BRISBANE (MindaNews / 08 January) –‘Blessed are the pure in heart…’ Fernando Capalla faced me from across his large desk, his elbows resting on his swivel’s armrests and his gaze softened by empathy. I and my wife Neng were there
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 19 March) — A senior executive from Mindanao’s private sector has expressed support for the extension of the transition deadline of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), saying that such additional legroom “will further
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 2 February) – How does climate change affect business operations, particularly on production, labor, and value chains? Businessman Antonio Peralta, in a Rotary Club gathering Wednesday, offered some disturbing answers, and challenging solutions. Peralta chairs the
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 27 August) — Fried chicken lunch, sometime in 1992. “We’ve been having fried chicken for lunch from Beach Club over the last many years,” jokes Paul Dominguez, who is seated with us in a wood-panelled conference
It’s a pretty good crowd for a Saturday And the manager gives me a smile ‘Cause he knows that it’s me they’ve been coming to see To forget about life for a while —Billy Joel, “Piano Man” It’s funny how
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews /21 November) — So, there. It’s done, finally. What many of us thought to be, well, unthinkable, has happened: the noontime burial of the late stongman in the Libingan ng mga Bayani. It hasn’t been ten hours
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 06 October) — What does it take to be a wartime president? That’s what Duterte is, for all intents and purposes, if you still think his juggernaut against illegal drugs doesn’t constitute a full-blown war. I
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/14 May) — If the rise of “promdi” Rody Duterte to the presidency is phenomenal in itself, what does one call the prospects of a Mindanao economic “rebirth” under his watch? Limitless? Overwhelming? Inspiring? If residents and leaders
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/11 July) – Around this time last year, in a conversation with then Davao Archbishop Fernando Capalla, I asked him what “secularistic” meant. He answered that it roughly translated to “worldly,” from the Latin word speculum. “Secular, materialism,
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/25 October) — The state will hunt them down. That’s what the President promised the bereaved kin of the slain soldiers last Friday. Stopping late at night at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, Mr. Aquino said he would
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/01 July) — In 1986, when the country was bathed in the yellow glow of hope and happiness, I joined Cory Aquino’s government upon the invitation of Marriz Agbon, an old friend from Davao. Marriz was assistant director
