Duterte unfazed by Davao City tag as “salvage capital”

“The victims are criminals”
 Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte yesterday dismissed critics tagging his city as “salvage capital” as three bodies bearing the trademark of summary executions were found the other day scattered in different parts of the city.

So be it, he said adding the killings meant lesser number of criminals.
We are allowing police time to [...]

Govt officials tackle Mindanao boundary disputes

Pinol seeks solution to boundary disputes
By ROGER M. BALANZA
 North Cotabato Vice Governor Emmanuel Pinol, whose province is locked in dispute with five abutting provinces has spearheaded a review and assessment of the land conflict for a final solution.
Pinol yesterday gathered at a gathering in Marco Polo Hotel in Davao City to tackle by the horn [...]

THE MILF-JI ALLIANCE

MYVIEWS
By RINA DE JESUS
       
          One of the many unfettered arrogance of the lawless elements of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front is their penchant to flaunt their firepower. We wonder in awe how and where these marauders secure their high-powered firearms and ammunitions that are capable of mass destructions knowing fully-well that these costs substantial [...]

PBGEA slams Idis, Maas lying

NGOs told to tell the truth on aerial spraying
By ROGER M. BALANZA
Non-Government Organizations claiming to be environmentalists are running short on factual issues to hurl against banana growers in the city that they have now resorted to disinformation drives involving religious groups in their battle to have a Davao City ordinance against [...]

Cabling, Quitain tasked in legal battle vs. Balikatan
By ROGER M. BALANZA
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte has verbally ordered city legal officer Melchor Quitain and city councilor Arnolfo Ricardo Cabling to prepare for a legal battle against Balikatan Housing Finance Corp. if Malacanang refuses to heed a request to help solve woes of housing loan borrowers facing foreclosure [...]

Naked King David will not lose penis

SP okays Queensland reclamation
By ROGER M. BALANZA
 The Davao City Council yesterday endorsed without objection the illegal reclamation of a government property in the foreshore area of Matina Aplaya by Queensland Motel but wanted a third of proceeds if the reclaimed area and the illegal structures built thereon are sold or auctioned off.
 The clearance effectively ends [...]

Davao Council OKs Shrine Hill housing developments

Developers win Round One 

 Two high-end housing developers earned initial victory yesterday in their plan to build housing projects in Shrine Hill in Matina, with the Davao City Council granting Preliminary Approval and Preliminary Clearance.
 The projects in the eastern slope of the hill opposed residents of downhill subdivisions, faces round two when developers apply for Development [...]

Davao Oriental warned vs. Amcor

CROSSFIRE
By ROGER M. BALANZA
Corporate irresponsibility
Davao Oriental, which along with Compostela Valley has been tagged as a major mineral corridor of Southern Mindanao, has been in the news of late for the number of mining corporations that have descended on the province to mine its precious metals.
While we are sure Governor Cora Malanyaon would be elated [...]

Idis, Maas cheating bared

CROSSFIRE
By ROGER M. BALANZA
Fooling the Church
We have it in good authority that Bishop Ledesma of Cagayan de Oro has written the Court of Appeals Justices lobbying for the ban of aerial spraying.
We wonder if the bishops or the CBCP even exerted efforts to know the other side of the issue of bannng [...]

Cabling watershed code goes into full steam

Barangay captains in key role
in watershed protection
By ROGER M. BALANZA
 Barangay captains would be playing central role in watershed protection and would undergo a seminar supervised by the Watershed Management Council (WMC).

 This developed as the city government preps up for full implementation of the Watershed Protection, Conservation and
Management Ordinance in a bid to enhance [...]