The rising body count

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 12/29/2016

(A special CDN series on the Philippine National Police and the war on illegal drugs in Central Visayas) Forty-one-year-old Julian Ramos, a carpenter from Barangay Mabolo, Cebu City, admitted to using shabu (meth amphetamine hydrochloride) since he…

Is there peace and order?

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 12/27/2016

(A special CDN series on the Philippine National Police and the war on illegal drugs in Central Visayas) For eight years, Liza Saballa has been working in Hong Kong as an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) to provide…

Alarmed over drug-related killings, James Taylor cancels Manila concert

Apple Ta-as 12/21/2016

GRAMMY award-winning singer James Taylor is making a stand against the Philippines’ war on drugs, announcing the cancellation of his February 2017 concert in Manila. On his Facebook post, James said that though his work is not…

NCS

Gerard Pareja 12/11/2016

Ang simpling taho: Senate committees on justice and human rights report no state-sponsored killings. Expected reaction 01: Ang kusog mobasol sa kagamhanan sa mga patay nga nahitabo mopiyaet og moingong midapig sa gobyerno ang gahimo sa report.…

‘Creative protests’ vs EJK, Marcos LNMB burial set today

Dominic D. Yasay, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/10/2016

IT will be a creative protest this afternoon by members of the Cebu Citizens Assembly to commemorate International Day of Human Rights. A nativity scene will be used during their march from Sto. Rosario Parish Church to…

Public shaming

Editorial 11/29/2016

Last Thursday’s congressional interrogation of Ronnie Dayan, while somewhat instructive, is known more for its attempts by lawmakers to ferret out the salacious details of his seven-year affair with Sen. Leila de Lima rather than verifying whether…

EU team to investigate EJKs this month, UN to follow

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 11/03/2016

WITH about 4,700 people killed in the government’s anti-drug war since President Rodrigo Duterte took office, the United Nations (UN) and the European Union (EU) have began preparations to come to the Philippines to investigate the spate…

Militant youths call for end to EJK

Dominic D. Yasay 11/03/2016

MILITANT youth groups from across Southeast Asia voiced their condemnation to the extrajudicial killings occurring in the country and called on the Duterte administration to stop it. Commission on Human Rights (CHR) commissioner Chito Gascon attended the…

Police tell 3rd suspect in Annalou slay surrender or be killed by syndicate

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 10/19/2016

THE Philippine National Police (PNP) has called on a third suspect in the killing of Annalou Llaguno to surrender to police authorities immediately before members of the drug underworld gets to him first. “You better surrender now,”…

‘The Road to Porndiction’

Francis B. Ongkingco 09/30/2016

(Part 1 of 3) Drugs! Death! Damnation! Our society, now more than before, is experiencing the toll of these words as we become helpless and fearful spectators of the vicious cycle of extrajudicial executions. There is no…

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