Until now docile and forgiving Filipinos have tended to look the other way as President B. S. Aquino 3rd routinely abused the Constitution. His crimes have piled up, but none of them had affected the nation as much as his ignoble and wretched response to the January 24 Maguindanao massacre of 44 members of the Philippine National Police Special Action Force (SAF) by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters.
He failed to show enough sympathy and respect for the martyred policemen… Read more »
That was the claim of Police Director Getulio Napeñas, the recently-sacked head of the Philippine National Police Special Action Force, referring to his troops’ ill-fated operation to terminate Malaysian terrorist Zulkifli bin Hir and his local cohort that led to the massacre of the 44 SAF troopers on January 25.
That was the report yesterday of Philippine Daily Inquirer’s… Read more »
‘US soldier among dead’
Human rights group claims body of American retrieved from clash site A “blue-eyed” Caucasian believed to be an American soldier was reportedly among those killed in the deadly gunbattle between elite policemen and members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front … Read more »
Palace vows charges vs planners, SAF killers
Malacañang on Sunday vowed that charges will be filed against those who were responsible for the massacre of 44 elite police commandos in Mamasapano town in Maguindanao province, including those who may have ordered the bungled operation. “Charges will be … Read more »
Authorities yet to confirm Marwan’s death
IT’S been a week since elite police commandos stormed Mamasapano town in Maguindanao to arrest Malaysian terrorist Zulkifli bin Hir alias Marwan and Abdul Basit Usman but authorities are yet to receive confirmation that Marwan was indeed killed in the … Read more »
Poll watchdogs file petition vs PCOS deal
ELECTION watchdogs will be giving a going away “present” to Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. and two commissioners who will be retiring today—a petition seeking to stop the implementation of the contract awarded to Smartmatic. Individual convenors … Read more »
Senate to make Purisima ‘sing’
THE Senate is determined to summon suspended Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Alan Purisima to its inquiry into the police operation in Maguindanao that killed 44 commandos. Sen. Grace Poe, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous … Read more »
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What Congress should do: Create a commission for Mamasapano inquiry
THERE is urgency and compelling necessity for Congress to create by law a national commission to investigate and report on the circumstances and facts surrounding the January 25 incident that led to the massacre of 44 members of the Special Action Force (SAF) of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Mamasapano, Maguindanao. It is urgent... Read more »
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Petron hikes LPG prices
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Pinays nabbed in Malaysia club raid
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4,580 Filipino nurses sought US jobs in 2014
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Where MVP goes, pay goes up
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The window to our soul
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Mumbo Gumbo
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Noynoy, MILF ‘inquiry’ to craft coverup
We can forget about President Noynoy’s absence at the arrival honors given to the fallen Special Action Force (SAF) troopers at the Villamor Air Base on Thursday. True, he could have tried to catch up and showed moral support to … Read more »
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Marriage voidable when either party is forced into it
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