Who’s in charge and taking responsibility?

01/30/2015

The drums of war were beating loud after the slaughter of 44 elite  police officers in Mamasapano town in Maguindanao province,  Central Mindanao. About 400 members of the Special Action Forces (SAF) of the Philippine National Police…

Day of the fallen

Apple Ta-as 01/30/2015

He called them heroes “too young”  to be slaughtered. The  loss of  44 police commandos killed in battle  in Maguindanao last Sunday left   Senior Supt. Conrad Capa choking  back tears. He had started his career with the…

Duterte: Investigate massacre, set aside peace talks

Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/30/2015

Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte yesterday said Congress should set aside deliberation on the Bangsamoro Basic Law  and investigate first the killing  of more than 40 policemen in Mamasapano, Maguindanao “for justice’s sake”. In an interview at…

Stay the course

01/29/2015

Seeing the Facebook photo of PO2 Wendell Candano of barangay Lawaan, Dumanjug town in Cebu carrying his son a few days before he died along with PO1 Romeo Cempron—a native of Danao, Bohol province who made his…

A never-ending story called Mindanao

Jobers R. Bersales 01/29/2015

The recent massacre of police personnel in Maguindanao who never thought they would end up dead brings anew into sharper focus the problems besetting the search for peace and order in Mindanao. There is a good term…

Firestorm in the middle of the peace process

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 01/29/2015

The nation is in mourning and while waiting for President Benigno S. Aquino III to deliver a message in connection with Sunday’s slaughter of some 44 members of the elite Special Action Force by elements of the…

Cebu group opposes proposed Bangsamoro law

01/29/2015

The death of 44 members of the elite Special Action Force of the Philippine National Police (SAF-PNP) in Mamasapano town, Maguindanao last Sunday has created adverse reaction to the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law that is now being…

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