Leyte 4th District Representative Lucy Torres-Gomez on Monday, July 12, expressed hope that the next administration would continue a strong anti-illegal drugs advocacy to sustain the gains achieved by the Duterte administration. Leyte 4th District Representative Lucy Torres-Gomez Torres-Gomez,...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered on Saturday, July 10, the creation of a Technical Working Group (TWG) that will study and incorporate the rules on the use of the body-worn cameras issued by the Supreme Court to the existing protocols of the...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Friday, July 9 welcomed the election of Bishop Pablo Virgilio David as the new head of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), saying his courage and compassion is necessary to fight the abuses and corruption in the government. “I can attest to...
Ten policemen who joined the anti-illegal drugs operation in Laguna last month that left a two suspected drug pushers dead were charged with homicide in connection with the death of one of them who was a minor. The complaint filed in the City Prosecutor’s Office against the ten policemen,...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) disputed on Tuesday, July 7, a report accusing the police organization of covering up the wrongdoings of its men in the conduct of anti-illegal drugs operations in the country. "Hindi kailanman naging polisiya ng PNP ang panggigipit at pang-aabuso sa mga...
A great deal remains to be done even after the Duterte administration has made accomplishments in the last five years. President Rodrigo Duterte leads the unveiling of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) Line 2 East Extension marker during the inauguration ceremony of the newly built LRT Line 2 Station in...
Malacañang reiterated that President Duterte's bloody drug war does not only target the poor, pointing out that suspected drug lord Peter Lim has been wanted since 2018. President Duterte meeting businessman and suspected drug lord Peter Lim in Davao City in July 2016. (RTVM Screenshot)...
Senator Leila de Lima on Thursday branded the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) full-blown investigation into the thousands of killings under the Duterte administration’s war on drugs as an “extraordinary remedy” for the Philippines. De Lima said that since the domestic justice system...
June 30, 2016. The day the country welcomed former Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte as its 16th president. Duterte's victory in the 2016 polls came as a surprise to many, being the first local official to be catapulted to the presidency. He anchored his candidacy on making the Philippines a safer...
The ecumenical group “One Faith. One Nation. One Voice" said President Duterte must face accountability for the widespread killings under his anti-drug crackdown. “We at One Voice cry out for justice for the victims of the Duterte regime,” CBCP News quoted the group's statement. “We demand...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima said the Duterte administration’s admission that suspected drug lord Peter Lim has escaped is enough proof of the duplicity of the President’s drug war. De Lima said the government’s war on drugs is bloody and harsh on drug suspects who are poor but is never...
The Internal Affairs Service (IAS) is now investigating the death of a suspected drug pusher who was shot dead after a buy-bust in Iloilo City on Tuesday night, June 29. IAS Inspector General Alfegar Triambulo said a motu-proprio investigation is now being conducted part of the protocol to probe...
