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No such thing as ‘limpio’ in a dirty job

In the narration of SP03 Arthur Lascañas of the “jobs” he had done as member of the Davao Death Squad, he recalled the instruction of then Davao Mayor Rodrigo Duterte in a murder operation against the financier of a kidnapping: “Sige, limpio lang.”

No such thing as ‘limpio’ in a dirty job

Lethal mix: small mind and great power

President Duterte’s reaction to the Pastoral Letter of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines on the killings related to his campaign against prohibited drugs read in all Catholic churches last Sunday shows the danger when small minds are given so much power.

Lethal mix: small mind and great power

Tourism and peace and order

Congratulations to the people who made the staging of the 65th Miss Universe in the Philippines a rousing success. The publicity that the Philippines got from the pageant and the goodwill generated from the 86 beauties were a bonanza to Philippine tourism.

Tourism and peace and order

It’s stomach upset, not jet lag

  By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS   SO it was not jet lag that was the reason why President Duterte was absent in the gala dinner  heads of state attending the 2017 Leaders Meeting  of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation in Lima, Peru last Saturday as he earlier told reporters. It’s stomach upset. In his interview

It’s stomach upset, not jet lag

Trump, Duterte share stance on key US-Asia issues

  By CHARMAINE DEOGRACIAS IF newly elected US President Donald Trump makes good his campaign threat to pull the United States out of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), he might also pull the plug on the its Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) with the Philippines. Trump has called the international security alliance “obsolete,” saying it

Trump, Duterte share stance on key US-Asia issues

Lack of public outrage emboldens Duterte to float writ suspension

By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS TWO things came to our mind when we read about President Duterte’s threat of suspending the writ of habeas corpus if lawlessness in Mindanao worsens. Number one, his “Kill, Kill” strategy in eradicating the illegal drug problem is not solving the problem despite 4,000 killed. Number two, the public has been

Lack of public outrage emboldens Duterte to float  writ suspension