One Billion organizers call on Aquino to resign

02/16/2015

MANILA–A movement calling for an end to violence against women has added another item to its agenda: To press for the resignation of President Aquino over the controversial police operation in Maguindanao province that left 44 Special…

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…

Kin of slain SAF troopers to get Tesda grants

Contributor 02/07/2015

The 44 members of the Philippine National Police-Special Action Force who perished in clash in Maguindanao — all heroes on the battlefield — will not be forgotten and, so, too, by extension, their families. The Technical Education…

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…

FOR HEROES

Apple Ta-as 01/31/2015

Sympathy walk in Cebu city honors  ‘the great 44’ Candlelight tribute in Plaza Independencia for slain SAF troopers About 700 personnel  walked in the rain,  a gray drizzle in Cebu city that united policemen and civilians in…

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…

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…

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