Death and betrayal

Editorial 04/25/2017

One feels both grief and outrage over the death of PO2 Rey Anthony Nazareno, a member of the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) who got killed during the April 11 encounter between government troops and Abu Sayyaf…

Two men found dead in Lapu

Norman V. Mendoza 04/25/2017

The remains of two men whose heads were riddled with bullet wounds were found by residents of Fuentes road in Barangay Pajac, Lapu-Lapu City at past 2 am Tuesday. One of the men was identified as Avelino…

Bohol Governor confirms death of ASG Leader Melloria

Jhunnex Napallacan 04/22/2017

Bohol Gov. Edgar Chatto has confirmed that Joselito Meloria is dead. His confirmation came after Chief Supt. Noli Taliño, director of the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas, earlier told Cebu Daily News that Melloria was one…

Crising death toll now 10

Izobelle T. Pulgo, Nestle Semilla 04/17/2017

Cebu official says Crising was downgraded to LPA, so no state of calamity was declared This year’s Easter Sunday, despite its message of birth and renewal, had taken on a tragic turn in the island of Cebu…

Death came as they were sleeping

Gresheen Gift M. Libby 04/16/2017

ROWENA Sencio, 38, was sleeping with her sons Ivan, 11, and Jade, 13, in her old house in Barangay Ipil, Carmen, Cebu at 4 a.m. on Easter Sunday when suddenly the water from the nearby river overflowed…

Floods claim six in Carmen, Danao City

Doris C. Bongcac 04/16/2017

CEBU CITY—Six persons were killed in floods in Danao City and Carmen town in northern Cebu on Sunday following heavy rains spawned by tropical depression “Crising.” According to Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (PDRRMO) spokesperson Julius…

Sri Lanka garbage dump collapse kills 11

04/15/2017

COLOMBO — The death toll from a collapsed garbage mountain in Sri Lanka’s capital rose to 11 Saturday, officials said, with the disaster destroying 145 homes. Colombo National Hospital spokesperson Pushpa Soysa said two boys and two…

Easter and women

Madrileña de la Cerna 04/15/2017

Easter is the time when we commemorate the death of Jesus and celebrate His resurrection. It is also a time when we reflect on what it means to be a Christian. Traditional Easter stories and pageants celebrated…

Inabanga village chief claims 2 killed in clash were villagers, not Abu Sayyaf

Leo Udtohan 04/13/2017

INABANGA, Bohol-Do the five bodies recovered by the military really belong to members of the bandit group Abu Sayyaf? Not all, according to residents of remote village of Napo, Inabanga where alleged members of the Abu Sayyaf…

The ‘RightMED’ to stopping crime

04/05/2017

My objection to the death penalty is based on the idea that this is a democracy, and in a democracy the government is me, and if the government kills somebody then I’m killing somebody. —Steve Earle, American…

USC joins opposition to death penalty and EJKs

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 03/16/2017

  THEY pounded on drums and urged passing motorists to honk their horns. “Busina, busina, para sa hustisya!” they yelled in protest, hoping to catch everyone’s attention or anyone who cared to listen. Others brought signs which…

The fact remains that Catholic teaching conforms to death penalty

Atty. Ruphil F. Bañoc 03/16/2017

Assuming that the guilty party’s identity and responsibility have been fully determined, the traditional teaching of the church does not exclude recourse to death penalty, if this is the only possible way of effectively defending human lives…

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