Marcos notes ‘abuses’ in Duterte drug war

Marlon Ramos 05/06/2023

WASHINGTON—President Marcos on Thursday (Friday in Manila) acknowledged that “abuses” were committed and that the human rights situation became a cause for concern during the previous administration, when his predecessor Rodrigo Duterte waged a bloody antidrug crackdown that claimed the lives…

A BLOODY YEAR

Ador Vincent Mayol, Gerard Vincent Francisco, Nestle Semilla, Zena Magto 12/29/2018

2018 YEARENDER  With 253 deaths due to shooting incidents, 2018 was definitely a bloody and chaotic year It was a year marked by bloodbath. Almost every day, a life was lost in gun violence in Cebu as…

Bloody wake-up call

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 12/17/2018

Last Thursday’s gory accident involving a motorcycle-riding family of three and a 40-footer tanker provides a striking backdrop to the temporary restraining order (TRO) issued by the Supreme Court that sustains the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory…

ANOTHER BLOODY DAY IN TALISAY

Benjie B. Talisic, Nestle L. Semilla 11/25/2018

DRUG WAR Three persons were killed by police operatives while two others were arrested in separate drug busts in Talisay City on Saturday. The killings happened just a day after three other suspected drug pushers believed to…

Bloody Sunday: Korean killed, Cebuano wounded in separate attacks

Nestle L. Semilla 08/26/2018

IT WAS a bloody Sunday in Cebu City with two separate shooting attacks happening in the span of a few hours resulting in the death of a Korean national and the wounding of a Cebuano office manager.…

BLOODY TUESDAY

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Nestle L. Semilla and Benjie B. Talisic 07/10/2018

Three, including a child, die from gunshots just three hours apart A disgruntled husband looking for a bishop’s advice, a councilman, and a 3-year-old boy perished in separate shooting incidents in Cebu City in a span of…

POLICE: IT’S GOING TO BE ‘LESS BLOODY’

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Nestle L. Semilla 12/06/2017

PNP BACK ON WAR ON DRUGS Promising it is going to be a “less bloody” war on drugs, ranking officers of the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) welcomed Malacañang’s decision to put the police back…

Bloody or protracted

Editorial 08/16/2017

The shootout between PO3 Ryan Quiamco and the police that resulted in his death and the death of his wife Rizalyn in Barangay Pooc, Talisay City, last Tuesday evening dovetailed into the arrest of Chinese businessman Kenneth…

PNP-Church partnership Less bloody anti-drug campaign expected

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Nestle L. Semilla 03/05/2017

The Archdiocese of Cebu welcomed the pronouncement of Police Director General Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa inviting priests as they resume their anti-drug operations. Msgr. Joseph Tan, Archdiocesan media liaison officer, said that they are happy that government…

Less violent, more surgical

Editorial 03/02/2017

The discovery of nearly half a million pesos’ worth of cash along with shabu and other contraband items at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) could not have come at an opportune time for the…

Peace talks moving

Izobelle T. Pulgo 10/31/2016

Three issues to be tackled in 3rd round negotiations with gov’t and CPP-NPA-NDF The Philippine government and the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) will tackle three contentious issues in the third round…

Are you brave enough to enter the horror hospital?

Apple Ta-as 10/20/2016

You’re lost in an abandoned building. An eerie calm fills the air. All is still except for a flickering light and what sounds like water dripping. The faint sound of a woman wailing… Footsteps echo along the…

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