OPINION

* Backs stronger disaster resilience measures Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go’s commitment to disaster victims remains as he dispatched his Malasakit Team to Davao Oriental and provided grocery packs to 1,900 more landslide and flood victims from the towns of Banaybanay, Lupon, San Isidro, and Governor Generoso, and Mati City on Thursday, February 8. The lawmaker […]

In the last Social Weather Stations (SWS) Survey, 48% of Filipinos rated themselves as poor. That is equivalent to 13 million households. Meanwhile, the actual poverty incidence in the Philippines stood at 18.1%, according to the Asian Development Bank. Why is it that more people think that they are poor? What is the explanation for […]

Year 2023 may look bleak but for Davao City and Davao Region it still is a banner year. Most significant development is the declaration by the Armed Forces that Davao City, the once hotbed of communist insurgents, is finally insurgent free. This was later followed by the announcement that the rest of the provinces in […]

President Rodrigo Duterte will have a critical role in the forthcoming midterm elections. After all, he is the leader that most governors and mayors in the country continue to look up to. He remains to be the man – the voice of marginalized narratives that society needed to hear. In the mind of his critics, […]

The last time the freedom of the press was curtailed was way back in 1972 when then Pres. Ferdinand E. Marcos, Sr. declared Martial Law. The horror of that regime is deeply etched in our memory. Our erstwhile community newspaper, the Davao Chronicle, was ordered padlocked by Hanz Menzi, the chief centurion appointed by the […]