Task force sees arrest of brains behind broadcaster's slay
GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- City Police Director Cedrick Train said they are closing in on the mastermind behind the slaying of a newspaper publisher and are ready to file murder case against the suspect once they have completed their investigation.
Train heads Task Force Guarin, which was...
Journalists raise reward money for capture of radioman's killer
GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- Colleagues of slain publisher Christopher Guarin said Wednesday they were able to raise P50,000 as reward money for the surrender of the gunman who then should identify the mastermind behind Guarin’s murder.
James Catalan, station manager of RPN here and president...
Journalist shot dead in GenSan
GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- The publisher of a local community newspaper, who was also a blocktime commentator, was ambushed and killed by a gunman riding in tandem along Conel Road here late Thursday evening.
The victim, Christopher Guarin, sustained five gunshot wounds in different parts of...
Firm increases stake at Australian mine firm
FILIPINO-OWNED Alsons Power Holding Corporation (AHPC) has acquired additional shares in the exploration company Indophil Resources NL, allowing it to nominate two board seats in the publicly listed Australian mining exploration company.
AHPC is the power group holding company of Alsons...
Espejo: Mindanao Tragedy - When reporters are the reported
JOURNALISTS, more often than not, are among the first to respond to distress calls and to arrive in disaster areas by reason and force of their trade.
Many have developed the kind of distance needed to objectively report on breaking incidents, some of them very traumatic events.
On...
Espejo: Xstrata-SMI's proxy war
WITHOUT doubt, Sagittarius Mines Inc. (SMI) will be watching very closely, and with good reasons, the case filed by Canadian-backed mining company TVI Resource Development Inc against the provincial government of Zamboanga del Norte, in which the Zamboanga-based mining firm is questioning the...
Espejo: Peace more than ever
TWO more troubling incidents in Mindanao last week made the quest for just and lasting peace in the island all the more important.
We need to put a stop to all the violence around us. We need to save the lives of combatants as well as others who are getting caught in this vicious cycle of...
Construction of SM-Gensan car park ordered stopped
GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- The City Engineer's Office here ordered the temporary suspension of the construction of the multi-storey car park building of SM-Gensan in the wake of an accident, which resulted to the injury of four of its construction workers.
Councilor hurt, gunman killed in shooting
GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- Councilor Ronel Rivera was seriously wounded when a man, who was later killed, shot him inside his car early Saturday.
Rivera reportedly drove home one Sheila Tañeda to her brother’s house along Mateo Compound when the gunman, identified as Januart de la Cruz,...
NDF tells Aquino: Give peace talks a “hands on”
SAYING there are some forces countermanding government chief peace negotiator Alexander Padilla, the communist-led National Democratic Front (NDF) wants President Benigno Aquino III to take a hands-on approach to the peace process.
NDF chief negotiator Luis Jalandoni said they want Aquino...
New group created vs Moro 'substate'
DAVAO CITY -- A new group led by former Cotabato governor Manny Piñol warned Monday that it will oppose the creation of a Moro "substate".
Piñol said the group, known as Christian Leaders Convergence, will also campaign against the expansion of areas currently covered by the Autonomous...
Mount Sabrina: A touch of class
FANCY yourself atop a hill on a clear night with the view of the city skyline to your left and gleaming bay to your right on a moonlit night.
MILF seeks 2 Senate seats for 'substate'
THE draft of peace proposal submitted by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) contains several major demands to include two Senate seats for the Bangsamoro "substate" that shall be elected by a subsequent Moro district.
The MILF and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (...
Espejo: Sara revisited
MORE than a week after a feisty Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte displayed a temper she has since regretted by saying it was not her best moment, she continues to be the subject of opinion writers, both adverse and in her favor.
It didn't help that her father Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte,...
Espejo: Philippine massacre trial -- Why blame the media?
THE pattern is re-emerging. As if it really went away.
Analysis: The Azkals and PH football
IT WAS gratifying for the national spirit and pride to see the Philippine football team win over Mongolia in last night's Asian Football Conference qualifying round.
