Early this year, the drainage system in this portion of JP Laurel Avenue in Bajada was repaired. But I wonder why it’s still flooded whenever there’s heavy rain. There was a time that the flood water submerged the floor of Chowking. Some vehicles could not cross, too. They would turn around and look for other routes.

More photos here.

I was in Bankerohan market this morning with Davao Today’s Barry Ohaylan. It’s so distressing to see these people queue and waited for the NFA rice retailer to release the mandated two kilos of rice for each person. Most of them said that they’ve started to line up as early as 1a.m.! Then as the rice dealer came in to the crowd and distributed number tags, the crowd became pretty unruly as they scuffle to get the tags. Continue Reading »