CHING OSADA: Coping up with life after Japan

CHING OSADA
PEACE AND SERENITY
AFTER THE HEARTACHES
A daring tale of a japayuki’s life of guts, love, charity and betrayal

           
Twenty years ago on February 17, 1989 is a day Concepcion Olarte Osada could never forget or could not have remembered. It was the day of her birthday…and  a tragedy that impacted on her life and made [...]

Militants hitching up on Balikatan issue for political gain

POLITICAL GAIN. Militants in Davao City in a media-attention generating stunt during anti-Balikatan rally that had anti-government partylistGabriela and Akbayan top leaders eyeing Senate posts in 2010 spewing out fiery speeches denouncing government housing programs. Dabawenyos have slammed militants for making political gain out of the woes of defaulting borrowers.

Davao City dad slammed for giving false hopes to Balikatan Housing borrowers

CROSSFIRE
By ROGER M. BALANZA
 
Cut the false hopes Danny, Richy!
 
            Defaulting housing loan borrowers now seeing the devil in Balikatan Housing Finance for allegedly pressing them to the wall, should better digest this piece if they want to save their skin. But first, they should come down to reality and stop believing people using them [...]

Balikatan winning battle in Davao City

Borrowers’ protest vs.
Balikatan losing steam
By ROGER M. BALANZA
 
            More than a third of about 3,000 defaulting housing loan borrowers in Davao City facing foreclosure of their units have entered into payment arrangements with Balikatan Housing Finance Corporation, in what is seen as a positive show of support for the company’s campaign to bail [...]

‘Fake borrowers’ in ranks of protesters vs Balikatan Housing Finance

Crossfire
By ROGER M. BALANZA
Paying your obligations
I have questions to ask about those people in red alleged to have a gripe with Balikatan who marched in the streets of Davao last week.
These questions could best be answered by Richy Nalagon, president of the Davao City Federation of Homeowners Association, who has marshaled homeowners [...]

PALPARAN IN NPA HIT LIST

The Ka Paking Guimbaolibot Red Partisan Brigade of the Merardo Arce Command-New People’s Army is anticipating its latest legitimate target in the person of Gen. Jovito Palparan who is now resurrected by way of the much-vaunted narco-terrorism drive posed by the US-Arroyo regime.
The NPA sees two certain things with the appointment of the retired general [...]

Landslides spark emergency relocation in Monkayo

Only miners allowed
 
Even as Mt. Diwata may no longer be fit for human habitation, smallscale miners would be allowed to mine for gold in this mining barangay of Monkayo.  
Governor Arturo “Chiongkee” Uy, who has declared Mt. Diwata as ‘no man’s land,’ said continuing threats of landslides forced the Diwalwal Crisis Committee which he [...]

Landslide threats spark emergency in Monakyo mining village

Diwalwal declared as ‘no man’s land’
 
Continuing threats of landslides have forced the Compostela Valley government to declare the mining village of Mt. Diwata also known as Diwalwal in Monkayo as no longer fit for human habitation.
 
In a meeting of the Diwalwal Crisis Committee last week, Governor Arturo “Chiongkee” Uy, chair of the crisis body, said [...]

Davao solon perks up district developments

Windfall for 3rd District:
P200M in Ungab projects
By ROGER M. BALANZA
 
            Davao City’s Third Congressional District, starved of national funds for years under an anti-administration representative, is being rained with a windfall of national government-funded projects, thanks to Congressman Isidro Ungab.
            For years erased in the map of priorities due to former Congressman Ruy Elias [...]

DENR declares Villa Abrille title to 800 hectares in Davao City as fake

SC affirms Rico win
vs. Villa Abrille estate
 
            The Supreme Court has put to a close the protracted legal battle between the Villa Abrille Estate and a businessman over a piece of prime property in Davao City, by admitting as “final and executory” a lower court decision that gave the latter right over the property.
            [...]