Power execs warn of longer brown-outs

By CHERYLL D. FIEL
Duterte announced he would assume the post of deputized head of the Davao City Police, a post he relinquished at the start of the Commission on Human Rights’ (CHR) probe into the summary killings in the city.

POOLED EDITORIAL
The perpetrators obviously thought that they could get away with their atrocity. The only possible explanation for such impunity is that these people were confident somebody higher up would protect them. We hold the regime of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo accountable for what happened in Ampatuan. It was her regime that had benefited from the reign of terror in Maguindanao. It was her regime that had encouraged and nurtured the violence that led to the massacre.

By GRACE S. UDDIN
A member of the military intelligence group implicated in the Rebelyn Pitao rape-slay case was caught violating the election gun ban but was released by the police.

By GERMELINA LACORTE
“Malacañang could not wash its hands off the Ampatuan massacre because the state is obliged to prevent such things,” said Lawyer Harry Roque, who represented the 13 widows of journalist victims of the Ampatuan massacre in the filing of cases before the Ombudsman.

By GINGGING AVELLANOSA-VALLE
Relief assistance for people displaced by the fighting between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in Maguindanao has come to a halt after the massacre that killed 58 people, 32 of them journalists, in the town of Ampatuan on November 23 last year.

By GRACE S. UDDIN
Three problems cropped up during the mock elections at the Generoso Elementary School in Bago Aplaya village in Davao City on February 6, Saturday.
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By GRACE S. UDDIN
Myfel Paluga, Kamkem-Act regional coordinator, said teachers play a crucial role in this year’s election, given the major changes in the technology that will be used.