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Duterte?s Anti-Drugs Gambit

Duterte at the City Council last week. (Davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)Was Mayor Rodrigo Duterte?s unprecedented appearance at the City Council motivated by a serious desire to eradicate the drug problem? If so, why didn?t he or the PDEA file cases instead in court against the alleged drug dealers? Was it because of desperation and exasperation — that no matter what Duterte does, illegal drugs continue to proliferate? Or was it meant to spook councilors into giving him more ?peace and order? money in next year?s budget? Davao Today managing editor Cheryll D. Fiel tries to answer these questions.

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Duterte?s Admission of Failure Proves Extrajudicial Killings Not the Answer

By Cheryll D. Fiel
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DAVAO CITY ? If there?s one thing the appearance of Mayor Rodrigo Duterte at the City Council last week proved, it is that the extrajudicial killings of suspected drug dealers and addicts, something that this city has seen for quite a long time now, cannot solve the drug problem, according to human-rights advocates.

In his testimony, Duterte expressed exasperation over the continued proliferation of illegal drugs in the city, which he said are creating ?zombies? out of users.

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A Long, Agonizing Wait

More than three years after he was abducted by hooded men in front of his welding shop in Maa, Sabdurah Abdullah Ala remains missing. It took a while for his devastated family to recover from the shock and grief. But today, they honor and remember him by fulfilling his dreams and wishes. And they?re still praying for him to finally come home. Davao Today’s Grace S. Uddin reports.
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?Bishop Boying? and the Church of His Time

Bishop Delfin Callao Jr. at a Davao rally denouncing the murder of Bishop Alberto Ramento. (photo by Cheryll D. Fiel)

For newly elected IFI-Southern Mindanao Bishop Delfin Callao Jr., his ministry is a great cause, something that runs not only in his blood — his father, the late Bishop Delfin Callao Sr., also of the Davao diocese, loomed large in his defense of human rights and the welfare of the poor ? but in the underlying principles, rooted in nationalism and equality, that make the IFI such an enduring religious institution. Davao Today contributor Gingging Valle offers some insights into the man and his mission.

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