‘I seek answers for my people’

02/12/2015

Acting PNP chief turns emotional in House probe, blasts ‘overkill’ Acting national police chief, Deputy Director-General Leonardo Espina yesterday broke down in tears as he recalled the brutal killing of the members of the PNP Special Action…

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…

Widow raises questions after probe

02/10/2015

Julie Cayang-o said she “deviated from their cultural norms” just to personally hear the Senate hearing on the Mamasapano incident that killed her husband PO1 Gringo Cayang-o. When one of their family member dies, the Cayang-o family…

‘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…

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…

Much ado about city trash, SAF massacre

Ricky Poca 02/03/2015

I don’t know if a final agreement has been reached between the cities of Cebu and Talisay about transporting some of Cebu city’s trash to the dumpsite in Talisay. The proposal  became controversial when Talisay City councilors …

Scholarships, cash aid for slain cops’ families

Apple Ta-as, Melissa Q. Cabahug 02/03/2015

Scholarship grants will be given to the children whose fathers were among the 44 Special Action Force (SAF) commandos that died in action at Mamasapano town, Maguindanao province last January 25. Chief Supt. Prudencio Tom Bañas, Police…

SAF cop’s family still waiting on govt aid

Chito O. Aragon, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 02/03/2015

The family of slain Special Action Forces (SAF) police commando PO2 Windel Candano is still waiting to receive  financial assistance from the national government. Candano’s wife Michelle said she was counting on the government to fulfill its…

Running sensation dedicates Run for a Hero victory to SAF 44

Dale G. Rosal 02/02/2015

FOR FALLEN 44 Cebuana running sensation Mary Joy Tabal logged her third win this year after topping yesterday’s 21-kilometer race of the Condura Skyway Marathon: Run for A Hero in Manila. The 25-year-old Tabal said she is…

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…

Slain cop gifts daughter days before last mission

Jhunnex Napallacan 02/02/2015

Princess Urielle wanted a wristwatch for her 11th birthday last Saturday so she texted her father, PO3 Junrel Kibete if he could buy her one. Kibete gave his daughter, one of three children he had with his…

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