Former vice presidential spokesman Barry Gutierrez echoed the call of a senior lawmaker for Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa to show evidence that would refute the findings of the House quad committee on the Duterte administration’s war on drugs campaign. Senator Ronald 'Bato' Dela Rosa...
Reinvestigating the high-profile killings at the height of the previous administration's war on drugs indicates that the Marcos administration "places the highest importance" on justice and rule of law in the country. Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin In a statement, Executive Secretary Lucas...
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Friday, February 2 said he will have his head chopped off if retired police officer and self-confessed former Davao Death Squad hitman Arturo Lascañas’ claims were true. “Isa lang masasabi ko dyan…Paputol ako ng leeg, papaputol ako ng leeg...
While she denied involvement in her father’s bloody war on drugs, Vice President Sara Duterte on Tuesday, Jan. 23, said she is prepared to face only Philippine courts after she was allegedly named as a respondent in an International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation. (From left) Former president...
A former lawmaker told former president Rodrigo Duterte that he should not fear the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) investigation of his administration’s campaign against illegal drugs if his actions have been above board. (From left) Former vice presidential spokesman Barry...
Former senator Leila de Lima believes that the Marcos administration is in the “right path” as it studies the possibility of rejoining the International Criminal Court (ICC), which is currently investigating the previous Duterte administration’s brutal war on drugs campaign. Former...
Although the Philippine government is endorsing the United States (US)-led Summit for Democracy Declaration to affirm the country’s “unwavering commitment to upholding our democratic values and principles,” it “disassociates” itself from the declaration’s reference to the International...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday, March 29 criticized President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s move to disengage from the International Criminal Court (ICC) saying it is a mistake. Hontiveros made the remark after the President expressed his disappointment at the ICC’s decision to...
The conviction of a dismissed Caloocan policeman for the murders of teenagers Carl Angelo Arnaiz and Reynaldo “Kulot” De Guzman is a “partial victory,” at least, for the victims in the brutal drug war killings during the term of President Rodrigo Duterte. “While laudable, it...
Representatives from the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) could soon be included in all anti-drug operations by the Philippine National Police (PNP) if a bill proposed by a congresswoman is enacted. File photo of several men carrying the body of an illegal drug suspect during a drug raid in Quiapo,...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. no longer has to issue an order to speed up the investigation on drug war-related killings as "it is already a part of the justice system." President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate) Press Secretary Trixi Cruz-Angeles stated this on Tuesday,...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Thursday said President Duterte’s refusal to apologize to drug war victims comes as no surprise saying history shows that tyrants and mass murderers never apologized for their crimes. Thus, De Lima said only history would judge Duterte for his crimes against...
