Man up

04/13/2015

Nearly four months after it happened, the Jan.25 Mamasapano massacre of the 44 Special Action Forces (SAF) commandos continues to haunt the country. The latest investigation , the House probe which should have started at the same…

Conflict drivers

02/27/2015

  The botched January 25 Mamasapano police operation is holding hostage 17 years of negotiations to craft a political settlement to the armed conflict in Bangsamoro Mindanao. Aggravating the situation is the complicity of President Benigno Aquino…

Rocky road to peace

Editorial 02/13/2015

All the more now, we need sober voices to keep all parties firmly on the path of seeking justice and  peace. A dark genie has been uncorked with the uploading on the Internet of the  graphic video…

Can the MILF be trusted with the BBL?

02/12/2015

“I request fairness and justice for my men!” Thus did Acting Philippine National Police (PNP) Director-General Leonardo Espina emotionally underline the need for the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to explain why its commandos mutilated and slaughtered…

Gwen’s motion to show gory video triggers ruckus

02/12/2015

Cebu 3rd district Rep. Gwendolyn Garcia created a ruckus at yesterday’s congressional investigation of the Jan. 25 encounter in Mamasapano, Maguindanao after she moved to publicly show a video that recorded how some of the ill-fated members…

‘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…

Open lines for peace

02/06/2015

While we may have to accept that the March deadline for the passage of the BBL, its review by the bicameral committee and final signing into law by President Aquino may not be achieved, there are many…

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…

Compartmentalizing operations

02/02/2015

Long after the raw emotions evoked by the arrival honors given to the 44 fallen police commandos have passed, and the clamor for justice dimmed and buried by the government’s bureaucratic red tape, the question on who…

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…

Day of the fallen

Apple Ta-as 01/30/2015

He called them heroes “too young”  to be slaughtered. The  loss of  44 police commandos killed in battle  in Maguindanao last Sunday left   Senior Supt. Conrad Capa choking  back tears. He had started his career with the…

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…

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