Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Tuesday, October 22 rejected calls for him to go on an indefinite leave of absence from the Senate while the congressional investigation into the Duterte administration’s drug war is ongoing. Akbayan Representative Perci Cendaña had earlier called on...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte has already received the invitation of the Quad-Committee of the House of Representatives in connection with the ongoing investigation into the alleged human rights violations of his drug war. Police Brig. Gen. Jean Fajardo, spokesperson of the Philippine National...
Senator Pia Cayetano on Monday, October 21 confirmed that the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee will conduct its own public inquiry into the Duterte administration’s campaign against illegal drugs. Cayetano, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Public Accountability and Investigations (blue...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III on Monday, October 21 expressed belief Vice President Sara Duterte should seek professional help following her recent statements against President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. MB Photo Pimentel, in a press briefing at the Senate, said he...
Former vice presidential spokesman and lawyer Barry Gutierrez can’t help but be amused by Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa’s plan to conduct a Senate investigation on the war on drugs because he himself is being implicated into the previous administration’s deadly campaign. (From left) Senator...
Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa (Senate PRIB) Will Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa be investigating himself? Such was the question--and apprehension--of Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas and Santa Rosa City lone district Rep. Dan...
Reinvestigating the high-profile killings at the height of the previous administration's war on drugs indicates that the Marcos administration "places the highest importance" on justice and rule of law in the country. Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin In a statement, Executive Secretary Lucas...
The Philippines will not return to the International Criminal Court (ICC), Malacañang reiterated after President Marcos was urged to submit to the ICC the sworn statements of retired police Col. Royina Garma and self-confessed drug lord Kerwin Espinosa on drug-related extra judicial killings....
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) will wait for the final report of the Quad-Committee of the House of Representatives before taking any action in relation to the allegation of the existence of a reward system in the Philippine National Police (PNP) of the past...
President Marcos has accepted the resignation of National Police Commission (Napolcom) commissioner Edilberto Leonardo, who was allegedly linked to the killing of retired police general Wesley Barayuga. Malacañang confirmed on Monday, Oct. 14, that the President has accepted Leonardo's...
Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), has ordered a thorough investigation into the allegation of the existence of a reward system for every illegal drug personality killed in the past administration’s drug war. Marbil ordered the probe following the...
Retired police colonel Edilberto Leonardo has submitted a resignation as commissioner of the National Police Commission (Napolcom) following the controversy that linked him to the killing of retired police general and Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) board secretary Wesley Barayuga....
