Category: What The Papers Say
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China calls RSF ‘worst enemy of free press’
The notorious self-acclaimed journalist organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF) released its annual “press freedom index” in April. Not surprisingly, this neither authoritative nor professional group, having frequently shown the public its anti-China stance, ranked China fourth from the bottom. On May 3, the 30th anniversary of World Press Freedom Day, Cedric Alviani, head of RSF’s…
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Duterte’s accord with China on fishing should be made public: Monsod
The Philippine government should make public an alleged agreement on allowing Chinese fishermen to exploit the country’s marine resources, one of the framers of the 1987 Constitution said Friday. Lawyer Christian Monsod said President Rodrigo Duterte could face impeachment if he indeed made a deal that allowed Chinese fishermen to exploit marine resources in the…
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Cyprus court hands 7 life terms to ‘first serial killer’ who murdered Filipinas, others
A Greek Cypriot army captain who murdered five women and two girls was handed seven life sentences Monday in an unprecedented serial killing case that has shocked the Mediterranean island. Nikos Metaxas, 35, had pleaded guilty to the premeditated murders, all targeting foreigners, which sparked anger over perceived police racism. Metaxas was led into a…
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Duterte says ‘be careful’ on illegal Chinese workers in PH
President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday said illegal Chinese workers in the Philippines should be deported but the issue should be approached “carefully.” “They should be deported but in the same manner, you should be careful because when you point at the Chinese, you’re also pointing at yourself. There are so many thousands of Filipinos…
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BULAGTA!
DEAD-ON-THE-SPOT ang mga tulak ng droga na ito matapos manlaban sa ikinasang buy-bust operation sa Market 3, Brgy. NBBN, Navotas City kagabi. VAL LEONARDO Remate
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5 Filipinos missing after fishing near disputed shoal
MANILA — Philippine coast guard officials said Monday they’ve launched a search for five Filipinos who failed to return after fishing in the disputed Scarborough Shoal in bad weather off the country’s northwest. Coast guard spokesman Armand Balilo said the fishermen left the shoal due to an approaching typhoon last week and have not been…
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Loyalty tsek ikakasa ng PNP, AFP kasunod ng bantang Kudeta
IPINAUBAYA na ng Malakanyang sa pamunuan ng Philippine National Police (PNP) at Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) ang pagsasagawa ng loyalty check sa kanilang hanay upang matiyak na walang magaganap na kudeta o destabilization plot laban kay Pangulong Rodrigo Roa Duterte. Sinabi ni Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Asec. Ana Marie Banaag na mas maganda…
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Hontiveros: House hits its lowest in Dayan probe
SENATOR Risa Hontiveros described Friday the House of Representatives inquiry into the alleged illegal drug trade inside the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) as a “public lynching in aid of misogyny and sexism”. “The intention was clear. Members of the committee were grossly unparliamentary. Their derogatory line of questioning did not aim to shed light on…
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Espinosa: Cebu bizman Peter Lim was Jaguar's drug supplier
SUSPECTED drug lord Roland “Kerwin” Espinosa told senators during the hearing on the killing of his father, Albuera Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr., that Cebu City businessman Peter Lim was the one who supplied drugs to slain drug lord Jeffrey “Jaguar” Diaz. Espinosa, who once worked with Diaz in their illegal drugs operations in Central Visayas,…
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New Zealand niyanig ng magnitude 6.3 quake
NILINDOL ng magnitude 6.3 ang central New Zealand. Naitala ang sentro ng lindol sa 138 kilometro mula sa Palmerston North at may lalim na 37 kilometro. Sa ngayon, wala pang napaulat na pinsala dulot ng lindol. Noong nakaraang linggo lamang ay niyanig din ng magnitude 7.8 na lindol ang New Zealand, malapit sa lungsod ng…