen... http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/14/life/ibiza.and.world.s.wildest.parties.html Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Jinggoy Salvador I EXPECTED a great time when I won an overnight Corregidor Cruise on a blogging contest at http://celdrantours.blogspot.com. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/14/feat/of.corregidor.s.ghosts.html Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Dorothy Bangayan The Unlonely Planet THE Sabah Tourism Board (SABTB) is promoting Kota Kinabalu as a major destination for the Filipino Mice market. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/14/bus/sabah.tourism.eyes.rp.mice.market.in.roadshow.html Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified TO MARK its 1OOth year, a Japanese company opened its second branch in the Philippines right here in Davao City last August 8. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/14/bus/japan.based.firm.opens.centennial.branch.html Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Grace L. Plata WITH increased tourist arrivals of 200 percent, Zamboanga del Norte will have the chance to show to other business leaders its best destinations as it will host the 17th Mindanao Business Conference (Minbizcon) on August 27 to 29, 2008. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/14/bus/zambo.norte.to.host.7th.mindanao.biz.gab.html Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified KIDAPAWAN CITY -- A top field commander of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) operating in Sultan Kudarat refuted military reports that rebels killed in three-day armed fighting in nearby North Cotabato numbered to more than 30. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/14/news/milf.denies.having.30.war.casualties.html Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Malu Cadelina Manar Correspondent THE Provincial Board (PB) of North Cotabato approved Tuesday a resolution giving financial assistance to victims of the recent skirmishes in the towns of Aleosan, Pikit, Libungan, Pigcawayan and Midsayap. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/14/news/n..cotabato.okays.cash.aid.for.war.victims.html Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified AT LEAST 70 rebels of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) attacked a militia outpost in Matalam, North Cotabato Tuesday morning. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/14/news/milf.attacks.cvo.outpost.in.matalam.html Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is set to file a complaint against the government before the Coordinating Committee on the Cessation of Hostilities (CCCH) for attacking the group of MILF commander Ameril Umbra Kato. In a telephone interview Tuesday, MILF military spokesman Eid Kabalu said Umbra Kato is not a renegade contrary to claims of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Visit the Beijing Olympics 2008 blog http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/14/news/umbra.kato.is.not.a.renegade.milf.html Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Ben O. Tesiorna