BAROK ‘AIDE’ SLAIN

Benjie B. Talisic, Nestle L. Semilla, Rene F. Alima 07/15/2017

Just as President Rodrigo Duterte announced that Cebu is a hot spot for illegal drugs, 50 suspected drug personalities were arrested and an alleged trusted aide of a jailed drug lord was killed in simultaneous operations in…

DAVIDE: FAR FROM OVER

Inna Gian Mejia, Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/14/2017

WAR ON DRUGS IN CEBU The war on drugs in Cebu province is far from over despite the numerous arrests and deaths of drug suspects that happened a year after the campaign was implemented by the government…

The women in the war

Sofia Aliño Logarta 07/12/2017

Many images show them clutching their children wanting to shield them from this horrible disturbance in their lives. Then they run or walk great distances to bring them to shelters. Here, they still face many problems. Here…

Palma: Pray for end of Marawi strife

Ador Vincent Mayol 07/08/2017

  As the armed conflict in Marawi City continues, Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma urged the people to turn to prayer and help stomp out terror and all forms of violence. The 67-year-old prelate has recently issued an…

Speaker Alvarez urges Asean: Join Duterte in war vs drugs

Inquirer.net 07/05/2017

Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez on Wednesday addressed fellow Asean lawmakers and urged member states of the region to join President Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal war against illegal drugs. Alvarez made the call in his remarks at the opening of…

Recalibrating the anti-drug war

Editorial 07/04/2017

Last Saturday marked the first year of President Rodrigo Duterte’s term of office, and it would be almost pointless to complain about his war on illegal drugs if it were not for the fact that it hit…

Lorenzana: Hapilon still hiding in war-torn Marawi

Inquirer.net 07/03/2017

The leader of the militants who laid siege to a southern Philippine city is suspected to be hiding in a mosque there, the Philippines’ defense chief said Monday, days after Isnilon Hapilon was reported to have fled…

Assessing the war on drugs

Editorial 07/03/2017

Today, an oversight committee spearheaded by the regional Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA-7) is supposed to evaluate the respective performances of the barangays in Central Visayas in the war against illegal drugs, and so far, there have…

Police claim success in war against drugs

Benjie Talisic, Calvin Cordova 06/30/2017

An “unprecedented number of surrenderers” and nearly half a billion pesos’ worth of illegal drugs were seized by the Police Regional Office (PRO) 7 in the first year of the Duterte administration. “Our campaign against illegal drugs,…

War not over in Marawi

Ricky Poca 06/26/2017

Apparently, the war in Marawi City is not yet over despite the declaration of government forces that the war was to end last June 12, Philippine Independence Day. So why did the military fail to reach their…

Baby girl, 4, brought out of Marawi war zone

Inquirer.net 06/25/2017

Marawi City — Civilian rescue volunteers and members of the Philippine-Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace corridor took advantage of the ceasefire declared by the military on Sunday and plucked out five persons – including a baby…

UN expresses ‘deep concerns’ over PH drug war

Inquirer.net 06/10/2017

Thirty-two countries attending the 35th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council said they have “deep concerns” over the summary killings linked to President Rodrigo Duterte’s war against illegal drugs. They also called on the Philippines…

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