Better safe than sorry

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 06/01/2017

TO avert possible terror attacks in Central Visayas, Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III on Thursday convened the Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC) and urged law enforcers and local government leaders to step up their security arrangements…

‘Surgical’ air strikes

Stephen D. Capillas 06/01/2017

It is both tragic and instructional that the deaths of several soldiers due to “friendly fire” or air strikes in Marawi City should cause so much public outrage that calls for the military to end it would…

Duterte’s martial law version is justifiable so far

Atty. Ruphil F. Bañoc 06/01/2017

With all due respect to those who had a miserable experience during the martial law of the late dictator president Ferdinand Marcos, the recently declared martial law in Mindanao by President Rodrigo Duterte is so far within…

Palma supports martial law in Mindanao but opposes extending it to Visayas

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 05/29/2017

CEBU CITY-Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma has nothing against the imposition of martial law in Mindanao as the firefight between government troops and Maute terror groups in Marawi City, Lanao del Sur continues. Archbishop Palma said he also…

United we stand against terrorism

Atty. Ruphil F. Bañoc 05/27/2017

Recently, there are two horrifying man-made calamities that could shake the heads of every normal human being: the bombing of the concert of Ariana Grande in Manchester England and the terror attacks in Marawi City in Mindanao.…

Collaboration between gov’t and community key in fight vs terrorism

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 05/26/2017

  THERE are yet no reports of people from Marawi City taking refuge in Cebu City. There are also no reports of the presence of terrorists. According to Chief Insp. Ramoncelio Sawan, information officer of the Cebu…

Martial law and terrorism

Editorial 05/26/2017

There is hardly any doubt that the Maute terrorist group who continues to wreak havoc in Marawi City is a significant security threat to neighboring areas, but for President Rodrigo Duterte to place the entire country under…

MAO BA?

Editorial 05/25/2017

MARTIAL LAW GETS SUPPORT Netizens supported President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration of martial law in Mindanao and his plans to extend it to the Visayas and Luzon in light of fears that the terrorist Maute Group may flee…

CIDG builds terrorism case vs Dongon, Nobleza

Nestle L. Semilla 05/01/2017

THE Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in Central Visayas (CIDG-7) is now building a strong case against Supt. Maria Cristina Nobleza and her partner Renierlo Dongon, a bomb expert of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG). “We are…

Love in the time of terrorism

Jobers R. Bersales 04/26/2017

  Forgive me for borrowing and then altering the title of Nobel Prize winner Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s 1985 novel “Love in the Time of Cholera,” but I feel it appropriate if we are to understand the allegations…

ARMED MEN SPOTTED ON OLANGO?

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Benjie Talisic, Izobelle T. Pulgo 04/20/2017

Government troops have surrounded a coastal village on Olango Island, 6.4 kilometers from Lapu-Lapu City on Mactan Island, after a resident claimed to have seen two armed men in the area past 2 p.m. on Thursday. When…

STAY VIGILANT

Victor Anthony V. Silva 04/15/2017

Police and military officials on Saturday assured that Cebu is safe but urged the public to remain vigilant in the wake of the firefight that claimed nine lives in Bohol this week as well as several unverified…

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