Myra Aquino's "Beauty Queen" is the Best Short in this year’s edition of the Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival. The biopic is set in the Philippines during World War II, where a Kapampangan woman, Remedios Gomez-Paraiso aka Kumander Liwayway struggles to find herself after losing...
The death of Kian delos Santos at the hands of Caloocan City policemen four years ago was one of the lowest points of the Philippine National Police but Police General Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar said it also paved the way of the aggressive internal cleansing in the police organization. Eleazar said...
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director General Wilkins Villanueva said on Wednesday, August 4, that the new Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) which focuses more on clearing of barangay from the influence of illegal drugs. Villanueva said the Barangay Drug Clearing Program (BDCP) is a holistic...
From defending President Duterte's war on drugs, former House speaker Pantaleon Alvarez now admits that "too many" people, mostly poor Filipinos, have died in the controversial anti-illegal drug campaign. President Duterte shares a light moment with former House Speaker Pantalon Alvarez during the...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has issued a memorandum directing all its personnel to use body-worn cameras (BWCs) while serving search or arrest warrants in compliance with the rules set by the Supreme Court, a move seen as a milestone for transparency amid allegations of human rights abuses...
President Duterte once more defended law enforcement agencies on the killing of drug suspects against human rights advocates, claiming that Filipinos are the ones benefiting from such operations. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his regular address to the nation on August 2, 2021. (PCOO...
Senator Panfilo M. Lacson on Monday, August 2, asked why some Chinese nationals are supposedly getting "bolder" in their multi-billion-peso drug operations in the Philippines. Senator Panfilo Lacson (Czar Dancel/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) ‘’How long have they been operating here? Do they have...
Malacañang said it was up to American President Joe Biden if he will condemn President Duterte over a supposed "continuing pattern of human rights violations" under his administration. President Duterte and US President Joe Biden (Malacañang, AFP file photos) Presidential Spokesman Harry...
President Duterte is prepared to face death penalty if he is convicted before a local court, not the International Criminal Court (ICC). President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) Addressing the nation late Wednesday, July 28, the President asserted that he would rather stand...
The country’s withdrawal from the Rome Statute that created the International Criminal Court (ICC) was an “empty gesture” since it never became a law in the country in the first place, President Duterte insisted late Wednesday. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang)...
Senators Panfilo "Ping" Lacson and Vicente "Tito" Sotto III are not inclined to adopt President Duterte's controversial "Oplan Tokhang" to address the Philippines' problem with illegal drugs. Senator Panfilo Lacson (Czar Dancel/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Lacson said Wednesday, July 28, that they...
With President Duterte prioritizing the country's problem of illegal drugs in his final State of the Nation Address (SONA), Senator Ralph Recto also found the Chief Executive's speech lacking, particularly on how the Philippines will move forward from the COVID-19 pandemic. Senate President Pro...
