DAVAO CITY – Former President Rodrigo Duterte is expected to attend the Oct. 22 hearing regarding his administration’s war on illegal drugs following a recent invitation from the House of Representatives quad committee (quad-comm). DUTERTE (PDP-Laban FB) However, a source, speaking anonymously...
Senators have chosen the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee to lead the investigation into the Duterte administration’s war on drugs, Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero said on Sunday, October 20. Escudero said Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III is poised to...
For Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero, it would be better if the Senate's parallel probe on Rodrigo Duterte's controversial drug war would not be led by the ex-president's close allies Senators Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa and Christopher "Bong" Go. In a chance interview on Thursday, Oct. 17,...
Antipolo City 2nd Rep. Romeo Acop (Facebook) The killing of Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa while in detention was a direct result of the alleged cash reward allotted for eliminating suspects during the bloody drug war of the previous...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) The Makabayan coalition has reiterated its call to the Marcos administration to allow the Philippines to fully cooperate with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in its investigation into the alleged...
For Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III, a parallel investigation in the Senate on the previous Duterte administration's drug war is a "good idea". Pimentel said in a text message on Tuesday, Oct. 15, that while this was "optional", it was a good idea to him "because it will give us...
Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa (left) and former President Rodrigo Duterte (Facebook) Following the revelation of an alleged drug war reward system, ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro has renewed her call for former president Rodrigo...
Senator Christopher "Bong" Go (left), Royina Garma (Facebook) Senator Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go has expressed willingness to attend the hearing of the House quad-committee (quad-comm) on the previous Duterte administration's war on...
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...
