Police to work harder in war against drugs

Nestle L. Semilla 08/18/2017

The claim of President Duterte that the Philippines is now a “narcotics country” should push the policemen to work harder in the fight against illegal drugs. “The comment of our President is really a challenge to each…

Ending war, remembering the war

Jobers R. Bersales 08/16/2017

Seventy-two years ago last Tuesday, August 15, Japan formally announced its unconditional surrender in a broadcast made for the first time by Emperor Hirohito. The Atlantic Monthly already published the tense-filled and the nerve-wracking story behind the…

Hounding the war on drugs

Editorial 08/15/2017

In denouncing United Nations (UN) special rapporteur Agnes Callamard’s assessment of the human rights situation in the country in relation to the government’s relentless war against illegal drugs, Sen. Vicente Sotto III cited as an example the…

Bacolod’s Tanpinco shines in Drag Wars

Brian J. Ochoa 08/10/2017

JESUS Tanpinco of Bacolod Motor Sports (BMS) blazed the tracks at the Bogo City Hall to take the top titles in the second leg of the Drag Wars 2017 Series last weekend. Tanpinco, using a Toyota MR2…

Russia backs PH drug war, vows to help boost its anti-terror capabilities

Inquirer.net 08/08/2017

  Russia has offered to assist the Philippines in boosting the anti-terrorism capabilities of its security forces and support the Duterte administration’s intensive drive against illegal drugs, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said on Tuesday. Cayetano…

All-out war against insurgency

Editorial 07/31/2017

Even President Rodrigo Duterte and Philippine National Police Director General Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa know that it would take more than public declarations of “all-out war” against the communist rebels to make good on their pledge to…

DUTERTE DECLARES RELENTLESS WAR

Inquirer 07/24/2017

Once again, it was a tough-talking President Rodrigo Duterte who faced the nation, declaring “unrelenting war” and an uncompromising stance against illegal drugs, Islamic extremism and now against the communist-led rebellion, destructive mining operations, graft and corruption…

CV cops urged: Step up in war vs. drugs

Benjie Talisic, Nestle L. Semilla 07/21/2017

POLICE officers in Central Visayas are encouraged to step up in their campaign against illegal drugs. This is the call of the Chief Supt. Jose Mario Espino, the new Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) director,…

Nolan’s powerful war narrative

Jeff Ruffolo 07/20/2017

Adolf Hitler was many things. Mass murderer. Megalomaniac. The world’s great orator. But as a military tactician in 1940–the jury, to this date, is still out. After their blitzkrieg through Eastern Europe, the Nazis then pivoted west…

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…

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