In the 1930s, Davao’s population increased because of the abaca boom. We became the world’s number one supplier of Abaca through Japanese efforts. Davao was called Little Tokyo because we had the world’s biggest Japanese colony. After World War II ended in 1945, Bishop Thibault...
When a couple celebrates their 25th year of marriage, it is called “silver anniversary,” on their 50th year, golden anniversary, and on the 75th year, diamond jubilee. Looking back, I was an 8-year-old grade 3 student in 1949. My mother was a good friend of...
Pope Francis repeatedly stressed that reading, understanding and applying the bible in our daily lives will strengthen our faith and make us children of God. Bible comes from the Greek words Ta biblia meaning sacred books. It was written about 2,000 years ago first in...
I will be 83 years old this 2024. I accept that my days are getting shorter, my eyes are getting hazy, can hardly hear and talk, can barely move. I easily forget and easily get tired. I am a Jurassic body of aches and pains....
Mr. Antonio Lopez serves as the editor-in-chief of a business magazine, a PhilStar newspaper columnist, and a magna cum laude graduate in journalism from the University of Santo Tomas (U.S.T.). In his PhilStar column on December 21, he expressed his thoughts about Filipino 15-year-olds, stating...
Wear short Barongs or white long/short sleeve shirts with dark pants. This is how people want you to look in business. No long hair, no beard, no beads/trinkets, no jeans. Never say what you really think. Say what people want to hear with a...
Get a map of Davao City, put your left thumb on where San Pablo Church is and use your point finger (hintuturo) to make a circle, inside that circle will be parts of McArthur Road and Quimpo Blvd. Inside/near the circle are: 1. Mapua, 2....
The world feels a great sigh of relief now that 2023 will soon be gone. With the next breath, we wonder if the 2024 dragon will bring peace, prosperity and cover up all the losses, pains and calamities of 2023. From a materialistic and rationalistic...
Babylonian astrologers 3,000 years ago believe they could look into the future by analyzing the movements of planets, stars, spheres. Today’s futurologist using computers and AI think they have a better, simpler way of knowing what the fates have for us. The reality is what...
On November 10 our youngest daughter got the school cards of her 2 girls (grade two and one). One had higher grades but we did not make comparison because it will demoralize the one with lower grades (average 88). I encourage them saying their grades...