Moro raids and the Japanese occupation

Jobers R. Bersales 04/12/2017

The clash in Inabanga, Bohol, the other day between government forces and the terrorist group Abu Sayyaf brings to mind the dreadful centuries of Moro slave raids that decimated the coastal towns of the Visayas and Luzon…

Taliño: One of five Abu Sayyaf killed in firefight resembles Abu Rami

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Doris C. Bongcac, Nestle L. Semilla 04/12/2017

CEBU CITY–The leader of the armed group who entered Inabanga town, Bohol on Monday was reportedly killed in an ongoing firefight with government troopers in the mountain village of Napo, Inabanga town, Bohol province. Chief Supt. Noli…

Police, military on holiday alert

Nestle L. Semilla 12/19/2016

THE Police Regional Office (PRO-7) said it will still be on alert this holiday season despite the government’s ongoing talks with the communist rebels. In a press conference yesterday, PRO-7 director Chief Supt. Noli Taliño said they…

Rumormongering

Editorial 11/10/2016

While freedom of speech is a guaranteed right in every country that prides itself as a democracy, the old expression “One’s freedom ends when he or she infringes on another person’s rights” rings true in the case…

Charges eyed vs student for false info about Abu Sayyaf

Dominic D. Yasay 11/08/2016

The Carcar City Police is studying what action to take against a teenager, who posted on her Facebook page a false information about a supposed Abu Sayyaf group allegedly cornering a Ceres Bus in Barangay Ocaña, Carcar…

Carcar cops mull filing case against 17-year-old IT student in Abu Sayyaf hoax FB post

Dominic D. Yasay 11/08/2016

The Carcar City Police are studying what action to take against a teenager, who posted on her Facebook page a false information about a supposed Abu Sayyaf group allegedly cornering a Ceres Bus in Ocaña, Carcar City.…

Provincial police director dismisses Abu threat in Carcar

Dominic D. Yasay, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/07/2016

Provincial police director Senior Supt. Eric Noble in a Facebook message to Cebu Daily News negated a threat report regarding a Ceres bus supposedly cornered by an Abu Sayyaf group, stating that they did not receive such…

Assuring tourists

Editorial 11/07/2016

The recent US advisory warning American citizens not to travel to southern Cebu, coupled with the US government’s recent cancellation of its firearms sales to the Philippines, may have been the result of the fallout in US-PH…

Governor holds emergency peace and order meeting

Nestle L. Semilla 11/07/2016

Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III is presiding an emergency meeting of the Provincial Peace and Order Council to discuss the advisory of the United States Embassy in Manila that warned its citizens against traveling to southern Cebu…

Tourists still visit Oslob, south Cebu

Dominic D. Yasay 11/06/2016

Tourists continue to arrive in towns of Oslob and Santander in southern Cebu despite the US Embassy advisory warning American citizens to avoid the southern part of Cebu for the supposed presence of terrorist groups with plans…

Noble warns against false FB reports on kidnappings in southern Cebu

Dominic D. Yasay 11/06/2016

The Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO) denied reports currently circulating on social media that there were kidnapping incidents in two towns in the south. CPPO director Senior Insp. Eric Noble, speaking to reporters during his visit to…

TERROR THREATS IN THE SOUTH?

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Doris C. Bongcac, Nestle L. Semilla, Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/03/2016

US Embassy alerts Americans of kidnap threats in southern Cebu Cebu officials were caught by surprise by the advisory of the United States Embassy in Manila to its citizens to avoid going to southern Cebu to avoid…

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