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Matobato traveled to the US without valid documents—DFA

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) confirmed on Wednesday that self-confessed former death squad hitman Edgar Matobato does not possess any valid “travel documents,”...

The Making of Edgar Matobato

It is a wonder Edgar Matobato is still alive. A confessed assassin for the Davao Death Squad, he was the first to go public about...

Trillanes coddling 2 hitmen, says Duterte

Self-confessed hitmen Edgar Matobato and Arthur Lascañas, the prized witnesses of the opposition on the alleged Davao Death Squad, are living off Senator Antonio...

Hitman’s lawyer sues Duterte before intl court

THE lawyer of self-confessed hitman Edgar Matobato on Monday filed a complaint before the International Criminal Court in The Hague against President Rodrigo Duterte...

Matobato arrest is welcomed

MALACAÑANG on Wednesday welcomed decisions from a Panabo City court ordering the arrest warrant for self-confessed Davao Death Squad member Edgar Matobato and a...

Court orders detention of Matobato

DAVAO CITY—The Regional Trial Court of Panabo City issued an arrest warrant against supposed death squad hit man Edgar Matobato and Sonny Custodio over...

Transfiguration of our nation

On the second Sunday of Lent, the Gospel narrates that on a mountain, in the presence of just three of Jesus’ disciples—Peter, James and...

Confessed hitman yields

CONFESSED hitman Edgar Matobato on Thursday surrendered to the Manila Police District over the frustrated murder case against him by agrarian reform adjudicator Abeto...

Senators find flaws in witness’ testimony

A RETIRED police officer who accused President Rodrigo Duterte of heading the Davao Death Squad when he was still a mayor apologized to the...

‘Trillanes in trouble for hiding a criminal’

SOLICITOR General Jose Calida on Monday described Senator Antonio Trillanes IV as a “person of interest” for coddling and hiding confessed criminals. In a press...

Bad, stolen scripts

You know a confession is fake when it rips off lines from some famous script, like from the Godfather Part II. Of course, as...

Kidnap raps vs ‘hitman’ pressed

THE Justice Department has recommended the filing of kidnapping charges against self-confessed killer Edgar Matobato, who claims to be a member of the Davao...

De Lima on a spot amid Senate probes

THE Senate was off to a tumultuous start in the 17th Congress as the leadership of Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III was tested by...

Ombudsman to revive probe on DDS

The Ombudsman is set to reopen its investigation into the so-callled Davao Death Squad (DDS). Deputy Ombudsman Melchor Arthur Carandang says, the resumption of the...
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