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July 27, 2011
Local sheriffs group joins condemnation of Sara Duterte

NAGA CITY (July 27 2011) - The Sheriff Confederation of the Philippines  (SCOPHIL) Camarines Sur chapter manifested support to sheriff Abe Andres who suffered public humiliation while carrying out a court order after receiving punches from  Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte.

NAGA CITY (July 27 2011) - The Sheriff Confederation of the Philippines (SCOPHIL) Camarines Sur chapter manifested support to sheriff Abe Andres who suffered public humiliation while carrying out a court order after receiving punches from Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte.

In a press conference the group read their statement of condemnation of Duterte’s act of punching sheriff Andres aggravated by the city mayor being a lawyer who should know that the sheriff was just implementing a court order.

July 16, 2011
Robredo: no shortcut to punish Duterte

MANILA Philippines (July 16, 2011) - While there is basis for filing an administrative case against Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) cannot impose sanction on the mayor because a formal complaint that the DILG or the Office of President can act on is non-existent as yet.

MANILA Philippines (July 16, 2011) - While there is basis for filing an administrative case against Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) cannot impose sanction on the mayor because a formal complaint that the DILG or the Office of President can act on is non-existent as yet.

July 14, 2011
Ombudsman moves to investigate Sara Duterte

MANILA, Philippines (July 14, 2011) - The wheels of justice starts to grind for Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte as the Office of Ombudsman ordered yesterday the start of the investigation of her assault on a court sheriff.

MANILA, Philippines (July 14, 2011) - The wheels of justice starts to grind for Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte as the Office of Ombudsman ordered yesterday the start of the investigation of her assault on a court sheriff.

Deputy Ombudsman of Mindanao Humphrey Monteroso was assigned to investigate the direct assault charges that the Sheriffs Confederation of the Philippines (SCOPHIL) filed against Duterte.

SCOPHIL took the cudgels for sheriff Abe Andres of the Davao City Regional Trial Court who expressed no desire to sue the mayor and even apologized to her.

July 12, 2011
Disciplining Inday Sarah

By this time, out of chaos things might have begun to sink in for Davao City Mayor Sarah Duterte who is a lawyer. The punches she threw at Sheriff Abe Andres was felt by an entire nation. While sheriffs are not the kind of figures the man in the street can identify with, it is not lost that Andres is just an ordinary guy doing his job.

By this time, out of chaos things might have begun to sink in for Davao City Mayor Sarah Duterte who is a lawyer. The punches she threw at Sheriff Abe Andres was felt by an entire nation. While sheriffs are not the kind of figures the man in the street can identify with, it is not lost that Andres is just an ordinary guy doing his job.

July 2, 2011
“Faith Saved Us” – says Survivors of Deadly Davao Storm

Many survivors of the storm claim sheer faith saved their lives.

At the height of the storm in the small hours of June 28, Gregorio Mascarino, 67, was convinced he and nine other members of his household were going to die as they sat on the roof of their home while raging flood waters swept around them.

Although not a devout Catholic, Mascarino said he prayed that at least one of them would be saved, as he looked at his three grandchildren who were pale and crying.