‘Too many probes blemish the truth’

Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/10/2015

THE Cebu Provincial Board has approved a resolution asking the Office of the President to integrate  all investigations on the Mamasapano debacle that claimed the lives of 44 members of the PNP-Special Action Force (SAF). Board Member…

SAF widow tells Roxas: I want to be a cop

Edison Delos Angeles 02/08/2015

The widow of the Cebuano member of the ill-fated PNP Special Action Force (SAF) team that were routed in a clash in Mamasapano, Maguindanao said she wanted to become a police officer herself so she could keep…

Fuente cops shave heads for Fallen 44

Chito O. Aragon, Jhunnex Napallacan 02/06/2015

Seventy-six policemen of the Fuente police precinct had their heads shaved yesterday to express  support for  the families of the 44 slain Special Action Force (SAF) police commandos. PO2 Sheryl Guanco and five female cops joined 40…

Not worth dying for

Jobers R. Bersales 02/05/2015

A SAF trooper bravely hit the nail on the head when he bluntly told Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas: “This country is not worth dying for, sir, if our government cannot even protect its own…

8 truths in the Mamasapano massacre?

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 02/05/2015

The sorrow, frustration and anger over the deaths of 44 SAF members in the hands of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and their classmates wearing reversible jackets bearing the BIFF insignia, according to a columnist writing…

Residents are collateral damage too in Mamasapano massacre — CHR

02/05/2015

MAMASAPANO, Maguindanao —- “It’s tragic.” This was how Commission on Human Rights Chair Etta Rosales described the site of the bloody fighting between the police’s Special Action Force commandos and combined forces of the Moro Islamic Liberation…

Home from mission

Apple Ta-as, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 02/01/2015

The widow of PO2 Windel Candano kept her brown Aviator sun shades on. She said his casket would remain closed. “Akong kaugalingon dili katoo nga siya to pero akong feelings nag dikta sad nga ako tong bana,”…

‘Pray for families of fallen soldiers, for justice’

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 02/01/2015

Amid the slew of questions left unanswered in the aftermath of the massacre of 44 police commandos in Mamasapano town, Maguindanao, the Filipino people should pray for the families and not call for all-out war in Mindanao.…

SAF medic refused to leave wounded men, died with troops

Inquirer 01/31/2015

He could have chosen to save himself amid the heavy gunfire during an encounter in Mamasapano, Maguindanao. But PO1 Windell Candano, 32, a medic of the Philippine National Police Special Action Force (PNP-SAF), chose to stay and…

Who’s in charge and taking responsibility?

01/30/2015

The drums of war were beating loud after the slaughter of 44 elite  police officers in Mamasapano town in Maguindanao province,  Central Mindanao. About 400 members of the Special Action Forces (SAF) of the Philippine National Police…

Duterte: Investigate massacre, set aside peace talks

Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/30/2015

Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte yesterday said Congress should set aside deliberation on the Bangsamoro Basic Law  and investigate first the killing  of more than 40 policemen in Mamasapano, Maguindanao “for justice’s sake”. In an interview at…

A never-ending story called Mindanao

Jobers R. Bersales 01/29/2015

The recent massacre of police personnel in Maguindanao who never thought they would end up dead brings anew into sharper focus the problems besetting the search for peace and order in Mindanao. There is a good term…

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