For three Christmases now, we’ve been celebrating under the pall of calamity—“Sendong” in Cagayan de Oro and Iligan in 2010; “Pablo” in Davao and ComVal in 2011.
Two decades ago, Pearl Farm Resort in Davao made it to Architectural Digest which noted its modern Filipino aesthetics.
Wine was cooking when we arrived for cocktails. You read right. It’s called gløg; our host, Geir Sikko, general manager of Davao City’s Park Inn Hotel, wanted his guests to taste something from Norway, his home country.
It’s a word that cuts across the multiple languages of the Philippines. Dayaw may mean many things: “praise” in Bisaya and Waray; “respect” and “honor” in Ilocano; “gathering” in T’boli, to name a few.
How to get there: Take the bus from Victory Liner Cubao terminal; the fare going to Baguio is P445. If you’ll be coming from the Pasay terminal, the fare is P455. Deluxe buses with lavatories and more comfortable seats cost P715 one-way.
Quiet days are better than the frenzied state of fiesta one encounters when visiting a place. So I was thankful that the invitation to go to Davao was before the Kadayawan, the annual festival of the capital city on the third week of August.
“I was in a whole bunch of bands and went to gigs whenever I could,” she said, flipping her red-colored hair, which appears to be her source of youth.
In Davao City, the Bajada district has been synonymous with commerce and the concrete jungle. Last summer, Abreeza Mall transformed the drab gray landscape into
Have you ever wanted a rest house in the southern part of the country? Recent discussions with friends had me looking for locations in the
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