Photo courtesy of Karapatan-Timog Katagalugan. The arrests and the disproportionate show of force were likened to the “shock-and-awe tactics of Oplan Sauron” in Negros Island. By JUSTIN UMALI Bulatlat.com SANTA ROSA, Laguna – Elements of Special Weapons and Tactics Team (SWAT) and Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) on board 47 vehicles swooped in on…
“I did not kill them, I just inspired the triggermen” – Jovito Palparan, in an interview with Rappler “Gone is the arrogant soldier to which the above statement is attributed to. No longer is retired Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan, Jr. as willing to claim that he “inspired the triggermen”, especially now that victims of rights…
Provinces around MM on alert against NPAs Manila Bulletin 6 commandos wounded in NPA ambush in Rizal The Manila Times Full coverage
by Leon Dulce Obando Fishport was bustling with activity at 6:00 in the morning. A colorful and tightly packed flotilla has gathered, fishing boats carefully slipping and sliding past each other to get their turn at docking. The bustle slowly fades to an idyllic backwater as we travelled via pump boat to the coastal village…
The city government’s Vices Regulation Unit (VRU) said that around five-million peso increase in revenue is expected to be collected by the end of this year due to violations to the anti-smoking ordinance and liquor ban here.
Wearing masks and keeping some distance between each other, the activity was among the first and the biggest rally against what they call President Rodrigo Duterte’s increasing tyranny. They accuse Duterte of using the coronavirus pandemic lockdown to push for this militaristic agenda that endangers human rights and freedoms. The post Duterte’s anti-terrorism bill earns…