CORRUPTION AT DAVAO CITY COUNCIL -Update 7

Militar tags Baluran
as “broker councilor”
By ROGER M. BALANZA
Davao City councilor Bonifacio Militar yesterday unmasked the “broker councilor from the Second District” he earlier said had lobbied for legislation reportedly with a price tag.
Militar, who resigned the floor leadership three weeks ago, tagged councilor Conrado Baluran as the lobbyist who attempted to convince him to [...]

CORRUPTION AT DAVAO CITY COUNCIL -Update 6

Cabling also target
of ouster move
A group of city councilors who engineered the recent leadership change in the Davao City Council were not only after former floor leader councilor Bonifacio Militar’s head.
Councilor Arnolfo Ricardo Cabling, chair of the committee on housing, rural and urban planning, was the first target of the coup that saw Militar [...]

Out with leaking water pipelines

DCWD to defend today
P100M pipe rehab loan
By ROGER M. BALANZA
The Davao City Water District will present today to Davao City government officials its proposal to take out a P100 million loan to rehabilitate leaking pipes to improve water delivery and revenues.
Engr. Rodora Gamboa said the loan would not trigger a water rate hike, during [...]

Davao women detainees freed from jail

Duterte bails out 3 women prisoners
 
            A visit to the Davao City Jail by Mayor Rodrigo Duterte yesterday ended in three old detained women gaining temporary liberty.
            Sofia, 64-years old, Juliana, 73, and Leonor, 43, had been languishing in jail for failing to post bail that Duterte would now shoulder to free the women.
            Sofia [...]