Gov’t drug war a ‘massive failure’ – Robredo

JHESSET O. ENANO 01/07/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Duterte administration’s war on illegal drugs is a failure, with the government barely making a dent on the country’s narcotics problem despite a relentless campaign over the past three years, Vice President Leni…

Questions over APEC after costly summit failure

AFP 11/19/2018

With Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin absent and leaders unable even to agree on a joint statement, some critics are questioning whether the annual APEC summit is still worth the effort. “Expectations are low and probably won’t…

Hardware failure downs more than 100 PH gov’t websites — DICT

Inquirer.net 07/03/2018

MORE than 100 government websites were down on Tuesday due to a server hardware failure. The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) confirmed to INQUIRER.net that an estimated 100 websites were affected when a six-year-old server…

Tomas: Failure of intel caused martial law in Mindanao

Inna Gian Mejia 07/24/2017

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said the government’s failure to set up an effective intelligence system is the reason why martial law is imposed in Mindanao. He said while he personally doesn’t approve of martial law, he…

Fake news

Editorial 06/15/2017

A proposed bill by Sen. Joel Villanueva to penalize those spreading fake news on social media and the web may already be covered under existing laws that, at the time they were crafted, had not yet even…

SC cites AFP failure of intelligence

Inquirer.net 06/14/2017

A Supreme Court associate justice on Wednesday said there could be a failure of intelligence in Mindanao when the military did not notice Maute Group’s gaining of strength in Marawi City. “It seemed the Maute rebels are…

AFP urged to probe intel failure in Marawi attacks

05/24/2017

MANILA — Two senators said on Wednesday that the country’s security forces most likely suffered a failure of intelligence for something as big as the Marawi City attacks by the Abu Sayyaf and the Maute Group to…

15-year-old boy commits suicide in Tuburan

Rene F. Alima 02/15/2017

Afraid of being scolded for his failing grades, a 15-year-old boy from Tuburan town decided to end his life on Tuesday afternoon. Charles (not his real name), a grade 7 student of the Tuburan Central School, was…

Aquino’s failure

Editorial 01/29/2017

There was nothing new with what President Rodrigo Duterte said about the second anniversary of the Mamasapano massacre but it didn’t dilute nor reduce the significance of what his message was as he centered it on those…

Labella probes damage to equipment

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/03/2016

The failure to properly maintain an important aerial ladder truck and water tanker, earlier acquired by Cebu City through a donation, may have caused the equipment to end up in a junkyard, useless and left to rust.…

Jodi Sta. Maria: ‘I turned to drugs’

Clint Holton Potestas 11/02/2016

YEARS after separating from husband Panfilo Lacson Jr., Jodi Sta. Maria, 34, finally revealed the painful experiences she went through and admitted the addiction that suppressed her emotions. And despite the steady rise of her career in…

Stuck with bad luck

Belle Grandea 08/14/2016

Dear Ms. Belle, I can’t seem to accomplish what I should be doing. My friends say it’s because I am a middle child. We are seven brothers and sisters. I have many goals in life, but I…

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