Davao Blogspace

One of the downsides of blogging is not knowing whether or not your readers are “getting it”. Sure, you know what Gas tungsten arc welding is, but for us mere mortals, that sounds like a bad lab experiment back in college that we’d rather forget about. If you’re familiar with Snap [read on…]

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contributed by Ryan Maboloc President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo should be happy that the most insensitive and the most stupid government in the world exists not in the Philippines but in Myanmar. The decision of the military junta in a country of 47 million impoverished people defies all laws of logic. It renders the [read on…]

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Take a look at the new logo for Davao’s festival of festivals. This year’s members of the promotions committee are all young, energetic and forward-looking Dabawenyos, and that fact is evident in this new image of Kadayawan sa Dabaw. We thought (I was invited to join the promotions committee) that the Kadayawan [read on…]

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Sad news — Caffe Vivere is closing shop sometime soon. Owner Mawie Bawar texted me yesterday and asked if I knew anyone possibly interested in taking over a restaurant business. Unfortunately, Mawie will be relocating back to Manila already, is why. So, I thought it might be good to blog about it, [read on…]

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Watch out for Wordcamp Philippines 2008!

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After realizing that my 2-year-old Compaq laptop (aptly baptized as Maximus) wasn’t serving my needs anymore (despite my fruitless attempts at ‘pimping’ it), I decided to hunt for a new one while I as on a 10-day tour of Manila. In particular, I was looking for a lightweight yet powerful [read on…]

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This is sort of a preemptive post since I said in my earlier one that the contest will end on May 8. Now is May 6, what’s the hurry? First of all, the day after I started the contest, AJ, always faster than a speeding bullet, made his entry [read on…]

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As a city known for landmark legislations for environmental protection, Davao City is now aiming to reduce its solid wastes by 70% . The proposal of the executive department, represented by the City Environmental and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) is now awaiting the approval of the City Council. The proposal aims to [read on…]

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Three Reasons Why Manila Bulletin’s Website is Stuck in the Stone Age: 1. Their links to their news articles expire faster than you can say “Three Reasons Why Manila Bulletin’s Website is Stuck in the Stone Age” 2. Their links are expired, so what’s a regular guy like me to do?! Search! [read on…]

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Another round of PR updates rocked the Ratified.org system today, with 181 blogs gaining Pagerank and only 43 (whew) shaving off some green brownie points. Congrats to the 8 blogs who broke out today: Kubiertos Bakla Ako, May Reklamo? Market Manila Photojunkie Sasha Says… Mapiles.com Lightchasers Photography keyboard monologues A few notable bloggers inching towards the 100 mark: Coy (#122), Brian (#134), [read on…]

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Recently I was engaged in an online exchange of ideas regarding atheism. I’d met Benj of Atheista.net at a bloggers’ get-together in Manila last week, and checking his blog last night, I was regaled by a lengthy treatise on intelligence and belief systems. I respect Benj and I wouldn’t insult his intelligence [read on…]

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Last March 26, 2008, IBM launched a Corporate Service Corps program to help third world countries in various IT-related and socio-economic projects. Over a period of 3 years, the company will be sending about 600 of its employees to do volunteer work. Whether they will be working on a [read on…]

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Google introduces stylin’ new themes for iGoogle done by famous artistic icons such as: (more…)

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I was at a new café that’s recently opened shop in Davao, Kangaroo Coffee Company. It’s on Tionko, just after Bangko Sentral. I’ve been there twice already: the first time with blogger friends, the night before our flight to Manila last week, and this time with Bob Martin (Mindanao.com, Live in [read on…]

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iBlog4 was a huge success, but I have to admit that 90% of the time I wasn’t paying attention to the speakers. For me, it was a success because bloggers got to meet bloggers they’ve never met before. Ok, me being the blind antisocial one, I only met a [read on…]

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I have avoided writing about my experiences with the customer service of Bo’s Coffee Club — the one on F. Torres St. You see, I usually shy away from writing negatively about something that has the potential to change. But when I see it all the time… Today I was at Bo’s [read on…]

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Echoing AJ’s intriguing new blog project, I’d like to do something similar for my blog’s first ever online contest. To join, read the clues below and blog your answer. You can only make one guess and your guess must reveal the blogger’s name and blog URL. The blog post MUST [read on…]

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Landed in Davao City a couple of hours ago. I must say, although I love living in Davao, the less-than-a-week stint in the capital felt like it was cut short (although I actually extended my stay a few days). It had been nearly 3 years since I’d been to Manila before [read on…]

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I live in a compound that sits right beside the Ateneo de Davao High School campus. I’m up early for my flight to Manila — actually, I’ve been up for an hour already. From last night till this early morning, I’d been hearing rambunctious noises over at the campus. Kids. Must’ve [read on…]

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I’m flying to Manila tomorrow and will stay there till the 30th. It’s been more than two years that I haven’t been to the capital! The last time was in 2005 when I lived there for half the year to take care of a couple of business projects. How time flies! I [read on…]

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Lovd By Less is a new open source application lovingly written on Ruby that allows you to start your own social network. Checking the demo, I reckon the company, smartly named “Less Everything“, put a lot of (or less?) thought into this. Definitely not just one of those run-of-the-mill [read on…]

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This morning I was at a planning session for the promotions activities of the Kadayawan sa Dabaw festival. Marco Polo’s Art Boncato invited me just this morning to be a part of this committee. It was rather sudden and spur-of-the-moment, but I gladly obliged. I wouldn’t miss the chance of helping [read on…]

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I got an invitation from Leah Plaxton, Marketing Manager for a new online collaboration app called Projjex, to try out their service. In a nutshell, this is what Projjex is: Projjex is a web-based collaborative task manager that helps small teams share their work. Teams can share tasks, documents, notes, [read on…]

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Two months ago, I was playing around with the idea of adding Alexa data to Ratified.org’s ranking system. That idea, however, was met with great opposition, so I abandoned it. A few days ago though, Alexa announced their new ranking system, which to me is more reliable and credible [read on…]

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When you go around town, you’ll notice quite a few ongoing construction projects and new restaurants and coffee shops. There are more businesses registered with the Department of Trade & Industry, albeit mostly SMEs. It really looks like Davao City is a boomtown again. But if you look closely, you might [read on…]

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When I was in college, I had my ears pierced with tiny gold studs. If memory serves me right, I was the only guy in campus with both ears pierced. It was a statement, yes — aren’t all body ornamentations (rings, studs, tattoos, what have you) done to declare something to [read on…]

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Once again, this country is in a crisis. The Arroyo administration is faced with the task of deciding on the fate of the so-called Magdalo mutineers. Now that the mutineers have been convicted, the palace, probably hoping to gain favors, is looking at pardoning the mutineers. The Philippine Daily Inquirer’s [read on…]

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I got this email from my family’s e-group, and I thought I’d blog about it. I’m not exactly sure if this could work, but, like it says in the email, if enough people join in, it just might have an effect. The gist of it is, if millions of people stop buying [read on…]

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Yep, you read it right! 88DB.com is throwing big bloggers party and you (yes, you — as long as you’re a blogger) are cordially invited! Here are the details: What: 88DB.com Bloggers’ Night When: April 26, 2008 @ 7pm Who: Bloggers of any Pagerank, Alexa Rank, Ratified Rank or whatever How: Just leave a [read on…]

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This is just a clip from the privilege speech of Davao City Councilor Angela “Anging” Librado-Trinidad who is the Chairperson of the Committee on Women, Children, and Family. She is defending the passage of the controversial Local Development Plan for Children. The LDPC is not promoting abortion, [read on…]

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After a week of late night choco munching and In Flames’ on the background, I finally have done tweaking the “minima” template. This would be my new face of my blog for the next few months. I hope people who might see this will like it as [read on…]

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Another SCAM.. Beware ============== COCA COLA THE COCA COLA COMPANY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARD DEPT COCA COLA AVENUE STAMFORD BRIDGE GREECE SW1V 3DW GREECE THE COCA COLA COMPANY OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual Queen Elizabeth the II Coca Cola promotion final draws held on the(9th April 2008) by Coca-Cola [read on…]

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Here is a summary of the speech delivered by Davao City Councilor Teresita Mata-Marañon on her Grounds for Opposition to the Local Development Plan for Children: It is a mockery of parental authority and not consistent with respect for family, motherhood and children’s dignity. It is offensive to the virtue of chastity. The civil [read on…]

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Last Tuesday, I attended the regular session of the Davao City Council. The gallery was full of pro-life advocates anticipating the passage of the Local Development Plan for Children (LDPC). During the privilege hour, Councilor Teresita Mata-Marañon spoke of her reasons for opposing the plan. The pro-life advocates [read on…]

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The Yamaha Evolution 2008 is now happening at the SM Mall of Davao. There will be a concert tomorrow featuring Bamboo!

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The Materials Engineering Exam Results for March 2008 will soon be available in this page. To receive updates regarding the results, you may subscribe to our updates via SMS, Feed Reader, or E-mail. These mentioned subscriptions are 100% free. We recommend you to subscribe in all of our free services so [read on…]

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I started the last day of the week with so much work. I went back to the office for some reporting but was instructed to go to another school for some problem. The network printers aren’t working and you can’t even locate them on the server whom the printers [read on…]

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by Ben Serrano - April 11, 2008 SURIGAO CITY- The grandson of former Surigao del Norte Governor Jose Vazquez has filed before Regional Trial Court here cancellation of the Mineral Production Sharing Agreement (MPSA) of one of the biggest nickel mining firm in the Caraga Region, Philippine Nickel Corporation (Philnico) who [read on…]

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MAITUM, Sarangani (April 10, 2008) – Mayor Elsie Perrett (3rd from left) and Pinol Barangay Captain Lamia Mala (3rd from right) meet with Kimboy Bayang (center), chair of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front provincial committee at the cave site where measures to protect the cave from looters and treasure hunters were [read on…]

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By RUSSTUM G. PELIMA MAITUM, Sarangani (April 10, 2008) – Local government unit (LGU) officials and leaders of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) agreed Wednesday (April 9) to form a joint security group in order to safeguard a newly-found anthropomorphic burial site in barangay Pinol. The new cave’s entrance, adjacent to Ayob [read on…]

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A swarm of people yesterday at Gaisano Mall of Davao, owing to the job fair. Not a bad idea holding it at the mall: it's accessible and it has the space, and the mall makes a killing from the additional sales arising from increased foot traffic. It also becomes a one-stop [read on…]

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MAITUM, Sarangani (April 10, 2008) – Lingling Jabel holds an almost intact man-shaped burial jar uncovered in the same mountain site near Ayob Cave where 2000-year old jars were found in 1991. Jabel helped the 1991 excavation. (Photo by Elizabeth R. Palma Gil/MAITUM INFORMATION OFFICE)

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MAITUM, Sarangani (April 10, 2008) – Mayor Elsie Perrett (center) looks at the cave finds in barangay Pinol accidentally uncovered by quarry workers Saturday, April 5, as quarry site owner Lingling Jabel (left) holds an anthropomorphic (man-shaped) jar with a broken cover and Barangay Captain Lamia Mala with a jar. (Photo by [read on…]

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