Campus & Culture
Spending Friday Nights with Mindanao Music
Mindanao Music organized ‘On Fridays, We Play Originals’ in partnership with The MuzicSkool Project and Abreeza which enables locally composed songs in Mindanao to be heard and to encourage young songwriters to create more music. Maric Gavino, the man behind the song ‘Ampalaya’ and Pao Lofranco, composer of the popular hit song ‘Dvoeña’, together with his band, The Gaws, were the first artists featured...
Colorful Opening Ceremony Marks 2nd Edition of Inaul Festival
Inaul Festival is a week-long celebration that promotes the colorful Inaul fabric that reflects the vibrance of the Maguindanaon culture, together with the weavers who painstakingly created them. Inaul is Maguindanao's local hand-woven fabric. It is a treasured cultural tradition as it captures the Maguindanao symbol of distinction and royalty and is passed from mothers to daughters. This year's festival revolves...
Top Performing Schools in Davao based on the number of board topnotchers
Ateneo de Davao University is Davao's number 1 top performing school based on a research conducted by Davao Eagle Online. Last May, one of its graduates, Richard Baguio Saavedra, topped the Certified Public Accountant Licensure Examination. He garnered 96 percent rating, the highest among the 1,553 passers across the country. A month after, Kenneth Yap grabbed the 1st spot...
Indak-Indak sa Kadalanan: Experience of a First-Timer
"Taga-Davao ba jud ka?!" is the usual response I get when I mention my distaste for Durian or the fact that I've never witnessed a Kadayawan celebration on the streets. However, I decided to change the latter and experience an actual Indak-indak sa Kadalanan. The Indak-Indak sa Kadalanan is a Kadayawan tradition that celebrates the diverse cultures of our region....
All set for 2nd Inaul Festival in Maguindanao
Spotlight on for Maguindanaon women weavers in Mindanao as the Provincial Government of Maguindanao celebrate this years Inaul Festival, come February 5-14 in the Municipality of Buluan. Inaul, a Maguindanaon word that literally means “woven”, is a unique fabric manually and meticulously woven and is no longer confined to “malong” and other traditional garments. The color of inaul fabric reflects the...
There could be a happy place for everyone
Over a decade ago, there were 4.5 million cases reported on this silent illness called depression. Due to its social stigma, no one really wants to step up front and get diagnosed with it. As a result, not enough study or monitoring is being done in the Philippines for the moment. It is estimated that for every 90 depressives, only...
San Pedro College Bags 5th Place in November 2014 Nursing Board Exams
Out of 26,690 nursing graduates who took the Nurse Licensure Examination last November 29-30 2014, 15,292 were lucky enough to bag their anticipated “RN” title. NLE was conducted in various testing centers nationwide: Manila, Baguio City, Laoag, Angeles, Cabanatuan, Cebu, Dagupan, Davao, Iloilo, Legazpi, Lucena, Pagadian, Tacloban, Tuguegarao, Zamboanga, Cagayan de Oro (CDO) and Bacolod. San Pedro College of Davao, considered...
DMSF Grads Tops Physician Board Exam, DMSF Ranks No 9
Two graduates of the Davao Medical School Foundation (DMSF) landed in the top 10 in the recent Philippine Physician Licensure Examination given last August 2014. DMSF also garnered a 90.10% passing rate making it the 9th-best performing school in the nation and the top performing school in Mindanao with 50 or more examinees. Francis Gerwin Uy Jalipa ranked 2nd place...
