By CJ Kuizon | Davao Today I haven’t been offered but I am willing to take the responsibility if it…
Airport security has been tightened at the Davao International Airport to ensure the safety of passengers, former Aviation Security Group…
By GERMELINA A. LACORTE | Davao Today
After the New People’s Army (NPA) admitted their mistake in the February 2 killing of Davao businessman Vicente Ferrazini, the family of the slain businessman asked the Communist rebels to leave Davao and the entire family in peace.
By MARILOU M. AGUIRRE | Davao Today
According to the NPA, Ferrazini only became the target of the Ka Paking Guimbaolibot Red Partisan Brigade after he was proven guilty of giving logistical, financial and intelligence support to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in the hinterland of Toril.
Anakpawis is calling for justice for the victims of the Philbest bombing in General Santos City that killed an 11-year…
By CHERYLL D. FIEL | Davao Today
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte suspected the 12-year-old Mariannet Amper could have been raped, based on the findings bared by the medico legal officer who conducted the autopsy. The mayor, who ordered the girls body exhumed five days after burial, said it was possible that rape could have driven the girl to kill herself. He also said that its also possible that someone could have killed her.
By CHERYLL D. FIEL | Davao Today
Duterte said teenagers today are different from those in the past and, at 15, he believed a boy already has discernment. He also thought the Juvenile Justice Law, which says children below 15 cannot be held criminally liable, is open to abuse — a lot of criminals could get away with crime because of this, he said. He called the law myopic and impractical.
By CHERYLL D. FIEL | Davao Today
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, who was scheduled to undergo surgery last week, said he had no qualms leaving his post because he has complete trust in his daughter. Asked about the possibility of criminals on the loose while he is away, the mayor retorted, “When the cat is away, the tiger takes over,” apparently alluding to his daughter.
By ANGELA LIBRADO-TRINIDAD
We have hoodlums in robes, we have cheats at the highest echelons of the government, we have crooks in Congress, landgrabbers and killers well-entrenched in state machineries and business, and the irony is, despite the laws available to victims, to the poorest among us, these criminals appear decent and held with high regard in our society. We see the young shoplifter, the young molester or the young drug pusher and, alas, we are immediately agitated to have them removed from our sight and from the streets!
Abu Sayyaf
in Basilan:
A deadly
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