So, given that there is no perfect general as there is no perfect person on earth, who do you think, between the two, deserves our taxes? Who do you think is sincere and dedicated enough to…
Russia on Tuesday launched what it has called its largest every military drills, with hundreds of thousands of Russian troops taking part along with Chinese soldiers in a massive show of force that has rattled the West.…
Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña approved the request of the opposition bloc to hold a concert on Sunday (September 9) to express support of the administration’s war on drugs at the Plaza Independencia in Cebu City. But…
Critics of the administration’s war on illegal drugs, along with relatives of drug suspects killed in police operations, have filed a complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte before the International Criminal Court (ICC) for crimes against humanity. According…
What should not be forgotten in the manhunt for businessman Peter Lim, who stands accused of being a drug lord is how his current state of hiding summarizes much of what is wrong in the government’s fight…
Yesterday was a poignant moment for some of the more than three thousand Japanese citizens living in Cebu, at least for those who went to Marco Polo Cebu Hotel. Beside its tennis courts is a life-size bronze…
SEOUL, South Korea — The United States and South Korea held a ceremony on Friday to return home the remains of two servicemen killed during the 1950-1953 Korean War. Seoul’s Defense Ministry said the remains of an…
The US and China on Friday launched tit-for-tat tariffs on each other’s imports, the opening shots in what Beijing called “the largest trade war in economic history” between the world’s top two economies. At the stroke of…
Overcrowding in the country’s jails — housing suspects who have not even been convicted yet — got worse last year, as the Duterte administration waged its war on illegal drugs. The Commission on Audit (COA) said the…
DUTERTE YEAR 2 (SECOND OF FOUR PARTS) To ensure that government authorities fall within the limits allowed by law in their campaign against illegal drugs, the Commission on Human Rights in Central Visayas (CHR-7) has launched a…
DUTERTE YEAR 2 If he could only turn back the hands of time, Wilfredo Hortezuela would not have allowed his eldest son to become a policeman. “Risgo kaayo trabahoa. (It’s a very risky job),” he said. Persistence…
CASUALTIES cannot be avoided in an intensified campaign against illegal drugs, said a top official of the Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO). Senior Supt. Manuel Abrugena, CPPO director, said that casualties are a natural occurrence especially when…
