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THE DURIAN BEAT: Duterte and the race to peace in Mindanao

April 20, 2018by AQUABALANZA Leave a comment

BY ROGER M. BALANZA President Rodrigo Duterte is racing against time to meet a deadline for the approval of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL). Congress itself is working overtime in […]

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BUSINESS, ENVIRONMENT, mining, OPINION, PEACE TALKS, PEACE TALKS GPH-MILF, PRESIDENT RODRIGO R. DUTERTE, THE DURIAN BEAT

FAST BACKWARD: A BRIEF HISTORY OF DAVAO PAPERS

March 10, 2018by AQUABALANZA Leave a comment

BY TONY FIGUEROA Studying the genesis of Davao newspapers is an interesting field that has yet to be explored and researched extensively. Especially for students taking Mass Communication and Journalism […]

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OPINION, PRESS

JUN LEDESMA: Spare the banana industry

March 9, 2018by AQUABALANZA Leave a comment

LETTERS FROM DAVAO By Jun Ledesma The personal feud between erstwhile confreres Bebot Alvarez and Tonyboy Floirendo has reached an ultimate point of irreconcilability. Both are incumbent congressman representing the […]

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OPINION

DENGVAXIAPHOBIA

March 5, 2018by AQUABALANZA Leave a comment

MOST DESPISED, MOST HATED BY ROGER M. BALANZA Dengvaxia is the most hated and despised word today in the dictionary of the Pinoys. ALVAREZ, DENGVAXIAPHOBIA AND TERRORISTS The anti-drug vaccine, […]

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OPINION, POLITICS, THE DURIAN BEAT

HONTIVEROS – A MAUTE-ABU SAYYAF SENATOR

June 12, 2017by AQUABALANZA 1 Comment

GETTING HOT: INDAY SARA VS. RISA  WORD WAR It’s a comfort that Davao City Mayor Inday Sara Duterte-Carpio only took to social media in her verbal scrimmage with Senator Risa […]

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OPINION, PRESIDENT DUTERTE LEGISLATIVE, PRESIDENT RODRIGO R. DUTERTE, TERRORISTS

LIKE MAUTE AND ABU SAYYAF TERRORIST

June 9, 2017by AQUABALANZA Leave a comment

House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez will “tear apart” any directive issued by the Supreme Court ordering Congress to convene in a joint session to discuss President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration of Martial […]

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OPINION, PRESIDENT DUTERTE LEGISLATIVE, PRESIDENT RODRIGO R. DUTERTE, TERRORISTS

A snake in the grass

April 8, 2017by AQUABALANZA 1 Comment

Being “immoral” is only one of the many “sins” of Speaker Pantaleon “Bebot” Alvarez. He is accused of breaking up the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino (PDP), the party that helped propel […]

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FRONT PAGE, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, OPINION, PRESIDENT DUTERTE LEGISLATIVE, PRESIDENT RODRIGO R. DUTERTE

Mind conditioning and cheating in the election

May 6, 2016by AQUABALANZA Leave a comment

  Candidates for the national positions are scrambling to convince voters that they are the best choice through various surveys. All kinds of surveys are now also coming out with […]

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2016 ELECTION, OPINION

THE MARCOS MOMENTUM

May 4, 2016by AQUABALANZA Leave a comment

With a fairly secure lead in the voter preference surveys going into the final week of campaigning, Bongbong Marcos continues his political momentum. It is generally believed Marcos has won […]

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2016 ELECTION, OPINION

DUTERTE TO WIN WITH 5 MILLION VOTE MARGIN VS POE

April 30, 2016by AQUABALANZA 1 Comment

All the voter preference survey show that Rodrigo Duterte enjoys a comfortable lead over all the other presidential candidates. The most recent Pulse Asia survey gives the Davao mayor a […]

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2016 ELECTION, OPINION

WAR CHESTS

April 30, 2016by AQUABALANZA Leave a comment

FIRST PERSON By Alex Magno Administration candidates have the unspoken advantage of access to government resources, including personnel and vehicles to support their rallies and disseminate their paraphernalia. Social media […]

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2016 ELECTION, OPINION

LENI ROBREDO SHOULD BE IN JAIL

April 29, 2016by AQUABALANZA 5 Comments

    The Comelec had been mum on the Robredo case for years more so at the time she was mentioned as Aquino’s pick for vice president. Did Aquino tell […]

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2016 ELECTION, OPINION

KNOWING DUTERTE: Every centavo well-spent

April 26, 2016by AQUABALANZA Leave a comment

BY JUN EVASCO Many still do not know the character and personality of presidential candidate and Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte. Behind his strong and sometimes intransigent persona seen in […]

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2016 ELECTION, OPINION

Why I will vote for Binay to be next President of the Philippines

January 8, 2016by AQUABALANZA Leave a comment

BY JOSE G. ARAULLO I am looking for someone who has traditionally exhibited determination and perseverance. These qualities are important in a leader. Of the four presidential candidates–Vice-President Jejomar Binay, […]

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2016 ELECTION, OPINION

ABAYA: ROXAS COOKED UP ANOMALOUS MRT-3 DEAL WHILE DOTC SECRETARY

January 2, 2016by AQUABALANZA 1 Comment

‘TUWID NA DAAN’ GETS A BEATING Liberal Party standard bearer Mar Roxas was Secretary of the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC), when the allegedly anomalous Metro Rail Transit-3 (MRT-3) […]

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2016 ELECTION, OPINION, THE DURIAN BEAT

DROP IN AQUINO RATING TO FURTHER PULL DOWN ROXAS

December 19, 2015by AQUABALANZA Leave a comment

Roxas ‘breaks away’ from Aquino The dip in the performance rating of President Benigno Aquino was expected to further pull down the pre-poll survey rating of Mar Roxas, standard bearer […]

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DUTERTE FOR PRESIDENT, OPINION, THE DURIAN BEAT

KILLING THE BINAY PRESIDENCY

December 13, 2015by AQUABALANZA Leave a comment

The presidential candidacy of Vice President Jejomar Binay has come to be a bastion of democracy in the Philippines. That’s why it has early on become the target for destruction […]

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2016 ELECTION, corruption, OPINION, THE DURIAN BEAT

THE HYPOCRISY OF MAR ROXAS

December 12, 2015by AQUABALANZA Leave a comment

Davao City is my second home. While I was born and raised in North Cotabato, this is the city where I first went to college as a scholar and working […]

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2016 ELECTION, OPINION

HOW WILL GOD HANDLE PRESIDENT DUTERTE & THE DAVAO DEATH SQUAD?

December 9, 2015by AQUABALANZA Leave a comment

Will God see mass murder of criminals and corrupt government officials by the Davao Death Squad (DDS) if Mayor Rodrigo Duterte become the President? GOD WOULD BE FIRST TO SUFFER […]

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2016 ELECTION, HUMAN RIGHTS, OPINION, THE DURIAN BEAT, THE HECKLER

DUTERTE: I AM THE GODFATHER OF THE DDS

December 9, 2015by AQUABALANZA Leave a comment

The acronym DDS is morbid, means the Davao Death Squad, the dreaded shadowy gunmen almost always blamed when a criminal is gunned down. Dabawenyos trumpet their city as one of […]

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2016 ELECTION, HUMAN RIGHTS, OPINION, THE DURIAN BEAT, Uncategorized

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