Baluran seeks peace with Boni
Davao City councilor Conrado Baluran wants to smoke the peace pipe with colleague councilor Bonifacio Militar, even as he continues to deny the latter’s accusation he tried to broker approval of questionable legislative proposals.
My respect for him remains, said Baluran, who admits relations by affinity with Militar. He said his late [...]
Militar, Baluran trade
barbs in graft probe
By ROGER M. BALANZA
A remark at a council ethics body hearing yesterday by councilor Bonifacio Militar that his time is not worth spending in debating with somebody not of his own level, led to a brief, but hot verbal exchange with councilor Conrado Baluran.
Militar had earlier accused Baluran of [...]
Tipster bares source of
P1.5M in SP bribery
Davao City councilor Nilo Abellera said an informant who earlier phoned him about a P1.5 million bribe money allegedly given to a councilor in exchange for approval of a permit has resurfaced to tell more.
He called me up again to say that the money involved approval of the [...]
A warrant of arrest is expected to be issued against seven high ranking officials of the Davao City Water District (DCWD) after the Office of the Ombudsman denied their motion for reconsideration on a half-billion peso graft and corruption case slapped against them.
Ombudsman Ma. Merceditas Gutierrez approved on January 11 the Order issued by [...]
A Davao City councilor accused of shady dealings outgunned a coming ethics probe, and absolved his accuser for what he said was an erroneous rap.
“I forgive him,” said councilor Conrado Baluran referring to former floor leader councilor Bonifacio Militar.
After stirring up a controversy with a resignation letter that accused some councilors of brokering deals with [...]
Davao City Councilor floor leader Danilo Dayanghirang said weak house rules make city councilors vulnerable to corruption.
A month after being installed as floor leader, Dayanghirang said amending the city council house rules is the first in his personal agenda he would pursue this month.
At the Gikan sa Masa Para sa Masa television program [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Ethics body to Militar:
Tell all or be suspended
The Davao City Council committee on ethics and good governance has warned it would mete sanctions on former floor leader councilor Bonifacio Militar if he could not back his accusation that some councilors are making money out of local legislation.
Councilor Diosdado Mahipus, chair of the [...]
Dad slams Militar for no-show
By ROGER M. BALANZA
Like Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, senior Davao City councilor Victorio Advincula yesterday urged councilor Bonifacio Militar to support allegations of corruption he leveled against some members of the city council.
This developed as Militar yesterday was a no-show at the city council session, sparking speculations he lost his balls [...]
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