Archive for September, 2007
A Bagobo woman in her native dress.
Davao is a culturally diverse city. Many tribes settled on this land long before Christian migrants all over the Philippines arrived. But then, when an overwhelming number of waves upon waves of Christian Filipino migrants from Visayas and Luzon came, it pushes the tribes to settle further inland. However, the tribes own culture is preserve and respected [...]
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My Trip To Gen. Santos City
Last week I went to Gen. Santos City to accompany my brother for his business trip. It’s not my first time in GenSan, I’d been there before but it was a long time ago. Gen. Santos City is famous for its tuna and other marine products and of course the hometown of world renowned boxing champ Manny Pacquiao. It is [...]
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Bargain hunters are flocking at Victoria Plaza to buy cheap books and clothings.
Long ago, Victoria Plaza’s interior was at its best and the mall was home to many classy stores for shoppers. The coolness, the ambiance was excellent and the enjoyment of spending your time shopping, watching movies from one of their 6 cinemas or just hanging around the mall with friends is worthwhile. I remember watching blockbuster movies sitting on the [...]
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The pioneer of shopping malls in Davao City is no other than Victoria Plaza in Bajada.
In the early 90’s, Victoria Plaza became the first mall in Davao City. I remember how people got so excited on the opening day and went their to experience for the first time what its like being in a mall. It also triggered the beginning [...]
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Written by Walter I. Balane / MindaNews
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / September 7) – Muslims around the country, with majority living in Mindanao will start the Holy month of Ramadhan starting next week, Muslim scholars ring the bell for the season in a press conference here.
Officials of the Ulama League of the Philippines announced Friday they [...]
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The SM City Davao is not as big as those in Metro Manila but it is just enough for a city of 1.6 million people (Metro Manila’s population is more than 12 million). The malls interior looks like any other SM Malls so you can’t see any uniqueness with this one. But, its great to [...]
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Davao is the most urbanized city in Mindanao and off course part of being an urban center is to have big malls for shopping. In Davao City, there are 5 big malls located strategically everywhere in the city. The Ayala and Robinsons are planning to put up their malls in Davao too so it means more [...]
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Who’s Connected To Davao?
The Davao International Airport is Mindanao’s only world class airport and according to this website three international airports are servicing direct flights linking to Davao City. Lets find out who they are:
Palau International Airport
Country: Palau
City: Koror
Airline To Davao: Asian Spirit
Info:
Palau is one of the most extraordinary diving spots on this planet. Far to the southwest of Micronesia the Republic of Belau [...]
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The island of Mindanao for the first six months in 2007 raked in P4.3 billion of investments registered at the Board of Investments (BOI) and PHIVIDEC Industrial Estate with Region XI with the biggest investments valued at P2.792 billion.
He said there were18 registered projects and the Davao Region cornered eight, followed by Phividec with [...]
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China Town in Davao City
Vice Mayor Inday Duterte with the City Council unveils the 2nd proposed Chinese Arch in Davao City.
Davao China Town’s first arch along Uyaguren Street is finally taking shape.
From: jade_EMPEROR (tsinoy.com Forum)
Tsinoys in Davao dominates the business sector and the economy its just like anyware else in the country. Davao tsinoys are regarded as first class citizens. They are huge [...]
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