Amnesty International: Killings, death penalty put country in bad light

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 03/07/2017

THE series of killings and the plans to revive the death penalty have put the Philippines in a bad light in the eyes of the international community, according to Amnesty International (AI). “The spotlight is on us.…

Onward with the mission

Madrileña de la Cerna 02/25/2017

The Visayas Our Mother of Perpetual Help has concluded but the mandate to “Make Her Known Throughout the World” continues hopefully on a wider, deeper, and more intense scale. Bishop Oscar Florencio threw the challenge at the…

Cops told: Track down Korean mafia in Cebu

Inna Mejia, Izobelle T. Pulgo, Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/06/2017

As local officials were caught by surprise by President Duterte’s pronouncement of the strong presence of a “Korean mafia” in Cebu, a Cebu City official is calling on law enforcement agencies to track down this foreign gang,…

Will CBCP history repeat itself?

01/31/2017

Five months ago, I intended to write “The Church is doing its part” to combat the escalating extrajudicial killings. I kept a list of Church statements and initiatives including an early item on a wear-black Mass at…

Duterte admin has bred ‘culture of hate, violence’

Robert Dejon, Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/14/2017

Vice President Leni Robredo expressed alarm over recent reported killings in the country amid the administration’s bloody war on illegal drugs. Robredo said the administration’s war on illegal drugs has bred a culture of hate and violence,…

Suspect in killing of Catmon police chief surrenders

Nestle L. Semilla 01/13/2017

One of the suspects in the killing of Catmon police chief Senior Insp. Alexander Nuñez surrendered to authorities on Thursday night but denied having a hand in the Christmas Eve murder. “Wala koy labot ana (I haven’t…

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

PART 2 Chief Supt. Noli Taliño, the director of the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7), maintained that drug suspects killed by policemen had placed the lives of the operatives in danger. “You know that those…

Poe: What has gov’t done to stop killings?

12/21/2016

There may be no state-sponsored killings in the country, but what is the government doing to stop the killings? Sen. Grace Poe raised this question when she explained on Tuesday why she did not sign a joint…

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.…

3 brothers shot by eight men

Dominic D. Yasay, Rene F. Alima 11/10/2016

Pamilya pusher wag tularan (Family of pushers. Don’t be like them). ” The ominous warning, written on a piece of cardboard, was found on the lifeless bodies of three brothers who were gunned down by no less…

CHR welcomes creation of task force on media killings

Maurice Jitty Villaester 10/13/2016

AN officer of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said the creation of a presidential task force against media killings will show whether the Duterte administration is committed to protecting human rights against extrajudicial killings. CHR Special…

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