Araw ng Dabaw 2013
by Xtian Mack on March 8, 2013This year's Araw ng Dabaw celebration promises to be a grand spectacle of life and progress as Davaoenos everywhere break into dance, pageantry and merriment throughout this very progressive city. Araw ng Dabaw, or Day of Davao, is the festival held every March 16, Davao's cityhood day and features a bewildring array of exciting and colorful events all throughout the weeks leading to the main event.
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12th Musikahan sa Tagum Festival 2013
by Jhaypee Guia on February 25, 2013Tagum City, “Music Capital of the South”, celebrated its 12th Musikahan sa Tagum Festival on February 19-24, 2013. It is the biggest music celebration in Davao that showcases the talents and skills of Tagumeños when it comes to music writing, composition, and stage performances.
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Mati Diocese Church Survived Typhoon Pablo
by Jhaypee Guia on January 31, 2013Before the year ended, Typhoon Pablo, recorded as the strongest cyclone in 2012 that hit the Philippines, affected many provinces in the Philippines, causing massive damage and loss to lives and properties. The province of Davao Oriental was one of the affected areas. The typhoon Pablo hit the town of Caraga; its surroundings were ruined and wrecked. After Typhoon Pablo in the province, everyone was surprised when the church survived from the lashing of the typhoon.
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Philippine Hanging Parrot or Kulasisi
by Xtian Mack on November 16, 2012The Philippine Hanging Parrot (Loriculus philippensis) is also widely known as the Colasisi, taken from its local Tagalog name, "Kulasisi". It is a small parrot species of the Psittaculidae family. It includes about eleven subspecies, which are all native to only the Philippines; however, the exact taxonomy is unclear, and at least one of the subspecies might become split off and become a separate species if further research provides clarification. They are mainly green with areas of red, orange, yellow, and blue varying between subspecies. Only the males have a red area on their fronts, except for the population living on Camiguin, where neither male nor female have this red area. They make nests in tree holes and, unusually for a parrot, the female takes nesting material back to the nest.
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Philippine Eagle
by Xtian Mack on November 15, 2012The Philippine Eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi), also known as the Monkey-eating Eagle, is an eagle of the family Accipitridae that is endemic to forests in the Philippines. It has brown and white-coloured plumage, and a shaggy crest, and generally measures 86 to 102 cm (2 ft 10 in to 3 ft 4 in) in length and weighs 4.7 to 8 kilograms (10 to 18 lb). It is considered the largest of the extant eagles in the world in terms of length, with the Steller's Sea Eagle and the Harpy Eagle being larger in terms of weight and bulk. Among the rarest and most powerful birds in the world, it has been declared the Philippine national bird. It is critically endangered, mainly due to massive loss of habitat due to deforestation in most of its range. Killing a Philippine Eagle is punishable under Philippine law by twelve years in jail and heavy fines.
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