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Signboard politicians by durianburgdavao on Nov 17, 2011THEDURIANBEAT BY ROGER M.BALANZA     Although the next election is still far away–May 2013–politicians fond of naming government projects and property after them or their relatives better be warned and should take heed of two proposed...

LIKE FATHER LIKE SON by durianburgdavao on Nov 17, 2011A Karlo fan     As a big fan of Davao City First District Congressman Karlo Nograles, I am frustrated that the son of former House Speaker Prospero Nograles, also my idol, once, has taken the route of political suicide taken by his father. This af...

DAVAO CITY KADAYAWAN FESTIVAL 2011 ORGANIZER WARNED VERSUS ‘PROSPERO DEMANDERO’ by durianburgdavao on Aug 28, 2011BY ROGER M. BALANZA VICE MAYOR Rodrigo Duterte has warned the Duaw Dabaw Foundation, the organizer of Kadayawan Festival 2011, to make public a financial report on the recently concluded festival, to preclude ‘Prospero Demandero’ from filing fund...

Fight vs. criminals, pushers not for ‘bayot’ by durianburgdavao on Aug 5, 2011The sissy, bayot in local parlance, has no space in the battle against drug pushers and other criminals in Davao City. Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte on television on Sunday defended his iron-fist policy against criminals and the dire warnings he dishes...

COMELEC: NOGRALES TO DROP POLL PROTEST IF INITIAL RECOUNT YIELDS NOTHING by durianburgdavao on Mar 31, 2011Nogie hitches fate on 100 ballot boxes By ROGER M. BALANZA The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is as hot as former Speaker Prospero Nograles in determining who won in the mayoral race in Davao City in the May 7, 2010 polls, despite Nograles losing...

Fly me to Mars: Durian Post column by durianburgdavao on Mar 30, 2011THEDURIANBEAT By ROGER M. BALANZA       When election lawyer Sixto Brillantes was named by President Aquino as the new chair of the Commission on Elections early this year, we thought that Lady luck certainly is not in love with former Speaker...

Lawyer who called Nogie ‘gay’ now Comelec chair by durianburgdavao on Jan 24, 2011

Nograles ghost seen in Duterte-Tango rift by durianburgdavao on Jan 12, 2011A political fall-out from the May elections and the color of former Speaker Prospero Nograles is what fires the rift between Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and PNP XI regional chief Pedro Tango. Bad blood between the former mayor and the police official...

Duterte son unfazed by ex-Speaker Nograles’ antics by durianburgdavao on Oct 16, 2010Polong on Nograles protest: I don’t care Davao City councilor Paolo Duterte is not giving a hoot to the electoral protest of former Speaker Prospero Nograles and has a three-word reaction to the Comelec recount of votes in the May elections: Who ca...

Richest Philippine Politicians by Finance Manila on Jun 18, 2010Las Piñas Rep. Cynthia Villar, wife of losing Presidential Candidate Manny Villar, retains the richest lawmaker status in the House of Representatives, just as her husband who is the wealthiest senator in the country. Villar’s net worth as of Dec.