Davao Wants You: KRISPY KREME DOUGHNUTS

Krispy Kreme Doughnut is not yet available here in Davao City. And it’s an injustice!!!

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Full Araw ng Dabaw Schedule Now Available On-line!

The full schedule of the 71st Araw ng Dabaw Festival is now available on-line at arawngdabaw.com.
The list includes the official events of the Araw ng Dabaw Execom as well non-official events such as the Munting Mutya ng Dabaw, Miss Teen International Grand Finals, SM City’s Araw ng Dabaw Celebrity Tour and many more.
You can view [...]

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80% Mall-Wide Sale at NCCC!

The NCCC Mall of Davao welcomes you to three days of sale madness.
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Attention, bargain hunters of Davao City!
To celebrate the 71st Araw ng Dabaw, NCCC will have a whooping 80% MALL WIDE SALE from March 14 to March 16! The three NCCC outlets that will be included in the super sale are NCCC Mall, [...]

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Queensland Davao Rates

Please excuse the poor quality of the picture above.
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Two weeks ago, I wrote a blog entry about Valentines Day in Davao and mentioned in jest that Queensland and Prince Court Motels will surely be busy for Valentines.

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Introducing the 15 Mutya Semi-Finalists (Updated)

Contestant No. 7 Kristabelle Go (seventh from right) topped the Mutya Talent Search held at the Gasiano Mall last Tuesday, February 26.
Photo courtesy of Digilution.

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Here’s the list of the fifteen (15) Mutya Semi-Finalists.
Contestant No.1
Vanessa Ruth Chan
21 years old, 5′5.
Graduate of B.S Nursing

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More on Mutya ng Dabaw 2008

Group shot of the 15 semi-finalists. I must say that these ladies make up for the loveliest bunch of mutya-wannabes in recent years.
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Here are more pictures from the selection of fifteen finalists for Mutya ng Dabaw last Friday, Feb. 22. I saw some pictures taken from the talent show earlier today, but I can’t post [...]

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No work tomorrow! Whoooooooo!

No work in a day means lots of time to go out, stroll and have fun. Of course you don’t want to do anything stupid like the idiot above, but at least you get the idea.
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When tita Cory, tito Fidel and manong JPE led the way to People Power 22 years ago, they didn’t just [...]

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White Castle Girl among 15 Mutya Finalists!

Introducing the semi-finalists for the Mutya ng Dabaw. Two former candidates of the 2006 Hiyas ng Kadayawan – Vida Maya Kho (middle, gray and black halter) and Jeorge Peñanuevo (beside Koh, light blue dress) – are considered by many as front-runners for this year’s Mutya crown. Photo courtesy of Ms. Irina “Mamai” Ignacio.
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Jeorge Peñanuevo, [...]

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Selection of fifteen mutya semi-finalists tomorrow!

Heads up, Dabawenyos!
The selection of fifteen (15) semi-finalists for the 2008 Mutya ng Dabaw will be held tomorrow, February 22, at the NCCC Mall.
I’m not sure about the exact time yet, but based on earlier editions of the Mutya ng Dabaw, I assume that this year’s semi-finals will start at around 2 PM.
Following the selection [...]

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Araw ng Dabaw Parade Re-scheduled for Pacquiao Fight

Millions of moolah. Millions of viewers. And one traditional parade derailed just for him. The pressure is on for Manny Pacquiao.
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Ever since Dabawenyos began observing the Araw ng Dabaw decades ago, the annual Street Parade has always been held during the morning. This year however, Davao Mayor Rodrigo Duterte decided to move the Parade later [...]

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