Three archbishops from Northern Luzon on Saturday, Sept. 11, reminded Filipinos of their moral duty to resist the culture of murder and plunder. Archbishop Marlo Peralta, left, Archbishop Socrates Villegas, center, and Archbishop Ricardo Baccay (Photos from CBCP) In a pastoral message signed by...
The United States on Friday (Thursday in Washington, D.C.) reiterated its call for China to abide by the July 2016 ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague that invalidated Beijing’s excessive nine-dash line claim in the South China Sea. US State Secretary Antony Blinken made...
Malacañang said that President Duterte apologized to countries whose nationals died in the Philippines in the course of the ongoing drug war to make them understand that these were collateral damage to a legitimate police operation. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Roque made the...
Senator Richard Gordon lamented Friday, September 10, the apology made by President Duterte for the deaths of four Chinese nationals in recent anti-drug operations. President Duterte and Senator Senator Richard Gordon (File photos) In opening the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee's fifth hearing on the...
The City of Manila’s Anti-Drug Council (MADAC) was commended by the Department of Interior and Local Government – National Capital Region (NCR) for its accomplishments and contributions to the country’s anti-illegal drugs drive. (MANILA CITY PIO) Based on the 2021 Anti-Drug Council (ADAC)...
"We didn't want this." President Duterte has apologized to countries whose nationals died in the Philippines in the course of the ongoing drug war, saying that while he regrets the loss of lives, the government has its own laws to follow. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte made...
The least the next administration can do in connection with President Duterte's case with the International Criminal Court (ICC) is to let a potential investigation take place in an "unhampered" manner. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP photo) Vice President Leni Robredo had this to say during an...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) insisted on Tuesday, Aug. 31, that the justice system in the country works as the International Criminal Court registry noted that 94 percent of the drug war victims want to look into human rights abuses in the campaign against illegal drugs under the Duterte...
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque has dismissed as more of "victims' opinion" the Public Redacted Registry Report of the International Criminal Court (ICC), which indicated that victims “overwhelmingly support” a probe into the alleged crimes committed under President Duterte’s bloody war...
Government's anti-narcotics operatives have destroyed a total of 853 drug dens and shabu laboratories from June 2016 to July 2021 as part of the Duterte administration’s intensified drug war campaign, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said in its report. In PDEA’s latest “Real...
Militant fishers' group Pambansang Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (PAMALAKAYA) denounced on Wednesday, Aug. 25, President Duterte's acceptance of his nomination by the PDP-Laban to be its candidate for vice president in 2022. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) "He did accept the nomination, the...
President Duterte on Tuesday, August 24, insisted that he’s not making up laws when he defends policemen and the military who kill while in the line of fire. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his regular address to the nation on August 24, 2021. (RTVM Screenshot) In his weekly taped address to...
