By Gerbs R. De Castro (Notes: Gerbs R. de Castro, my next-door neighbor in my hometown of Tugatog, Malabon, has been a true-blue Truefaith fan since 1993. Such is his devotion to the band that he has taken it upon himself to be the administrator of the longest-running unofficial Truefaith forum. He is also the [...]
My wife Dadai is an artist, and a unique one at that: while she is adept at media like watercolor, pastel, oil, and charcoal, she is also one of the very few people who paint with soil. Yes, soil, as in the very ground we walk on. She started with this new medium in 2000, [...]
On the night of November 20, 2009, Fr. Alberto Alejo, SJ, of the Ateneo de Davao University received an unexpected visitor. He had just finished reciting one of his poems at the opening night of the Conference and Festival on Culture and Arts for Peace, and he went back to his office because he was [...]
Interestingly, the poem Fr. Alejo had recited on the night that Toy Mangudadatu had come to see him was “Sanayan Lang Ang Pagpatay.” Here’s the full text:
How green is Phoenix? This was the question I threw at the homegrown petroleum company’s president and CEO, Dennis Uy, during a Christmas lunch he hosted for Davao City media last Monday (December 21). I felt that as a company based in Davao City, Phoenix Petroleum ought to be at the forefront of protecting the [...]
Trying to be true to my diet, I decided to order the crispy lapu-lapu during the Phoenix media lunch held last Monday at Bistro Rosario here in Davao City. When the waiter came back he gave me this plate, and I called his attention. “I think you gave me the wrong dish,” I said. “I [...]
“Tatay” Rene Lumawag, Davao City’s most respected photojournalist, handed me this blast from the past: a photo of me with renowned artist Mauro Malang Santos (who was, believe it or not, conferred the National Artist Award only early this year) during an exhibit at The Royal Mandaya Hotel. I can’t remember what year this was [...]
The Philippines isn’t exactly known for good hamburgers, and Davao City even less so. If you’re a Davaoeño with a hankering for beef patties in a bun, all that’s been available to you are fast food types that don’t really hit the spot. Even the few specialty stores here always seem to come up short [...]
Maybe it’s because the end of the school year is nearing — it’s certainly not because I’m particularly popular — but these days I’ve been getting interviewed by students more and more often for their theses and senior projects. One such interview I wrote about here, and then the other day a media colleague who’s taking her master’s degree in journalism asked me to help her by way of sharing my thoughts on some issues that affect me as a journalist.
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