Digong, Bato, Dayan, and De Lima By Ulysses R. Butuyan   UN RAPPORTEUR ON EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS TO VISIT PHL NEXT YEAR. Will there be surviving witnesses willing to testify? BLANKET DENIAL FROM DE LIMA. Was she also wearing a blanket in Dayan’s time? MAGUINDANAO MASSACRE CONVICTION SEEN UNDER DUTERTE. Will…

Col. Miro on the right track By Gonzalo Duque   IT’s funny and off-tangent—this plan to stage mass actions against former President Marcos. First, many if not most of Pangasinenses are Ilocanos who love and idolize their departed leader. Second, matagal na siyang namayapa. He deserves peace, tranquility, honor. We…

Dayan, Duterte, Drugs By Ulysses R. Butuyan   ALL BRGY. CHAIRMEN ARE PROTECTORS OF DRUG SYNDICATES UNLESS PROVEN OTHERWISE. Who says the Constitution is still in force? REHAB CENTER OFFERS NEW LIFE TO DRUG USERS. Is there any gov’t offer to indemnify victims of extrajudicial killings? PHP 500,000 REWARD SET…

Sen. De Lima’s dilemma By Gonzalo Duque   SAYANG NAMAN, Kuya Bing.             Mayor Bing Arcinue of the idyllic town of Sual was so near the Gold Mine, but by what dint of luck, he did not bring up a juicy matter to President Digong when he was in  that…

Rubout, cursing, Abu Sayyaf By Ulysses R. Butuyan   PINOYS ABLE TO FISH FREELY, UNDISTURBED AT SCARBOROUGH SHOAL. May Filipino fishermen introduce fish pens, too? BISHOP: NO MORE CURSING AS IT BOTHERS ONE’S CONSCIENCE. Summary execution of crime suspects doesn’t bother? MAGUINDANAO MAYOR’S KILLING AT CHECKPOINT, RUBOUT OR SHOOTOUT? Ask…

Rule of law By Gonzalo Duque   IT’S sad and alarming how the so-called democracy advocates would easily break into boisterous protesters when their wishes and advocacies are not won in a fair game! We are referring to the victory of Republican Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential race.  As…

US-PH ties, drug war, gender equality By Ulysses R. Butuyan   PHL NO. 1 IN GENDER EQUALITY IN ASIA. To be sure, many Filipino wives are even more equal than their husbands. PNP EXECS PONDER DIFFERENT TACK IN DEADLY DRUG WAR; 14 DRUG SUSPECTS IN METRO MANILA KILLED; 7 ADDITIONAL…

Souring relations between FVR and Digong lamented By Gonzalo Duque   WE joined President Digong Duterte in Sual to send-off last Wednesday some 17 Vietnamese poachers who were driven ashore on our beaches last September. You could see there President Digong’s “pusong-mammon,” human, compassionate, fraternal, pro-family, Christian. Hindi naman mga…

Gender equality, drug rehab program By Ulysses R. Butuyan   PHL NO. 1 IN GENDER EQUALITY IN ASIA. To be sure, many Filipino wives are even more equal than their husbands. PNP EXECS PONDER DIFFERENT TACK IN DEADLY DRUG WAR; 14 DRUG SUSPECTS IN METRO MANILA KILLED; 7 ADDITIONAL DRUG…

Ms. Mocha Uson in focus By Gonzalo Duque   PRESIDENT Digong Duterte is getting all kinds of flak and, also, thank God, accolades! What he is doing is cornering all the goods, contracts, deals, loans from every corner of the world, including if not especially, socialist countries. Just like what…