A total of 6,221 illegal drugs personalities were killed while 13,996 drug suspects were arrested since President Duterte launched an intensified campaign against illegal drugs. In its July 1, 2016 to Nov. 30, 2021 “Real Numbers’’ data, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) noted that...
(First of three parts) Despite being down to his last days in office, President Duterte continued to be one of the country's biggest newsmakers of 2021 as he faced issues from becoming a social media trending topic to the country's pandemic response. President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during the...
Around P74.3 billion worth of illegal drugs and laboratory equipment have been confiscated by the country’s anti-narcotics authorities since the start of President Duterte’s administration in 2016, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said Tuesday night,...
Should they win next year, the opposition candidates running with Vice President Leni Robredo will be more open to having the International Criminal Court (ICC) investigate the alleged extrajudicial killings (EJKs) that happened under the guise of the Duterte administration’s war on illegal...
President Duterte will not “bow down” to the International Criminal Court (ICC) as he boasted of his government's achievements in seizing billions worth of illegal drugs, most notably "shabu" (methamphetamine hydrochloride) or “poor man’s cocaine". President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during...
Human rights lawyer Jose Manuel 'Chel' Diokno has reiterated his position that those behind the thousands of extrajudicial killings (EJKs) must be held accountable as he condemned the killing of Pampanga-based journalist Jesus Malabanan. Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno (Photo from Chel Diokno...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Monday said she is dismayed over the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor to heed the request of the Duterte administration and suspend its investigation into the drug war and killings in the Philippines. De Lima, a staunch critic of the...
President Rodrigo Duterte will have no immunity from the case filed against him before the International Criminal Court (ICC) for his bloody war on drugs campaign even if he gets elected senator in 2022, former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said. President Rodrigo Duterte and former Senator Antonio...
Opposition senator Leila De Lima said on Saturday, Nov. 20 that the reasons cited by the government for the suspension of the International Criminal Court's (ICC) investigation were just done to delay the proceedings, if not for the ICC to entirely defer investigation and prosecution to President...
The Duterte administration may have made a blunder by requesting the International Criminal Court (ICC) to defer its investigation on President Duterte’s war on drugs, according to an assessment made by former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV (MANILA BULLETIN FILE...
Malacañang has welcomed the International Criminal Court's (ICC) decision to suspend its "investigative activities" on the Philippines' war against illegal drugs, which has become the signature of the current Duterte administration. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) "We welcome the...
Senatorial aspirant and human rights lawyer Jose Manuel 'Chel' Diokno on Monday, Nov. 15, assured families of the victims of President Duterte’s bloody war on drugs campaign that he will “stand” by them in fighting for justice and achieving healing. Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno attends the...
