WHY WILL I EXTEND SUPPORT TO THE GOOD GOVERNANCE OF DAYADAY-CAMELLO ADMINISTRATION? By RONAL B. JAYECTIN I am really not a political figure but entirely my professional career is to provide services to the Needy, Less Fortunate, and Marginalized Community; … Continue reading DAVAO DEL NORTE Opinion: The good governance team
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 putting the finishing touches and the eventual approval of the … Continue reading THE DURIAN BEAT: Duterte and the race to peace in Mindanao
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 courses, the study must go beyond Tomas Pinpin, the father … Continue reading FAST BACKWARD: A BRIEF HISTORY OF DAVAO PAPERS
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 two districts of Davao del Norte. Either of the two … Continue reading JUN LEDESMA: Spare the banana industry
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, P3.5 billion worth of which had been bought by the … Continue reading DENGVAXIAPHOBIA
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 Hontiveros over the Marawi siege. Remember the case of the … Continue reading HONTIVEROS – A MAUTE-ABU SAYYAF SENATOR
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 Law in Mindanao. Alvarez also hit at those behind petitions … Continue reading LIKE MAUTE AND ABU SAYYAF TERRORIST
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 former Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte to the Presidency in … Continue reading A snake in the grass
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 questionable results showing an unexplained surge for certain candidates. Voters … Continue reading Mind conditioning and cheating in the election
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 the endorsements of both the Iglesia ni Cristo and the … Continue reading THE MARCOS MOMENTUM
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 35% share of the vote, a full 12% over second-running … Continue reading DUTERTE TO WIN WITH 5 MILLION VOTE MARGIN VS POE
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 brims with photos of government vehicles laden with Roxas-Robredo supporters … Continue reading WAR CHESTS
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 Comelec to throw the Robredo case into the dust bin? … Continue reading LENI ROBREDO SHOULD BE IN JAIL
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 public is a compassionate, sincere and principled man. I have … Continue reading KNOWING DUTERTE: Every centavo well-spent
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, Senator Grace Poe, Secretary Mar Roxas, and Mayor Rodrigo Duterte–nobody … Continue reading Why I will vote for Binay to be next President of the Philippines
‘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) maintenance contract was cooked up. This bombshell came no less … Continue reading ABAYA: ROXAS COOKED UP ANOMALOUS MRT-3 DEAL WHILE DOTC SECRETARY
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 of Aquino’s Liberal Party. In its survey conducted on December … Continue reading DROP IN AQUINO RATING TO FURTHER PULL DOWN ROXAS
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 by an oligarchic clique intent on staying in power by … Continue reading KILLING THE BINAY PRESIDENCY
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