ROTARIANS are generally not deterred by pandemics. In fact, they see them as opportunities to serve their communities. So the corona virus did not slow Rotarians down. They just got…
Posts published by “Patmei Bello Ruivivar”
Lifestyle writer
One of the good things brought by the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) is the resurgence of community markets. For those of us cooped up in isolation while staying at home,…
When we started the Davao Food Revolution in April of 2012, its primary goal was to promote access to affordable healthy food in public schools. This was in response to…
The extended enhanced community quarantine has not dampened the community spirit of Davao City residents. In fact, it is thriving. And Exhibit A is the Davao Cluster Wars. Like everything…
Men may dominate the airtime and screen time in most media outlets during this pandemic, but it is actually the women who are at the forefront of COVID-19 response in…
On January 30, 2020, Davao City Mayor Inday Sara Z. Duterte received a very unusual request for an appointment to see her from a young woman, who is also nicknamed…
The Rotary Club of Downtown Davao (RCDD) decided to forego its usual lavish charter anniversary celebration for a low-key one this year in support of Davao City’s precautionary measures to…
“Thank God, I survived. All I ask is to keep praying for me,” was the humble yet triumphant message of the newly installed 23rd Chief of the Philippine National Police…
While the entire country debates what to do with children in conflict of the law — whether to treat them as rational actors who deliberately commit crimes they should be…
