LETTERS FROM DAVAO
“Na bad shot tayo” (Letters from Seattle by Jun Ledesma)
Davao del Norte from a dot com (Letters from Seattle by Jun Ledesma)
A case of horrible ignorance (Letters from Seattle by Jun Ledesma)
Sizzling weather in Ayungin (Letters from Seattle by Jun Ledesma)
A voice from under (Letters from Davao by Jun Ledesma)
A week of festivity and insanity (Letters from Davao by Jun Ledesma)
Davao City, the land of the Maisug (Letters from Davao by Jun Ledesma)
Corruption uncovered in the midst of ruins (Letters from Davao by Jun Ledesma)
Davao’s Year of the Dragon (Letters from Davao by Jun Ledesma)
Of environmental and political changes (Letters from Davao by Jun Ledesma)
“Na bad shot tayo” (Letters from Seattle by Jun Ledesma)Watching my country from across the Pacific Ocean is like watching a fish drowning in water. So vast are the potentials yet so wanting. Inept politicians had made life so miserable. Yesterday Nekkei Asia News reported that the Philippines saw 100% drops from 2022. That means no new investments or construction projects at all since […]
Davao del Norte from a dot com (Letters from Seattle by Jun Ledesma)It’s incredible how the internet of things could reduce the huge wide world into what seems like just your neighborhood. In nano seconds for as long as I am awake, I can see and hear what are unraveling in places and little nooks in Davao Region and elsewhere in the country. And yes I can […]
A case of horrible ignorance (Letters from Seattle by Jun Ledesma)From where I am today, I can feel the wind of change in my homeland. The simmering heat is not enough to warm the chilling of political accord that pervade for some time now. That statement coming from Bongbong Marcos being “horrified” by the bilateral talks between former President Rodrigo Duterte and Pres. Xi Jinping […]
Sizzling weather in Ayungin (Letters from Seattle by Jun Ledesma)The fools in and out of the government bureaucracy have been gearing out for war. The tenant in Malacanang had made the rounds around the globe with two agenda. The first was to woo investors the next to seek support in case of an armed conflict with China over Ayungin shoal and if Taiwan is […]
A voice from under (Letters from Davao by Jun Ledesma)Domingo Ang, the President of PhilExport, Davao Chapter, showed on his Facebook page fresh cargoes of durian that are to be exported to China by a group of farmers. In a separate note he informed me that about 6,000 fishermen will start receiving support from Chinese traders who are keen on importing carrageenan from Davao. […]