SHFC BALANZA MONTHLY REPORT 2019
Social Housing Finance Corporation (SHFC) Consultant: ROGELIO M. BALANZA ACCOMPLISHMENT REPORT Month of September 2019 A. 1. SHFC Makati Office – Sept. 4- 6 – for meeting, briefing and instructions […]
Category Archives: THE DURIAN BEAT
DURIAN BEAT: JUBAHIB – From bus conductor to security guard to train conductor
Despite his looming defeat, EDWIN JUBAHIB, the ambitious former bus conductor who wants to be governor of Davao del Norte, has a future ahead of him. Ranged against Rodolfo “Rodney” […]
DURIAN BEAT: Alvarice Politics — A big insult to DavNor voters
First District Rep. Pantaleon “Bebot” Alvarez is dead wrong if he thinks he can buy votes of Davao del Norte voters with a few kilos of rice. Ex-Speaker Alvarez, running […]
THE DURIAN BEAT: THE BATTLE OF MEDICAL MISSIONS
If there is one good thing from the early political fever in Davao del Norte, it was the battle of free medical clinics between two warring political groups. While Capitol […]
THE DURIAN BEAT: THE SUPER TYPHOONS OF DAVAO DEL NORTE
BY ROGER M. BALANZA As Typhoon Rosita battered parts of Luzon, the country prayed that it would come and go without the destruction and misery in the scale of the […]
THE DURIAN BEAT: RODNEY DEL ROSARIO VS. DOLFO DEL ROSARIO
BY ROGER M. BALANZA The junior of Davao del Norte’s veteran politician wants to surpass the performance of his father, Rodolfo “Dolfo” del Rosario, Sr. As a first step, Rodolfo […]
THE DURIAN BEAT: Somersaulting Leni Robredo
By ROGER M. BALANZA Appearing to be bitten by nationalistic bug, Leni of late said she is not closing her doors to the possibility of “uniting” with Digong “for the […]
TRILILING
THE DURIAN BEAT: Trililing on a warpath ONE-ON-ONE By ROGER BALANZA Senator Antonio Trillanes is on a shopping spree for issues just so he could get into the limelight. Think […]
LIKE GOLOVKIN
The die is cast for Bong Go’s political future Before Malacanang, Bong Go ate governance, day in and day out, 24/7, for more than 20 years as then Davao City […]
KILLING MINING
By ROGER M. BALANZA NEVER mind that the mining industry is raising the specter of lost investments and revenues and massive unemployment if the government continues to look at the […]
THE DURIAN BEAT: Duterte and killing the mining industry
NEVER mind that the mining industry is raising the specter of lost investments and revenues and massive unemployment if the government continues to look at the sector as something that […]
THE DURIAN BEAT: Duterte and the race to peace in Mindanao
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 […]
THE DURIAN BEAT: Hating Moro and Bangsamoro
By Roger Balanza Would you believe that there are Muslims in Mindanao who hate being called “Moro”? But it is not because they want to be called by other names, […]
THE DURIAN BEAT: Women Power and the Calvary of Men
Women Power and the Calvary of Men By Roger M. Balanza We celebrate in the month of March two events: Womens’ Month and Holy Week. Women’s Month is, for […]
FAKE MEDIAMEN BEHIND BLACK PPROPAGANDA VS. FLOIRENDO, TADECO
FAKE MEDIA & FAKE NEWS BY ROGER M. BALANZA Critics and political foes have impregnated their media machine with a horde of swindlers and racketeers in broadcast media, particularly the […]
THE DURIAN BEAT: Shining light in Mindanao’s dark tunnel
The shining light in Mindanao’s dark tunnel BY ROGER M. BALANZA Of late, our lawmakers have given assurance that the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) may be approved by Congress by […]
DENGVAXIAPHOBIA
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, […]
ROGER BALANZA: PANAMA DISEASE
Panama Disease aka Fusarium Wilt is a banana plant disease that a few years ago devastated hundreds of hectares of banana plantations in the Davao Region particularly the province of Davao […]
MAD DOG TRILLANES ‘DEMOLITION BY PERCEPTION’ WILL NOT SHAKE DOWN DUTERTE VICTORY
The last-minute vile attacks by lying amok Senator Antonio Trillanes will not stop presidential race front runner Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte from clinching the presidency in May. Trillanes, running […]
DUTERTE, DAVAO DEATH SQUAD AND THE DDS OF THE OTHER KIND
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 […]
