Journalist from Davao City, Mindanao, Philippines
DUTERTE VS. NOGRALES Gikan sa Masa Para sa Masa Davao City Government-paid television program of Mayor Rodrigo Duterte on ABS/CBN Davao, Sunday, November 18, 2007 HIGHLIGHTS Cursing Duterte opens up the program—where he unleashed verbal bombs on Nograles in the previous edition—with a promise: Dili na ta mamalikas, […]
Maa residents want Matina Hill preserved MYNEWS by ROGER M. BALANZA A federation of homeowners in Maa in Davao City is asking the city government to declare Matina Hill as a conservation area as housing developers eye the landslide-prone hill for high-end housing projects. In a letter to […]
QUO VADIS banana industry? By Roger M. Balanza Despite the ban of aerial spraying of fungicides in banana plantations, the issue of its impact—both in terms of export earnings and livelihood—remain a subject discussion. The banana industry has elevated the question of the legality of a Davao City […]
City’s mid-year revenues hit P2 billion mark MYNEWS By ROGER M. BALANZA Davao City’s tax collection at mid-year netted P2 billion, leading to rosy speculations annual revenues for 2007 could breach the P4 billion mark. In a City Treasurer’s Report released last week, total tax collection ending August […]
“MARIANNET WAS RAPED” MYNEWS By ROGER M. BALANZA An autopsy on the body of 12-year old Mariannet Amper yesterday took a bizarre turn with the medico legal saying the 6th grader was raped before allegedly killing herself by hanging inside their house in Maa in Davao City on […]
durianburgdavao N E W S B L O G e-mail:rmbalanza@yahoo.com.ph NOVEMBER 10, 2007 BLOGS VS.CORRUPTION MYVIEWS By ROGER M. BALANZA In his IT TALKS in Sunstar Davao (October 31, Bloggers Summit: Technology for Peace) superblogger Oliver Robillo wrote about the 1st Mindanao Bloggers Summit (MBS1) last October 27 in […]
