DOTP Fast Fact Cards

As you may have noticed by now, we are building the DOTP Fast Fact Cards in our Facebook Page with links to where we got it from. Hopefully those interested in studying or knowing tidbits on the history of Davao (city and province. This is a slow build, so we putting them up when I…

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Sta. Ana District

Before the war, Davao then a new chartered city had two districts, Downtown and  Sta. Ana. Between the two was an expanse of coconuts, nipas and marshlands. Oyanguren then was a long dusty road, and clearly inhabited towards the end. And as per Antonio Figueroa in his column on the founding of the district or…

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Our public spaces, becoming a public dump

Where have our public spaces gone? So many years ago, we had a living and breathable public spaces, public parks and beaches that families could enjoy a lazy Sunday. Where the families could just relax, frolic, cool down and enjoy the sceneries and each other’s presence. One example which I’d like to think as the…

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Way kinita ko!

I grew hearing expressions from either my Mom or my Lola when in their exasperation would blurt out something in Minandaya. And until now, these are the phrases that would send me to chuckles. My late Mom, when hearing something and she would disapprove or sort of, would mumble something like this, “Way kinita ko!”…

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