Balik Danao
July 9, 2002
Kalipay ug Paghandum ning
pag dua-aw sa atong Lungsod
(Kaming Danawanon, Jan – Feb 2000)
Gibana-bana nga daghan ang mouli karong umaabot Septembre atol sa pagsaulog sa Pista ni Santo Tomas de Villanueva. May mouli kay moduaw sa mahal nga patron, pasalamat sa grasyang nadawat. Ang uban moduaw sa ilang mga higala ug paryente aron mapasundayag ang ilang kaanyag ug bag-ong kahimtang.
May mga mananambal ug narses usab mosalmot ug motabang sa medical mission. Ug may manguli tungod sa ilang class o clan reunion.
Una, ang Golden Jubilarians sa Upland Elementary School . Napulog usa kini sila nga nia sa Amerika, silang tanan uban ang pamilya mouli, sugilon pa ni Nick Gonzalez ug Ben Durano.
Ikaduha, and STS Alumni Class `70, gipangulohan ni Endal Roble ug Marityn Arpon, mag reunion usab atol sa ilang 30th anniversary.
Daghan kanila, dugay pang wala mauli. Busa ato silang sultihan sa kausaban sa atong lungsod, aron dili intawon sila makugang ug makalitan .
Tingali makuratan sila sa precio sa mga palaliton. Sa ilang panahon, niadtong mga sip-onon pa sila, ang bantok nga puso, bahogan ug espisong dugodugo, tag singko centavos Lang.
Kaon ang lata ug pisat nga puso, bahogan ug lasaw nga dugo-dugo, mokabat na labing menos 10 ngadto sa 15 pesos. Buss, ayaw intawon balikasa ang tindera, kay mao kanay presyo karon, dili tungod kay balikbayan ang mokaon.
Dili na nila madungog ang sinultihan sa mga palainum “taksi ko’g 10 ¢ nga dugo-dugo ug balig 90 ¢ nga tuba.
Read more
When Danao was my kind of sleepy small town
July 7, 2002
[Note: Originally posted on Kaming Danawanon, Vol VII No. 3 Jul-Aug 2001.]
A day in the life . . . at Grade III, Section 1
We dreaded the day we enter third grade. Third graders had that nasty habit of scaring second graders, like “You will have a hard time in Grade III, and worse, if you go to Section 1.
“Mrs. Ypil is many times meaner compared to any teacher in the entire Danao Central School.”
Danao Leaders Kiss and Make Peace
July 5, 2002
[Note: Originally posted on the Lampoon Issue of The Danao Gazette, Jan 1994.]
…After a brief rumble in Summit Meeting
Leaders of the fragmented Danao City’s Southern California residents for the first time held a summit meeting at a downtown hotel in an attempt to thresh out their differences and pave the organization of a truly united Danao Association.
The unprecedented move to unite three factions of combative Danawanons of Southern California was initiated by Fr. Jonathan Lao who was approached by concerned and cool-headed town-mates for him to intervene, act as mediator and patch up differences.
A Star is Born: Benny Peralta is Gringo
July 5, 2002
[Note: Originally posted on the Lampoon Issue of The Danao Gazette, Jan 1994. ]
Our very own Benny Peralta will soon be missed by fellow Danawanons in Los Angeles, for at least a year, during the entire production of a Gringo Honasan flick “Run Gringo, Run”
Benny has been offered to play the lead role as Gringo by an Oscar nominated action film director that Benny met and befriended while frequenting a topless bar in Hollywood.
According to Benny’s Manager, Paeng Mangubat, the Gringo Honasan movie is a first Paramount Pictures-Viva Films joint production that will be filmed entirely in Manila and Montalban, Rizal.
Danao-made Paltiks are Weapons of Choice among U.S. Criminals
July 5, 2002
[Note: Originally posted on the Lampoon Issue of The Danao Gazette, Jan 1994.]
This could be a boon to the city’s sagging economy or a bane to the pistoleros of Danao.
Danao gunmakers could be subject to a massive and sustained efforts to put them in jail and out of business, as both FBI and the CIA are alarmed of the non-stop entry to the U.S. of the Danao Paltik and into the hands of criminals.
The once derided poor quality Made-in-Suba handguns have become the weapons of choice among inner city criminals according to an FBI report.
Danao Paramedic dies while applying CPR
July 5, 2002
[Note: Originally posted on the Lampoon Issue of The Danao Gazette, Jan 1994.]
So bizarre was how a healthy paramedic died after applying CPR that saved the life a Barangay Caputatan resident.
Salvador del Mundo-Casas, a 23-year old Paramedic of the Danao City Rescue Unit quickly responded to an emergency call and miraculously saved the life of Eduardito Kandingon of Barangay Caputatan.
Mermaid caught in Danao City Wharf
July 5, 2002
[Note: Originally appeared in the Lampoon Issue of The Danao Gazette, Jan 1994.]
Witnessed by at least 5 other fishermen, Cebu Custom Examiner Periong Satina, caught what appeared to be a 18-year old mermaid (serena or kataw) while fishing at the pantalan.
Either scared of revenge from other under-the-sea creatures, or probably his wife, Malda, may not like the prospect of keeping an extremely beautiful half-woman, half-fish mammal at their house, Periong decided to let go of the mermaid. (MM)
Yes, it will be in Looc! Trump Casino in Danao
July 5, 2002
[Note: Originally appeared on the Lampoon Issue of The Danao Gazette, Jan 1994]
Accompanied by L.A. businessman Fred Tuadles, Donald Trump visited Barangay Look to inspect the progress of on-going construction of the Tump Palace, the biggest gambling casino in the Pacific Rim.
Capitalized at .5 billion, the Trump Palace will feature the best of Las Vegas, designed to attract high rollers of Japan, Hongkong, Taiwan and Middle Eastern oil potentates.
Danao City Politics: Ago Sepulveda to run for mayor
July 5, 2002
[Note: Originally posted on Lampoon Issue of The Danao Gazette, Jan 1994.]
When Durano family spokesman, Nards Capitan announced that neither in*censored*bent Danao City Mayor Jesus ‘Don’ Durano nor any member of his family would seek elective positions in the 1995 election, Danao’s political wannabees went scrambling to take a shot in the mayorship including ex-convict Santiago Sepulveda.
Contrary to reports that Danao’s most wanted fugitive was shot dead in an encounter with police authorities, Ago Sepulveda is very much alive and kicking and has declared his candidacy for city mayor under the KBL banner with Warlito Dungog as running mate.
Gemma Cabahug-Montegrande New DAUSA Prez 2001-2003
July 5, 2002
[Note: Originally posted on Kaming Danawanon, Vol VII, No. 4 Sep 2001.]
Yes, the new DAUSA President is unquestionably a Danawanon. Her mother, Isidra Batucan-Cabahug is a native of Danao, the daughter of the late Vito-Olay Batucan.
Gemma had lived and at some time attended elementary school in Danao.
She was treasurer when the first set of DAUSA officers were elected viva-voce during its organizational meeting in Long Beach in September, 1993 and was 2-term vice-president since 1997.