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...
Senator Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go said he was never involved in former president Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs. "Bilang (As the) Special Assistant of the President noon, I have no participation whatsoever, directly or indirectly, in the operational requirements of the war on drugs," he said...
Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa (left), Kerwin Espinosa (Facebook, Speaker’s office) In the eyes of former top cop Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa, Rolan “Kerwin” Espinosa's testimony during the marathon hearing of the...
Former president Duterte's spokesman and chief legal counsel, lawyer Salvador Panelo, on Saturday, Oct. 12, denied the allegations made by former police colonel Royina Garma, who said it was Duterte who supposedly spearheaded the country's war on drug model that was driven by cash reward....
Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa says he has no idea about the so-called "Davao model" from where the design of the previous Duterte administration's national drug war patterned from. "I have no idea on that," Dela Rosa said in a message to reporters late Friday night, Oct. 11. He was a former Davao...
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....
Royina Garma (left) and former president Rodrigo Duterte (Speaker's office, Malacañang photo) Retired police colonel and former Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) general manager Royina Garma has accused former president Rodrigo Duterte of...
Around ₱39.8 billion worth of illegal drugs were seized under the administration of President Marcos, the Philippine National Police (PNP) reported on Wednesday, Oct. 9. PNP chief Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil said the seized illegal drugs were confiscated in more than 109,000 operations from July...
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa (Senate PRIB) Kabataan Party-list criticized Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa for claiming that the ongoing investigation of the International Criminal Court (ICC) into the previous Duterte administration's...
This photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows part of a damaged taxiway at Miyazaki Airport in southwestern Japan, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024, after an explosion was reported. (Kyodo News via AP) TOKYO (AP) — An unexploded U.S. bomb from World War II that had been buried at a...
No Filipino was hurt when a terror attack hit Israel and when Iran fired a salvo of missiles on the Jewish state on the same day, the Philippine Embassy in Tel Aviv said on Wednesday night, Oct. 2. According to the embassy, all Filipinos in Israel were safe as they immediately sought shelter when...
