CHR unfazed by Tommy O’s criticism

Jhunnex Napallacan, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/02/2016

A three-man forensic team from the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) central office would be arriving in Cebu on Monday to conduct the autopsy on the body of John Jason Montes, one of the three alleged drug…

CHR, police do back-to-back probe on Banacon operation

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Apple Ta-as, Jhunnex Napallacan, Leo Udtohan, Nestle L. Semilla 06/01/2016

AS THE Commission on Human Rights starts its probe on the police operation that resulted in the killing of suspected drug lord Rowen “Yawa” Secretaria and two of his men and the wounding of another, in Banacon…

Banacon Island: The perfect getaway

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Carmel Loise Matus 06/01/2016

Banacon Island, Getafe in the northern coast of Bohol. Heralded by the Bohol provincial government as an ecotourism destination for what it considers to be the biggest mangrove plantation in the country. The island has 425 hectares…

Not a movie

Editorial 06/01/2016

A child’s account of last Saturday dawn’s police operation that resulted in the deaths of suspected drug lord Rowen Torrefiel Secretaria and his alleged cohorts John Jason Montes and Dario Torremacha in Banacon Island, Gestafe town in…

CHR STARTS PROBE

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Apple Ta-as, Jhunnex Napallacan 05/31/2016

Comendador insists there was no rubout; orders relief of Getafe police chief The Commission on Human Rights in Central Visayas (CHR 7) has begun to investigate allegations of a “rubout” in the police raid on Banacon Island…

Getafe police chief relieved

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 05/31/2016

Police chief of Getafe town in Bohol has been ordered relieved for failing to arrest a notorious drug lord residing on one of the island-villages of the town. The relief of Senior Insp. Marcelino Mejias would take…

Banacon mourns ‘drug lord,’ tempers fiesta celebration

Apple Ta-as 05/30/2016

Banacon Island – Colorful flaglets greet commuters and travelers as soon as they set foot on this island off Getafe town in Bohol while slaughtered hogs await roasting outside some houses as part of preparations for the…

Vendetta? Bullet-riddled bodies found in cemetery

Apple Ta-as, Leo Udtohan 05/29/2016

LESS than a day after police raided the house of alleged Cebuano drug lord Rowen Secretaria on Banacon Island, Getafe, Bohol, the bodies of a couple were found inside the cemetery on the island, riddled with gunshot…

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