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“WE, THE ONES WHO ARE CHALLENGED NEED TO BE HEARD AND SEEN NOT JUST AS A DISABILITY, BUT AS A PERSON WHO HAS AND WILL CONTINUE TO BLOOM. BE SEEN NOT ONLY AS A HANDICAP, BUT AS A WELL INTACT HUMAN BEING.”Every after four years, Abilympics Internatio…
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[Media Release] The City Government of Davao, in cooperation with the Davao Association of Tour Operators and the Davao Tourism Association, will be holding the 1st Davao Summerfest from April 29 to May 29, 2011. In full support of this endeavor are the Davao Travel Agency Association, GUIDE-Davao, Small Hotels Association of Davao, Davao Airline [...]
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Bangkok Wok is now 2 years old, and to celebrate their second anniversary, they have come up with a special deal — Wok All You Can! Instead of a buffet spread, Bangkok Wok lets you order from a special menu as much as you can. This means that you…
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Ten artists from Cebu, Davao, Manila and France will converge this 28th of March in CULTURAL CONFLUENCE II, an art exhibit that aims to cross boundaries in terms of artistic expression and cultures. First ran in Cebu City last year at the SM Art Center, the Davao Museum of History and Ethnography takes the challenge [...]
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Today marks the City of Davao’s 74th Foundation Day. Davao is a blessed city: a vast land that is rich, a climate that is enviable (if a bit too humid at times), and a people who — though not possessing a long history vis-à-vis the Philippines’ major tribes — do come together as Dabawenyos and [...]
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Samal, that gem of an island to the east of Davao City, is gearing up to be the summer destination of 2011. The Island Garden City of Samal (“IGACoS”), through the Samal Island Tourism Council, and in tandem with the Department of Tourism – Region 11, is cooking up a summer-long series of deightful events [...]
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In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Edsa Revolution, Davao City joined the nationwide effort to keep the spirit of People Power alive through a “freedom run”, which happened early this morning. The event kicked off simultaneously in Manila (on Edsa, of course), Vigan, Zambales, Clark (Pampanga), Legaspi (Bicol), Cebu City, Dipolog City, Davao [...]
Hanabi Weekend — 2nd International Pyromusical Competition is a post from: Batang Yagit
Hanabi Weekend — 2nd International Pyromusical Competition is a post from: Batang Yagit It turns out my weekend didn’t go as dry as expected. You see, I started becoming busy at work after my team’s new project peaked last week. I even reported to work last weekend to start catching up with our work schedule. [...]
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With the success of its first running event, RunClub Davao is keeping the momentum with a new adventure, the “Asics Davao Run”, which will happen on 20 February 2011 at 5:00a.m. The starting line will be at Plaza del Carmen, A. Loyola St., Bo. Obrero, Davao City. RunClub, the first and only Running Specialty Store [...]
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Romano Venuti, of Swiss Deli and Picobello Ristorante Italiano fame, celebrated his birthday this year with panache at the Waterfront Insular Hotel last Sunday. The highlight of the event — in the culinary sense anyway — was his pescatorial gift from one of his business partners of one whole dayana or opah (a.k.a. moonfish). When [...]
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Touring Iloilo is a post from: Batang Yagit
Touring Iloilo is a post from: Batang Yagit It has been years since I last went to Iloilo. The last time was when I first went to Boracay. We went with the Iloilo-Aklan route back then and the only place I was to visit in Iloilo was the old Iloilo Airport. I arrived in Iloilo [...]
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Limbunan was finally screened in the city of my birth last Thursday. It was an important and critical screening of the film. Born there in the late 1970s, and having left the city in the mid 1990s, it was sort of a homecoming for me. A prodigal son ret…
LAST CALL to those who are attending the 4th Mindanao Bloggers Summit – We are closing the online registration on October 27, 2010 at 11:59 PM. Who can register? Any past or present Mindanao resident who has a blog (WordPress, Blogger, Live Journal, I.com, Multiply, Friendster, Imeem, Facebook, etc. or a self-hosted blog) or even [...]
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Garden Orchid Hotel has agreed to give 50% discount on their room rates for MBS4 participants. Original Rates (Peso) ROOMS - Single – Twin Standard – 3,500 – 4,250 Superior – 4,000 – 4750 De Luxe – 4,250 – 5,000 Suite – 10,000 Extra bed – 500 More partner hotels to be confirmed tomorrow. Contact [...]
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The new ambassador of the United States to Manila, His Excellency Harry K. Thomas Jr., hosted an Iftar reception last night at his official residence in Forbes Park. I was fortunate to have been invited to be among Filipino and foreign dignitaries in an Islamic tradition that has long been held by the American government. [...]
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[Media Release] Manila—Birdwatchers, conservationists and eco-tourism promoters from all over Asia and elsewhere have their eyes on the Philippines, which is hosting Asia’s first-ever region-wide bird festival. The Wild Bird Club of the Philippines said the First Asian Bird Fair will be held in Davao City from 24 to 26 September 2010, in tandem with [...]
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Buenas dias, Mindanao Bloggers!
The Zamboanga Bloggers Community officially announces the 4th edition of the Mindanao Bloggers Summit on October 29-31, 2010 in the Asia’s Latin City, Ciudad de Zamboanga.
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Probably the most gratifying compliment I got after my WordPress talk at the Asian Bloggers & Social Media Conference in Kuala Lumpur last 29 July 2010 was when a gentleman from an English-language training company left me his name card with this message scrawled in: “Great presentation! You sold me on WordPress!” In fact, the [...]
In an effort to bring attention to a serious social problem in the Philippines, Kraft Foods Phils. has undertaken a worthy corporate social responsibility project called Cheez Whiz Palamantasan ng Sarap, Sustansya at Saya. In coordination with the Department of Education, this nationwide campaign was launched in Davao City last 17 July 2010 to help [...]
All roads lead to the Cultural Center of the Philippines for the much awaited sixth edition of the Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival. Cineastes from Metro Manila and the regions will converge once again in this venue, and so will film programmers fr…
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