Fr. Amado “Picx” Picardal and 12 other bikers took off from the Archbishop’s Residence in Davao City Easter Monday for Day One of the “Philippine Bike-Tour for Life and Peace,” which started today, March 24, and will run for 56 days covering at least 5,000 kilometers around the country. Fr. Picx said he’ll bike around the archipelago alone but local bikers along the way will accompany him in his journey.

For more information, visit Fr. Picardal’s blogsite.

A zebra-designed dog joins its masters at the beach near Sta. Ana wharf on Easter Sunday. It’s been a tradition of Filipinos to celebrate the Easter Sunday at the beach, which is also the end of the Holy Week.

At P3 each, you might be satisfied with this pork barbecue sold along the streets in Uyanguren area in Davao City. This vendor is just one of the several vendors in the area selling vegetables and fish. It’s like a flea market in the evening.

Davao Auxiliary Bishop George Rimando tells the churchgoers: “O, wala nay tubig, sige na, sige na.”

That’s the story of the photo above. Bishop Rimando ran out of Holy Water and some of the palm fronds of the  churchgoers were not yet blessed. So the people just walked away and failed to have their palm fronds blessed. Why he didn’t tell the  people to wait then get another bottle of Holy Water? Is it really like that? No more refill once they ran out of Holy Water? Weird.

On Friday, Jose De Venecia III, the first to blow the whistle on ZTE-NBN deal, spoke before students at the Assumption College of Davao.  De Venecia visited several school and attended forums on the scandal. He also called for the resignation of President Arroyo.

But many are still asking, what if he got the right price or he was able to join the ‘greedy group?” Will he still blow the whistle? Continue Reading »

What if Ms Arroyo indeed entered into an agreement that allowed the Chinese government to the exploit the natural resources in  Spratly Islands? Will she be impeached? Aside from the NBN-ZTE scandal that she is facing, here comes a bigger issue that the Filipinos should know.

It seems that there is a never ending story of controversies in this administration. While there is an ongoing investigation on ZTE scandal , here comes another one. Now the question is, what’ll be the next one?

Nothing happened to the following: Hello Garci, Fertilizer Scam, NorthRail Project, among others.  Check the alleged scandals here involving the First Family. Also, another list of alleged corruption issues in Arroyo administration.

The recent pronouncement of the local government of Mati that it cannot stop the entry of mining in Davao Oriental is nothing but a lame excuse and could be playing blind on the track record of the BHP Billiton.

If the local government is looking for a clean track record of any mining company that will operate in their area, then they are wrong in allowing the BHP Billiton to operate in the Hamiguitan mountain range, which is a declared protected area. Continue Reading »