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Inviting Parago by durianburgdavao on Dec 18, 2011THEDURIANBEAT At the approach to Christmas last year, Mayor Inday Sara Duterte publicly invited NPA leader Leoncio “Parago” Pitao to come down from his mountain hideout in Paquibato to join the celebration of Pasko Fiesta in the city prop...



DURIANBURGDAVAO at bomb scare scene at the Rizal Park in Davao City on Bonifacio Day, November 30, 2011 by durianburgdavao on Nov 30, 2011...



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...



Sinister plot vs. SMI gold-copper project bared by durianburgdavao on Sep 12, 2011THEDURIANBEAT BY ROGER M. BALANZA THE MANIPULATIVE MEDIA Groups opposing the $5.6 billion gold-copper project of Sagitttarius Mines Inc.  (SMI) in Tampakan, South Cotabato are intensifying their assault against what is seen as South Cotabato’s...



AMENDMENT TO DAVAO CITY ANTI-SMOKING ORDINANCE TO BAN SMOKING IN HOMES URGED by durianburgdavao on Feb 22, 2011Families with non-smoking members may find solace in a suggestion by a Davao City resident who urged the Davao City Council to give more teeth to its existing anti-smoking ordinance by passing amendments that would give them right to demand a househo...



THE DURIAN POST 56th EDITION – Editorial cartoon by ROGERB. by durianburgdavao on Feb 21, 2011...



The battle of the corrupt by durianburgdavao on Feb 9, 2011THE DURIAN BEAT By ROGER M. BALANZA                                 The exchange of black propaganda between the camps of Customs Collector Anju Castigador and businessman Pong Reta is revving up to higher intensity.  ...



Duterte, newspaper editor sued for libel by durianburgdavao on Feb 7, 2011BY JESSIE L. CASALDA, Mindanao Daily Mirror A lawyer advocating Mindanao independence has filed libel and coercion charges against Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and newspaper editor-in-chief Roger Balanza for calling him ‘crazy’ over his idea of est...



Where do we go from here? by durianburgdavao on Jan 23, 2011THE DURIAN BEAT BY ROGER M. BALANZA             As your paper The Durian Post celebrates its first anniversary—one year or 52 issues–as a community weekly, our editors sat down to plan the future and how we could do better in o...



THE DURIAN POST WEEKLY IS ONE YEAR OLD by durianburgdavao on Jan 23, 2011We are 52             We thank our readers for having been with us up to this issue—Issue Number 52—a milestone in that we have reached the number of published issues that struggling community paper publishers and editors aim f...