TWO of the four arrested suspects in the killing of a taxi driver last Tuesday are now facing charges of robbery with homicide before the Cebu City Prosecutor’s Office. The complaints against Arman Patulan and Carlito…
A LOCAL police official has cited the advantage of taking suspects or criminals alive during police operations. Senior Supt. Joel Doria, Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) chief, said he believed that drug suspects or criminals should be…
Leftist militant leaders decried what they said was the inaction of the municipal government of Guihulngan town in Negros Oriental on the alleged killings committed by uniformed personnel in remote communities from July 23 to Sept. 7.…
SABOTAGE? President Rodrigo Duterte’s claim that the recent killings of teenagers in Luzon were meant to sabotage his campaign against illegal drugs and crimes drew mixed reactions from netizens. Reggie Gavini didn’t believe the President’s claim. “Sabotage?…
The Commission on Human Rights in Central Visayas (CHR-7) will proceed with investigating policemen linked to killings of drug suspects and will still expect cooperation from the Philippine National Police (PNP). CHR-7 Director Arvin Odron issued this…
Cop chief warned on unlawful killings; Loot believes Espenido can clear his name He may have dreamed of being assigned in Cebu, but Chief Insp. Jovie Espenido’s commander in chief has other ideas. In a speech to…
A network of multisectoral groups that include leftist organizations, activist nuns and priests, journalists and the academe on Monday launched a movement that called for the end to the drug killings and the “tyranny and fascism” of…
I SUPPORT the war on illegal drugs by the Duterte administration, but I frown on the killings of drug suspects. The killings are done with impunity and the government should do something to stop it lest there…
The call for a halt to the killings of drug suspects issued by both Manila Archbishop Luis Tagle and Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma came interestingly just as President Rodrigo Duterte gave a speech last Monday that marked…
The family of the late democracy icon, Senator Jose “Pepe” W. Diokno has added their voices to the call to end the killings in the Duterte administration’s war against illegal drugs. This developed as a pro-life advocate…
Truth be told, in this age of Duterte where extrajudicial killings of drug suspects are rampant and fast becoming commonplace, there’s very little sympathy for escaped inmate Marvin Gimpeso. Gimpeso, who escaped the Cebu City Jail because…
More than 100 members of different civil society organizations (CSO) in Cebu staged a protest in front of Cebu Provincial Capitol Monday morning against death penalty and extrajudicial killings. Fr. Robert Reyes, the running priest, led the…
