Filipinos seen backing Duterte

08/28/2016

Manila — On the day he was sworn into office, President Rodrigo Duterte went to a Manila slum and exhorted residents who knew any drug addicts to “go ahead and kill them yourself as getting their parents…

WITHOUT MIKE

Carmel Loise Matus, Margarette Managaytay, Nestle L. Semilla 08/26/2016

Team Rama signs up with PDP-Laban The decision has been made. They are leaving their “father” behind. Councilors and village officials belonging to Team Rama, about 65 of them, have agreed to join the ruling Partido Demokratiko…

4 wage board members, DOT-7 chief leave posts

Dominic Yasay, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 08/26/2016

Labor leader fears resignations will cause delay in wage petitions Four members of the regional wage board in Central Visayas and the regional director of tourism have resigned from their posts less than a week after President…

Police checking reports of Peter Lim leaving PH

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 08/26/2016

THE Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) is validating reports that Cebuano businessman Peter Lim has left the country. Chief Supt. Noli Taliño, PRO-7 director, said they so far have no idea about Lim’s whereabouts. “I’m…

Banking on the base

Rina Jimenez-David 08/26/2016

With his relentless pursuit of the “war against drugs,” President Rodrigo Duterte has been giving the impression that it is what his administration is all about. At a recent press conference, he even pooh-poohed the concerns raised…

LMP Cebu head asks fellow mayors to back Digong

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/26/2016

Despite their different political affiliations, Tuburan Mayor Democrito Diamante asked his fellow Cebu mayors to support the programs of President Rodrigo “Digong” Duterte, especially against illegal drugs. Diamante, who received a fresh mandate as president of the…

No opposition

Editorial 08/25/2016

The Duterte administration’s statement that the United Nations (UN) is unwelcome to monitor how it conducts its campaign against illegal drugs came days after Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma described as “ill-advised and half-baked” President Rodrigo Duterte’s name…

‘Duterte doing house cleaning’

Carmel Loise Matus 08/24/2016

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte is well within his authority to do some “house cleaning” when he ordered presidential appointees in government to resign within one week. Msgr. Joseph Tan, spokesperson of the Archdiocese of Cebu, said the president…

De Lima’s dilemma

Jobers R. Bersales 08/24/2016

If President Rodrigo Duterte will have his way in this first-ever relentless fight to end the drug menace in this country, its casualties will not just be billionaire drug lords and their protectors but one female senator…

KILL TOLL GOING UP

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Carmel Loise Matus, Norman V. Mendoza, Rabboni Centino Borbon, Rene Alima 08/23/2016

Taliño: No letup in anti-drug drive While rape, robberies, gambling and cases of physical injuries went down, murder and homicide cases related to illegal drugs went up in Central Visayas, the Police Regional Office (PRO-7) said yesterday.…

Gov’t agencies: ‘Business as usual’ as Duterte orders courtesy resignation

Carmel Loise Matus, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 08/23/2016

Malacañang last night gave all presidential appointees, except those designated by President Rodrigo Duterte, seven days to submit their courtesy resignation. In a memorandum circular signed by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, those who would refuse to comply…

Davide elated after landing on presidential ‘honor list’

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/22/2016

Despite setbacks in its anti-illegal drug campaign, the Cebu Provincial Government will be among those set to be recognized by President Rodrigo Duterte for curbing the illegal drug trade in their respective areas. In a Philippine Daily…

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