Malacañang on Friday rejected a call by some members of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to probe the growing number of killings in President Duterte’s war on drugs, saying it was interfering in the country’s sovereignty.…
CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmena has filed criminal and administrative complaints this afternoon, May 7, against Police Colonel Royina Garma, director of the Cebu City Police Office, before the Office of the Deputy…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — To commemorate the Kidapawan massacre in 2016, and condemn the killings of 14 farmers allegedly supporting the New People’s Army, student protestors staged a rally outside the University of the Philippines Cebu (UP–Cebu)…
Cebu City, Philippines – The deadline set by Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Oscar Albayalde for police in Cebu to solve the ambush of the group of San Fernando town mayor Lakambini “Neneth” Reluya is already…
CEBU CITY, PHILIPPINES–Cause-oriented groups including the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) Central Visayas and Karapatan Central Visayas condemned the killing of six persons in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental following the simultaneous operations (Sempo) by the Police Regional Office…
WASHINGTON – Journalists faced growing dangers of being targeted for killing for their work in 2018 even as the risks from war and conflict declined, a media watchdog said Wednesday. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said…
THE Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) is investigating the alleged link of the killing of a jail guard last Sunday to the killing of a high-profile inmate in the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC). Senior…
Regardless of one’s skepticism about the long term benefits of a planned Senate inquiry into the extrajudicial killings in Cebu, it is hoped that the hearings will result in legislation that will require greater accountability and transparency…
IF only to unlock the mystery behind the spate of murders in Cebu, the mother of one of the five victims in the shooting incident in Barangay Malubog, Cebu City expressed willingness to testify in the Senate…
The Senate Committee on Public Order is now working on the final schedule of the Senate inquiry into the killings in Cebu. “We are looking forward na ma-schedule ito for hearing ni Chairman Ping (Senator Ping Lacson)…
The Senate has decided to set the dates for the inquiry on the series of killings in Cebu. Senator Risa Hontiveros, who is in Cebu City on Tuesday (October 30), said reports about the numerous killings in…
“WE’RE always ready.” This was the response of top official of Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) on Senator Grace Poe’s plan to file a resolution for the Senate to conduct an inquiry into the killings…
