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Category: THE DURIAN BEAT
ACCOMPLISHMENT REPORT – SHFC ROGER M. BALANZA
Social Housing Finance Corporation (SHFC) Consultant: ROGELIO M. BALANZA ACCOMPLISHMENT REPORT SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER 2020; JANUARY, FEBRUARY 2021Visit: durianburgdavao.com/2019/07/23/social-housing-finance-corp-shfc/ MARCH, APRIL, MAY, JUNE, JULY, AUGUST 2021Visit: Social Housing Finance Corporation (SHFC) Consultant: ROGELIO M. BALANZA ACCOMPLISHMENT … Continue reading ACCOMPLISHMENT REPORT – SHFC ROGER M. BALANZA
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 from President Arnolfo Ricardo Cabling 2. Signed Contract 3. Manila … Continue reading SHFC BALANZA MONTHLY REPORT 2019
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” del Rosario Jr. in the race for Governor in the … Continue reading DURIAN BEAT: JUBAHIB – From bus conductor to security guard to train conductor
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 for reelection in the coming May polls, has been in … Continue reading DURIAN BEAT: Alvarice Politics — A big insult to DavNor voters
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 under Governor Anthony Garcia del Rosario (AGR) has already been … Continue reading THE DURIAN BEAT: THE BATTLE OF MEDICAL MISSIONS
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 howler before it that caused dozens of deaths in landslides … Continue reading THE DURIAN BEAT: THE SUPER TYPHOONS OF DAVAO DEL NORTE
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 “Rodney” del Rosario, Jr. is gunning in the 2019 mid-term … Continue reading THE DURIAN BEAT: RODNEY DEL ROSARIO VS. DOLFO DEL ROSARIO
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 sake of the country.” But the country today is united. … Continue reading THE DURIAN BEAT: Somersaulting Leni Robredo
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 of a publicity-hungry amok firing wild an Armalite so he … Continue reading TRILILING
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 Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s top aide THE DURIAN BEAT: SAP BONG … Continue reading LIKE GOLOVKIN
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 sector as something that the country can do without. President … Continue reading KILLING MINING
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 country can do without. President Rodrigo Duterte has to … Continue reading THE DURIAN BEAT: Duterte and killing the mining industry
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 putting the finishing touches and the eventual approval of the … Continue reading THE DURIAN BEAT: Duterte and the race to peace in Mindanao
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, hate their blood brothers or sisters or that ethnic conflict … Continue reading THE DURIAN BEAT: Hating Moro and Bangsamoro
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 the women, about the celebration of women rights, but for … Continue reading THE DURIAN BEAT: Women Power and the Calvary of Men
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 so-called “Last Two” broadcasters, who have been hurling mud and … Continue reading FAKE MEDIAMEN BEHIND BLACK PPROPAGANDA VS. FLOIRENDO, TADECO
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 the end of May. This assurance made during a recent … Continue reading THE DURIAN BEAT: Shining light in Mindanao’s dark tunnel
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