Archive - Editor's Pick Year 2017 all 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 Items per page 18 12 18 24 30 Editor's Pick VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Are there EU countries with death penalty? The president says there are EU countries with death penalty. Is that so? By VERA FILES | Apr 1, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick PWDs in conflict areas in Mindanao lack access to humanitarian aid The forlorn look on Haron Arisa’s face, his stooped frame and the bony remnants of his once sturdy legs seem to echo the heavy burden that has been weighing him down for about four years now. By TEXT AND PHOTOS BY TESS BACALLA | Mar 24, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick Carpio tells Duterte what to do re China in Scarborough Shoal Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio T. Carpio reminded Sunday President Duterte of his “constitutional duty” to the Filipino people to defend the country’s national territory and suggested to him four ways he can do it as regards the reported China’s plans to set up an environmental monitoring station in Scarborough Shoal. By Ellen T. Tordesillas | Mar 20, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick Forensics, withheld evidence seen to bolster Tokhang survivor’s case When police chief Ronald de la Rosa was once asked to explain before the Senate the deaths in the drug war, he had one reply: “They resisted arrest. Otherwise, they would have been alive.” By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL | Mar 12, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick Lascañas: ‘Superman’ ordered death of political enemies, innocents They called him Superman. That was the code the Davao Death Squad allegedly gave former Davao City mayor now President Rodrigo Duterte while they were killing criminals on his orders, according to police officer and the DDS’ self-confessed team leader Arthur Lascañas. By Charmaine Deogracias | Feb 26, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick ASEAN begins talks on Code of Conduct in South China Sea amid continued tensions The Association of Southeast Asian Nations starts discussions on a Code of Conduct in the South China Sea this month with two contentious issues: the non-militarization of occupied features, and restraint in the activities in the SCS, specifically those involving China. By Charmaine Deogracias | Feb 6, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick PH reconciliation with China reduced tension in SCS, good for ASEAN President Rodrigo Duterte’s conciliatory approach toward China has reduced tensions in the South China Sea and is a positive development for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), two foreign policy experts said. By Charmaine C. Deogracias | Jan 31, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick Drug war survivor claims police shot at them, ‘execution-style’ He played dead to save his life. Having been shot in the chest, Efren Morillo had to cover his wound, slide down a ravine, cross a stream, climb a hill and crawl to the nearest highway to get help. By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL | Jan 28, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick ASEAN 2017 bid rules skewed to favor one company? When the government bidded out the P2.8 billion events management contract for the 50th anniversary of the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations to be held in the Philippines this year, it tailor-made the criteria so that a favored company would bag the deal, a company excluded from the bidding said. By CHARMAINE C. DEOGRACIAS and ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS | Jan 3, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick DBM shortcuts bid process for P2.8 billion ASEAN hosting deal The Department of Budget and Management-Procurement Service (DBM-PS) has allegedly violated the government procurement law when it bidded out the gargantuan P2.8 billion events management contract for the hosting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations conferences this year, a company excluded from the bidding said. By CHARMAINE C. DEOGRACIAS and ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS | Jan 2, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING Posts navigation Newer posts 1 … 3 4 5