THE DURIAN BEAT By Roger Balanza KAKAPAKAPAKAPAKAPABA? Kapa, among the Tagalogs, means to grope, the act of blindly looking for something out-of sight using the hand. If we throw in sexual desire, kapa means groping at those where the hand should not be without permission. But the naughty […]
President orders anew immediate closure of Kapa and other investment scams BY ROGER M. BALANZA President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, June 13, ordered anew the immediate closure of Kapa Community Ministry International, Inc. hours after its founder Joel Apolinario claimed the President has “softened his stance on Kapa and […]
Calling it a “massive fraud,” President Rodrigo R. Duterte again ordered the stoppage of the “Ponzi-like” operations of the controversial religious group Kapa Community Ministry International, Inc. Duterte stood pat on his earlier directive to shut the operations of Kapa and other illegal investment schemes amid appeals from […]
The Davao del Norte provincial government aims to make public schools in step with modern technology. To start off the program, Governor Anthony “AGR” del Rosario is providing television sets with video players to all elementary and secondary classrooms to improve teaching methods. Bringing technology into the classrooms […]
Malacañang on Wednesday announced that President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the full lifting of the deployment ban of the overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to Kuwait. “Upon recommendation of Special Envoy to Kuwait Abdullah Mama-o, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte tonight instructed (Labor) Secretary to totally lift the ban on […]
BY ROGER M. BALANZA Bananas from the Philippines, in particular export Cavendish bananas from Davao del Norte, stand to benefit from President Rodrigo Duterte’s participation in a recent China-sponsored world economic forum. Duterte attended the 3-day 2018 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA), in Hainan, China, which was themed […]
