government infrastructure
Feng shui for NAIA3??
Monday, September 15th, 2008I read in the papers today that a Ninoy Aquino International Airport official (who prefers to be anonymous) is considering feng shui to “fend off ‘evil spirits’ that may be haunting the NAIA Terminal 3.”
O.M.G.
This high-ranking official was wise to request anonymity from that newspaper.
Feng shui is a body of practices invented by the Chinese [...]
Bankerohan Bridge photos
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 Recently, I invited my good friends Christian Te and Chattee Lara to a photo shoot of the newly-constructed Governor Generoso Bridge I (more popularly known as Bankerohan Bridge). The two were game for it, and we braved the traffic on the bridge last night.
Both are avid photobugs, and are members of the Fanatic Photographers [...]
Local government modernization
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008With all the Internet-based services and new technologies available to the global audience, it’s rather frustrating that we still don’t have a full-service mapping system for Davao City. All we have available are tourist maps that aren’t even to scale, and road maps that aren’t really road maps at all.
The city government actually has a [...]
Bankerohan Bridge is open!
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008Finally, after a year and a couple of months, the new Bankerohan Bridge is open to serve the riding public. Just in time for school opening!
I’m going to try and post some photos of the new bridge. It’s a completely new structure, which was built in a span of 3 or 4 months, if I’m [...]
Davao-Samal bridge: at what cost?
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008In last Monday’s issue of Edge Davao, my fellow columnist, Mr. Aurelio Peña of Trading Post, wrote about the planned bridge that will span the gulf from mainland Davao to the island of Samal. We haven’t even finished rebuilding Bankerohan Bridge yet… but I digress.
Mr. Peña’s article was entitled “Arab money to build Davao-Samal bridge“. [...]
People’s Park
Sunday, December 16th, 2007The old PTA Grounds, which was recently renovated and given a major makeover, is now known as “People’s Park.” The winner of the name-the-park contest is Romeo Sardon, 75, of Matina. He won the P50,000 prize money for having his entry chosen to be the park’s name from now on. Sardon is a retired electrician [...]