Rogue cops should not make light of Duterte’s threat

As German hostage Jeurgen Kantner’s neck was being slit, his Abu Sayyaf executioners were shouting, “Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar!” (God is great).

How those people could invoke the name of God while committing savagery against another human being is beyond comprehension.

Those men who beheaded Kantner and the foreign and Filipino hostages before him are beasts deserving no mercy if captured.

Many netizens are disseminating the video of Kantner being beheaded.

It’s a scene so gory that no self-respecting person would relish watching it.

How would those netizens feel if their loved ones happened to be the victim on the gory video?

The Abu Sayyaf Group’s depravities will only stop if the government matches its evil ways.

Local officials, village leaders, as well as the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), and other supporters who give the bandits shelter in Sulu and Basilan should be warned of the dire consequences awaiting them.

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Rogue policemen should not make light of Mano Digong’s threats because abusive cops and soldiers in Davao City, when he was still its mayor, either disappeared or were found dead in some dark alley.

“Don’t be surprised if they are killed one by one,” says President Digong.

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There is talk that Gina Lopez might not be confirmed as environment secretary because of a very strong mining lobby.

If that’s true, then she’s not only a big loss to the Duterte administration but to the Filipino people as well.

Lopez is the only chief of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources who is a genuine environmentalist.

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The family of 14-year-old Ivan Abalos, who died when a concrete fence collapsed on him while he was playing basketball in Marikina City, couldn’t believe that help came from a complete stranger.

Philip Morris, which owned the concrete fence that collapsed on Ivan, promised to give financial assistance to the cash-strapped family but didn’t fulfill its promise.

Instead, the Wongchuking Foundation, an affiliate of the tobacco company which is the closest rival of Philip Morris, went to help the bereaved family.

Alex Wongchuking, the foundation president, ordered his subalterns to offer help to  the Abalos family—from buying the casket to shouldering other burial expenses—after reading about Ivan’s fate in the Inquirer.

The battle between Philip Morris and local brand Mighty has gone to the field of charity.