Swindling the public

Editorial 07/21/2016

While conversing with Cebuano businessman and suspected drug lord Peter Lim, President Rodrigo Duterte also took the time to give an impromptu televised lecture on efficiency in government service by reminding all government employees to cut down…

Strong warning

07/20/2016

The televised meeting between President Rodrigo Duterte and Cebuano businessman Peter Lim was eerily reminiscent of the famous restaurant scene in the 1995 Michael Mann film “Heat.” In that scene, screen legend Al Pacino, who played Lt.…

No proof against Peter Lim

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 07/18/2016

PHILIPPINE National Police (PNP) Chief, Director General Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Monday admitted that they don’t have enough evidence to prove that Cebu businessman Peter Lim is a drug lord. “So far, what we have are…

Preferential treatment for alleged big-time drug lords?

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 07/18/2016

Instead of gaining approval for publicly berating alleged drug lord Peter Lim during a meeting recorded by the state-run RTVM in Davao City last week, President Rodrigo Duterte is getting flak from some quarters including netizens who…

PRESUMED INNOCENT

Izobelle T. Pulgo, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/17/2016

Having Peter Lim prove his innocence is unconstitutional The last time I read the Constitution, it said that it is the duty of the state to prove the guilt of a person and not the other way…

‘Kumpares’ Lim, Duterte stood as sponsors in their friend’s daughter’s wedding

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Connie E. Fernandez, Doris C. Bongcac 07/17/2016

Did Cebuano businessman Peter Lim and President Duterte know each other prior to their meeting in Davao City on Friday? Both Lim and Duterte are “kumpares” since they both stood as primary sponsors in a private wedding…

LIM TOLD: BE PROBED

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Nestle L. Semilla, Victor Anthony V. Silva 07/16/2016

Duterte to Cebu businessman Peter Lim: Go to NBI Casting aside his supposed shyness, Cebu businessman Peter Lim mustered the courage on Friday to appear before President Rodrigo Duterte in hopes of clearing his name of suspicions…

BIR suspends tax probe on Loot and Lim assets

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 07/14/2016

TWO days after announcing that it would start to validate the tax returns of controversial retired general Vicente Loot and all those with the name of “Peter Lim” in Cebu to check on their possible undeclared properties…

Will the real Peter Lim please stand up?

Stephen D. Capillas 07/14/2016

The column title gets its inspiration from a 2000 hit song “The Real Slim Shady” by rapper Marshall Mathers aka Eminem which Wikipedia said was a “critique” of the pop songs and the singers and celebrities that…

BIR tax review on Loot, ‘Peter Lims’ this week

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/12/2016

THE Bureau of Internal Revenue District Office said it may finish its tax return validation on Daanbantayan Mayor Vicente Loot and all the “Peter Lims” in Cebu sometime this week. Loot’s tax return is being validated in…

TAX PROBE ON LOOT, ‘PETER LIM’

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/11/2016

Retired police general and now Mayor Vicente Loot of the town of Daanbantayan in Cebu, who was among the five police generals accused by President Rodrigo Duterte of allegedly coddling drug lords, will face another challenge: a…

Drastic measures

Ricky Poca 07/11/2016

Last week President Rodrigo Duterte made good on his promise to name the five police officials allegedly acting as protectors of drug lords. Named were retired PNP officials Marcelo Garbo and Vic Loot (now Daanbantayan mayor) and…

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