Entries Tagged as 'Unsolved crimes'

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

Police’ rhetoric on solving vigilante killings

 Not until today that Chief Supt. Felizardo Serapio, regional police director in Central Mindanao , had he been reported to have express alarm to the continuing “vigilante killings” in General Santos City. It reported that 26 people have already been summarily executed there, ten in March; ten in April and six on May, and counting…

While […]

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

Vigilantes’ violent past remains 20 years on

In the mid 80s, a brutal civilian armed group, Alsa Masa (People is rising up), had arise in Davao City at the height of communist insurgency in the Philippines. They systematically murder persons on suspicions they are supposedly involved in communist struggle. However, 20 years on, Alsa Masa has long gone but its history of […]

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

Seven deaths, one survivor in robberies

Robbery may be considered common crimes; however, when incidents related to this would result to a pattern of systematic murders to emerge, the authority has the obligations to take effective and adequate action to protect lives and properties.
Also, in the Philippines, the Philippine National Police (PNP) has had clear mandate under section 24, of Republic […]