Aida Rivera-Ford, Davao writer, educator; 99

DAVAO CITY—Aida Rivera-Ford, an educator, literary artist, fictionist, playwright and Datu Bago awardee, passed away on Sunday at the age of 99. Rivera-Ford, born in Jolo, Sulu, on Jan. 22, 1926, founded the Ford Academy of the Arts, the first Fine Arts school in Mindanao. She graduated cum laude from Silliman University with a degree