VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Abu Sayyaf DID NOT thank actors, politicians fighting Anti-Terrorism Bill
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The harassment that journalist Julie Alipala of the Philippine Daily Inquirer is being subjected to because her story of the killing of seven persons in Patikul Sulu contradicts the military version underscores once again the higher risks that reporters in the provinces face compared to those in Metro Manila.
CALAPE, Bohol- The Gothic-style church has been repaired and repainted in time for this town’s fiesta. At the provincial capital, Tagbilaran, the celebration started before the May 1 feast day with a 12-day novena priming up the community for the annual festivities in honor of its patron saint, St.Joseph, the worker.
INABANGA, Bohol. – Residents of this tranquil town are going through real suffering as they join the Christian world in the observance of Semana Santa recalling the passion of Christ some 2, 000 years ago.
After numerous flip-flops on how he would handle the Abu Sayyaf Group, President Rodrigo Duterte has backpedaled once again, this time announcing it through his spokesperson, Undersecretary Ernesto Abella.
Since winning as president, Rodrigo Duterte has both condemned and sympathized with the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
TO PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte, they’re thugs to be stamped out. Or so he sometimes says. “There is no redeeming factor or reason for me to sit down and talk with criminals. Pareho lang rin ‘yan sa droga.” Duterte described the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) this way, during the mass oath- taking of his appointees in Malacanang,