₱30.4 million went to office consultants Former House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez is Number One in the list of biggest spenders in the House of Representatives for 2017, according to the Commission on Audit (COA). Based on the COA’s itemized list of … Continue reading COA REPORT: ALVAREZ IS MOST EXPENSIVE HOUSE MEMBER
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LUNCH DATE. November 24, Thursday, I was uprooted from solitary confinement from my “WATCH PRESIDENT RODY DUTERTE” war room in Sabasatariv by a lunch date invite in Viking’s at SM Premier in Lanang, Davao City, by daughter Joanna, my Durian … Continue reading DATING WITH JOANNA
Mindanao’s hottest weekly newspaper now a magazine BY ROGER M. BALANZA Let it go Our avid readers may be surprised to find their favorite paper in a new format. The men and women behind this hottest paper in this part … Continue reading DURIAN POST FRONT PAGE GETS A FACELIFT
BY ROGER M. BALANZA The Philippines was expected to earn billions of pesos in taxes from cereal imports coming in as contraband following the expose of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte on rampant rice smuggling in the country. That … Continue reading DUTERTE smuggling expose to earn billions in taxes
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More than 20,000 people viewed the array of bright and dazzling colors as tribal dancers paraded in this year’s Indak-indak sa Kadalanan, one of the highlights of the Kadayawan sa Dabaw 2013. With 23 contingents the street dancing started from … Continue reading Thousands witness Kadayawan’s Indak-indak
BY ROGER M. BALANZA Prior to the start of the celebration of Kadayawan 2013, we agonized over the fear this year’s Kadayawan would be the lousiest ever. And for a very serious reason. At the homestretch to opening … Continue reading KADAYAWAN blues: THE DURIAN BEAT – No fear
Roger M. Balanza, publisher of the Davao City-based weekly THE DURIAN POST and the online news portal durianburgdavao mindanao newsblog (https://durianburgdavao.wordpress.com) has bagged three nominations in the 2012 Globe Telecom Davao Media Excellence Awards. Balanza is among four nominees in the Reporter of the Year Business & Entrepreneurship category. He competes with two others in the Columnist of the Year category. Balanza, who publishes the durianburgdavao mindanao newsblog, is along with two other bloggers, is nominated as Blogger of the Year. The first Davao Media Excellence Awards will be presented on November 23 at a special ceremony in The Royal … Continue reading Durianburgdavao, Durian Post nominees in Globe Telecom Davao Media Excellence Awards
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – A business group in Mindanao urged the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front to jointly address the threat posed by the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF), a group formed by erstwhile MILF commander Ustadz Amiril Umra Kato. Ricardo Juliano Jr., Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry vice president for Mindanao, stressed the need to employ the Ad Hoc Joint Action Group (AHJAG) mechanism against Kato and his followers. AHJAG is a joint government and MILF mechanism in the peace process that seeks to interdict and isolate lawless elements that take refuge in or … Continue reading Mindanao businessmen want Umbra Kato’s head
