Year of the Dragon

Year of the Dragon. Sky lanterns or Kongming lanterns are launched by Davaoenos at the Magsaysay Park on the eve of the Chinese New Year in Davao City on Jan. 22, 2012. The Filipino-Chinese community in Davao City has chosen to release the lanterns in lieu of firecrackers which are banned in the city. (MindaNews photo by Ruby Thursday More)





Q&A with Maguindanao Gov. Esmael Mangudadatu

Q&A with Maguindanao Gov. Esmael Mangudadatu

Dateline.ph sat down for an interview with Maguindanao Gov. Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu during a gathering of NUJP members to commemorate the second anniversary of the Maguindanao Massacre – what has been called the “single deadliest event for journalists in history.”



Digital author lowers book price, reaps success

Sudbury, Massachusetts – It was summer 2010 and Bo Bennett had decided to publish an eBook version of a book he’d published in print form in 2004. Creating the eBook edition was a challenge, but Bennett, a self-taught programmer, worked through the complications and brought out the eBook version of Year to Success in October, 2010.


Quicksand for the defense

The harder the defense panel in the impeachment case of Supreme Court Chief Justic Renato Corona tries to inject the rigid rules of a criminal proceeding into the trial in the Senate, the harder things have become for the impeached official.