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Doing the right thing vs doing things right

By Lt. Gen. Filmore Escobal (Ret.)

The government is bleeding with taxpayers' money as the police operations to serve the warrant of arrest for Pastor Quiboloy et al. continue indefinitely.

The longer PNP PRO (Police Regional Office) 11 fails to achieve its mission, the more doubtful its objective becomes—whether to achieve peace and order and public safety objectives or otherwise. This implies that PRO 11 has become a private army of some political master or foreign power.

Unfinished terms and the National Museum

Has the National Museum of the Philippines (NMP) pronounced a curse on Philippine Presidents whose administrations, inaugurated in its confines, ended prematurely?

According to Wikipedia, the neoclassical building was built in 1921 and was the home of the bicameral Congress from 1926 to 1972, hence its name as the Old Legislative Building.

There is one intriguing detail about the NMP that many Filipinos may find interesting: four Philippine Presidents took their oaths in it and the first three failed to finish their terms.

Mindanao student leaders: Does gov’t care about educ?

By Omar Fernando

DAVAO CITY – In a gripping saga in Davao City, three courageous student leaders from Mindanao are raising their voices against the ongoing police operations, now on their 10thday, at the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) compound.

These operations in search for KOJC leader Apollo C. Quiboloy, they said, are not just a matter of law enforcement but a direct assault on their educational rights.

CHEd, DepEd, LEB silence on state aggression decried

The students of Jose Maria College Foundation, Inc. (JMCFI) called on the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), the Legal Education Board (LEB), and the Department of Education (DepEd) to stand on the right side of history amid the ongoing tensions caused by a police raid in search for Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) leader Apollo C. Quiboloy.

“Your silence amid these attacks on academic freedom and the right to education is complicit in emboldening these abuses,” a group statement issued on Wednesday read.

Prolonged search troubling, alarming: Davao archbishop

In a powerful call for peace, sobriety, and mutual respect among the residents of Davao City, Davao Archbishop Romulo G. Valles, D.D. on Wednesday expressed alarm over the prolonged search for Kingdom of Jesus Christ leader Apollo C. Quiboloy since Saturday dawn.

“The prolonged search being conducted, coupled with the overwhelming presence of law enforcers in a place dedicated for religious worship, and for the education of the youth, is alarming and troubling, as it touches some sensitive issues on religious freedom,” Valles said in a statement.

Sara crosses her Rubicon

Aug. 27 was the day Vice-President Sara Duterte crossed her Rubicon.

Vice-President Inday threw all caution to the winds, not giving in an inch in her verbal jousts with 47 solons itching to skin her alive. In what seemed like a coming out party to many Filipinos, the country’s most popular elected official made it clear that she would not be a party to her own political funeral.

Keep Quiboloy search private, Lacson to PNP

Former Senator and Police Chief Panfilo Lacson urged the Philippine National Police (PNP) on Tuesday to keep critical details of the search for Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) leader Apollo C. Quiboloy under wraps.

Lacson’s comments, shared on social media, came in the wake of a high-profile raid involving around 2,000 police officers that has intensified since August 24 at the sprawling 30-hectare KJC Compound in Davao City.