Category: Personalities

By Fausto Trillo The audience at a Butuan mall watching the finals of “Tawag ng Tanghalan” season 3 roared with cheers when Elaine Duran, Butuan’s…

By RJS The father would remind the boy to take the carabao to the wallow (tunaan), the shaded muddy area when the heat of the…

By Blas Bernaldez
Eddie Garcia was the actor-director I love to hate most. As a kontrabida, he was mean and despicable. But he was also strong…

By RJS Mary Nicole Co, last year’s Mutya Hong Butuan (Miss Butuan) titleholder has proven that being a beauty queen is more than just a…

By Jackie Tigbas The buzz around town is that of a Butuanon young lady, Dia Mancao Magno is joining Binibining Pilipinas 2019. Five winners will…

By RJS No bones about it, Omar “Maro” Arellano, the one and only veteran cartoonist is one of the few finest visual artists in Butuan City…

By Carmel Sanchez I enjoyed last week’s feature story here on “Bisdak” singing superstar Yoyoy Villame and agree that he is Visayas and Mindanao’s jewel of…

By Nestor Garcia You remember the singer-songwriter-cum-comedian Yoyoy Villame? But then who can ever forget him? It’s a loss to today’s generation who is not familiar…

By RJS We accidentally met at the airport in Cebu, said a few hellos, having acquainted before, she as a candidate in the Mutya Hong…

By RJS  At 66 years old, Medelina Cormenal, a widow, don’t like to slow down or give up with her current volunteer job: a Bantay…