Russia captures biggest Ukraine city yet

03/02/2022

WASHINGTON/KYIV — Russia said it had seized its biggest city yet in Ukraine on Wednesday while stepping up its lethal bombardment of the main cities that its invasion force has so far failed to tame in the…

Piggery business conflict tagged as cause of cop killing two brothers in Talisay

Alven Marie A. Timtim 01/12/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A conflict that started with a piggery business complaint  ended in a tragic and fatal encounter between a policeman and his neighbors. This was how Police Senior Master Sergeant Alfredo Mandal of the…

Duterte, Xi may discuss ‘issues of conflict’

08/06/2019

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte could bring up the South China Sea territorial row and the proposed joint oil deal with China in his visit to Beijing later this month. Asked if the maritime dispute in…

Osmeña accuses police of “cover up” in Yballe’s killing

Delta Derycka Letigio 05/04/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña challenged the narrative of the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) on the death of Police Corporal Feliciano Yballe Jr. of the Cebu City Mobile Force Company,…

Conflict in drug trade may be behind ambush

Rosalie O. Abatayo 09/13/2018

Could drug business relationships turned sour be behind the ambush-slay of two jail guards and high-profile drug inmate Jerryfer Perigrino? Jail warden Reynaldo Valmoria of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) believes that conflict in…

Conflict in illegal drug trade eyed in Korean’s slay; Garma insists Cebu City remains safe

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Morexette B. Erram, Nestle L. Semilla 08/27/2018

Police are probing an alleged conflict in the illegal drug trade as the motive behind the killing of Korean National Lee Young Ho inside a motel in Cebu City. Senior Supt. Royina Garma said they found text…

Conflict Archaeology and memory

Jobers R. Bersales 08/22/2018

Pillboxes in Toledo and Liloan, tunnels in Buhisan, memorial markers at the old Southern Islands Hospital. These are just some of the little things that World War II veterans on both sides of the conflict used to…

No conflict within Barug, member councilors say

Morexette Marie B. Erram 06/28/2018

OPPOSITION councilors assured their supporters yesterday that Barug Team Rama–PDP-Laban will never break apart while admitting that choosing their party’s standard bearer for next year’s midterm elections is indeed a huge dilemma. Talks of internal conflict emerge…

Keep out Maute remnant from C. Visayas, troops told

Nestle L. Semilla 11/14/2017

The military’s Central Command (Centcom) was called on yesterday to protect Central Visayas from “spillovers” coming from Marawi City where government troops ended their offensive against the Maute terror group. “Hindi natin masasabi na walang nakalusot (from…

East Asia leaders discuss migration, environment, armed conflict issues

Inquirer.net 11/14/2017

Leaders of East Asian nations tackled issues on migration, environmental degradation and armed conflict in the region during the 12th East Asia Summit on Tuesday. “We wish to inform that President Rodrigo Roa Duterte as Chair of…

The raging storms

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 10/08/2017

It is easy to be overwhelmed by the sheer number and intensity of wrangling among public authorities in our current political landscape. These conflicts are like the storms and hurricanes that are becoming more frequent and with…

Co-op intervention needed in conflict zones

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 10/02/2017

October is Co-operative Month and cooperatives are stepping up to raise their visibility as a way of bringing attention to the human development work that some 20,000 cooperatives are doing through eight million members across the archipelago.…

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