When the elite revolt PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte has just begun to warm the presidential seat in Malacañang Palace and the elite that held power in the country since Independence was declared in1945 won’t have him for another day, if they can. To the credit of the political elite, we…

The clergy contra drugs WE can understand why the PNP leadership seeks to involve the clergy in its Double Barrel Reloaded campaign in the war on drugs. After all, didn’t the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) manifest its support for the campaign vs. drugs? We believe PNP’s intent…

Thank God, they’re back FOR a while, we thought that the war on drugs was already lost when President Duterte ordered the PNP to stand down and pull back from the campaign against drug syndicates, all on account of the attempt of rogue drug operatives to use the campaign as…

What TRO? THE declaration of war on illegal gambling by the Duterte administration is both timely as it is long overdue. It is timely because the present dispensation has since created a momentum by its proven determination to pursue its mission to its end when it declared the war on…

Untenable situation FOR a while, communities in Pangasinan were encouraged by the initial impact of the momentum created by the Pangasinan police in the war on drugs.  The results of the Double Barrel strategy and Oplan Tokhang gave renewed hope to thousands of families who were affected by the drug…