Govt. forces continue to monitor Barangay Napo area

Doris C. Bongcac 04/12/2017

  CEBU CITY–Airstrikes continued in Barangay Napo in Inabanga, Bohol until close to midnight on Tuesday, said Frank Baylosis, the municipality’s information officer. “But the airstrike was contained in Napo area,” he said. As of 10:30 p.m.…

Rights group: PH killings ‘alarming’

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 03/07/2017

CEBU CITY–A global human rights organization has described as “alarming” the spate of drug-related killings in the country that took place since President Rodrigo Duterte assumed his post in July 2016. In its annual report, Amnesty International…

Mandaue police arrest 1 after PNP resumes drug war

Dominic D. Yasay 03/04/2017

A suspected drug pusher was arrested by the police during a buy-bust operation last Friday night in Barangay Canduman, Mandaue City. Operatives of Canduman Police Station led by station commander Aldrin Villacampa collared Levie Requilme, 35, in…

DUTERTE DECLARES NO END TO DRUG WAR

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/02/2017

President Rodrigo Duterte remains committed to the war against drugs even if it meant that more drug suspects will die. The President, speaking while in Cordova town on Mactan Island yesterday, said the criticisms of the Catholic…

Duterte lambasts church anew, defends gov’t’s drug war efforts

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/02/2017

CORDOVA, Cebu–President Rodrigo Duterte stepped up his attacks against the Catholic Church whom he criticized for their alleged hypocrisy as he defended the government’s war against illegal drugs. In a speech laced with profanities, Mr. Duterte pointed…

Official: Soldiers’ arrest has no effect on Army’s role in drug war

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 02/28/2017

THE ARREST of the three soldiers inside a suspected drug den would not affect plans to have Army personnel assist the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in curbing illegal drugs. 1st Lt. Roger Abitria, acting spokesperson of…

Hope and life emerge amid drug war deaths

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 02/17/2017

They surrendered and lived to tell their stories. And to these men and women who, only months ago, could not even imagine giving up a life of drugs, it was a day like no other. Wearing green…

My God, I pray

Raymund Fernandez 02/14/2017

That as I am wracked with doubt that you are even there at all, I will never lose sight of the wisdom in believing in you, exactly as the ages and my own parents had taught me;…

CCPO: No drug deaths since January

Nestle L. Semilla 02/12/2017

Months before Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa yanked the police out of the war on drugs, there has been no death related to police anti-drug operations in Cebu City. Since late…

Reign of terror

Editorial 02/08/2017

The recent debate between the Catholic Church and the Duterte administration in the war against illegal drugs came amid two major developments: one, an Amnesty International report that accused the government of tolerating not only a culture…

PDEA: HIGH-LEVEL TARGETS FIRST

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Dominic D. Yasay, Inna Mejia, Izobelle T. Pulgo 01/31/2017

The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7) is ready to take on the drug war that was let go by the Philippine National Police (PNP) but admitted it only has enough manpower to handle “high-value…

Timeout for PNP

Editorial 01/31/2017

Somehow, we don’t believe that the Duterte administration will drop the police from its war on illegal drugs despite the pronouncement of PNP Director General Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa. In fact, we suspect that the police will…

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