Command responsibility: Can Arroyo evade it?


Bayan Muna today urged Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, the presidential security adviser for regions 11 and 12, to lobby for a thorough review of the anti-terror Law or the Human Security Act, saying ?the mayor?s objectives in keeping peace and order" should be consistent with the protection of human rights and the upholding of democracy.
By Neela G. Duallo
City of Mati-Davao Oriental – Governor Corazon Malanyaon and Vice-Governor Mayo Almario of Davao Oriental are starting to set things towards reforming the bureaucracy in the province.
In her first day in office, Malanyaon ascertained the financial status of the Province.
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MANILA — week after GMA-7 news revealed the existence of what appeared to be Palace directives on extrajudicial killings of activists, the umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan called on the Arroyo government to make a full public disclosure of the controversial ?Operation Bluetooth? and other similar issuances that may have come from top cabinet and military officials.
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