Malacañang said the Supreme Court 's ruling that affirmed the conviction of three police officers for the killing of 17-year-old Kian delos Santos during an anti-drug operation in Caloocan in 2017 calls for the formation of an Independent Truth Commission. Presidential Communications Office...
Coca-Cola Philippines builds on its ongoing sustainability efforts with the expanded rollout of its “Tapon to Ipon” PET bottle collection program, marking an important step towards supporting local bottle collection infrastructure and helping accelerate PET bottle recovery efforts across...
In the middle of debates about the arrest of former president Rodrigo Duterte, Malacañang has called on Filipinos to never leave the issue on the extrajudicial killings during Duterte's bloody drug war untouched. The attention must not only be towards the accused, the Palace said, reminding the...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) What one committee can do, four can do better. It is with this notion that members of the House of Representatives is pushing for the formation of a four-committee panel that would...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) More House members have expressed openness to the possibility of the International Criminal Court (ICC) using the findings of the House Committee on Human Rights into the extrajudicial killings (EJKs)...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte (Keith Bacongco/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives through for Committee on Human Rights is set to launch next week an inquiry on the alleged extrajudicial killings (EJKs) during the previous Duterte...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) assured its full support to the Department of Justice's (DOJ) commitment to combat extra-judicial killings (EJKs) and other forms of human rights violations in the country. It also supported the crucial steps the DOJ committed to strengthen the criminal justice...
Coca-Cola Philippines, in partnership with Basic Environmental Systems and Technologies, Inc. (BEST) and the Philippine Association of Stores and Carinderia Owners (PASCO), has launched the Tindahan Extra Mile (TEM): Balik PET Bottle Program in Bacolod City. By engaging 500 sari-sari stores...
Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Monday, October 16, renewed his call for the Marcos administration to allow the International Criminal Court (ICC) to enter the Philippines and investigate former president Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs. Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV ...
The failure of Philippine trial courts to deliver justice swiftly contributed to extra-judicial killings and Filipinos exacting revenge through “street justice,” Vice President Sara Duterte said, stressing the need for “speedy justice.” Vice President Sara Duterte speaks at the 30th...
A proposal to impose carbon tax on the use of electricity to raise extra funds for initiatives against climate change is up at the House of Representatives. The measure was filed by Camarines Sur 2nd District Rep. LRay Villafuerte, together with fellow congressmen from the province — his son Rep....
LAGUNA – Authorities rescued seven victims of human trafficking in two separate entrapment operations conducted by the Provincial Special Operations Unit (PSOU) and Los Baños Municipal Police Station (MPS) on Feb. 14, Valentine’s Day. In a statement, the Laguna Police Provincial Office (PPO)...
