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Duterte apologizes, asks for chance to ‘protect women, children’
Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday apologized to the Filipinos for his remark, which many construed as making light of the rape and murder of an Australian missionary. The post Duterte...
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LOOKBACK: The Davao hostage crisis of 1989: Part 1
Editor’s note: In this series, INQUIRER.net looks back at four Philippine Daily Inquirer front page articles on the bloody hostage drama that resulted in the deaths of 21 people, including Australian...
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LOOKBACK: The Davao hostage crisis of 1989: Part 2
Editor’s note: In this series, INQUIRER.net looks back at four Philippine Daily Inquirer front page articles on the bloody hostage drama that resulted in the deaths of 21 people, including Australian...
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LOOKBACK: The Davao hostage crisis of 1989: Part 3
Military officials here have taken custody of nine former hostages who survived Tuesday’s assault on the Metrodiscom detention center and prevented them from seeing the reporters. The post LOOKBACK:...
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LOOKBACK: The Davao hostage crisis of 1989: Part 4
The parents of slain Australian missionary Jacqueline Hamill yesterday blamed Philippine and Australian authorities for not doing enough to save their daughter. The post LOOKBACK: The Davao hostage...
View ArticleCBCP exec: Next president should have character, competence
An official of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) asked voters on Tuesday to consider the candidate's character and competence in choosing who they would want to become the...
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Duterte doubts daughter’s rape claim, calls her ‘drama queen’ in jest
Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte does not believe that his daughter, Sara, a former Davao City mayor herself, was raped as she earlier claimed. "Hindi ma rape 'yan si Inday, nagdadala ng baril' yan...
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Priest says Duterte joke on rape bordering on necrophilia
Activist-priest Robert Reyes said no "sane leader" should joke about rape, especially if the victim was dead. Reyes, the so-called running priest for staging runs to promote causes, appealed to all...
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APRIL 12. At a campaign rally in Quezon City, presidential candidate and Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte recounts the rape and killing of Australian missionary Jacqueline Hamill during a 1989...
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Binay tells Duterte: Take psych test in Makati, it’s free
Vice President Jejomar Binay urged his nemesis Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte to have a psychological and physical exam in Makati which boasts of free and quality medical services. The post Binay...
View ArticleIs Duterte the right choice? 4 bishops ask
FOUR Catholic bishops Monday raised questions about the fitness of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte to lead the country after the presidential candidate joked about an Australian lay missionary who was...
View ArticleGutter lingo not an issue among masses
MY BOLD prediction on the outcome of the May 9 presidential election: Davao City Mayor Rody Duterte will win despite the inane “rape joke.” The post Gutter lingo not an issue among masses appeared...
View ArticleWHAT WENT BEFORE
ON AUG. 13, 1989, inmates at the Metrodiscom detention center in Camp Leonor in Davao City overran a guardhouse of the facility, seized rifles from jail guards and grabbed 15 hostages, including...
View ArticleDuterte keeps lead in Pulse Asia-ABS-CBN poll
Presidential candidate Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte has cemented his hold of the frontrunner position in the May presidential race, according to the results of the latest ABS-CBN survey conducted...
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