Duterte: Marcos right about drug war ‘abuses’

Philippine Daily Inquirer 05/13/2023

ILIGAN CITY—Ex-President Rodrigo Duterte affirmed the observations of President Marcos that abuses were committed in the course of the former’s antidrug campaign. “I am sure [that] if you read the context of the President’s speech, which I had…

Marcos notes ‘abuses’ in Duterte drug war

Marlon Ramos 05/06/2023

WASHINGTON—President Marcos on Thursday (Friday in Manila) acknowledged that “abuses” were committed and that the human rights situation became a cause for concern during the previous administration, when his predecessor Rodrigo Duterte waged a bloody antidrug crackdown that claimed the lives…

PBA players tapped as new faces of drug war

Dexter Cabalza 04/19/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Who else can turn basketball-crazed Filipinos away from the lure of illegal drugs? For the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), there could be no better ambassadors for the drug campaign than…

Imee Marcos: Picking on PH but not probing Western nations? ICC a ‘caricature of int’l justice’

Beatrice Pinlac 04/01/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Senator Imee Marcos on Friday joined the chorus of criticisms thrown at the International Criminal Court (ICC) under the administration of her brother, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., as she called the tribunal a…

Marcos: PH ‘essentially disengaging’ from ICC after ‘failed’ appeal to defer ‘drug war’ probe

Daphne Galvez 03/29/2023

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday said the Philippine government is ending its involvement in the International Criminal Court (ICC) after it rejected the government’s appeal to suspend its probe into “drug war” killings.…

QC court acquits drug war survivor, junks cops’ ‘nanlaban’ claim

Abby Boiser - @inquirerdotnet 03/18/2023

A man who played dead before fleeing the scene of a bloody drug raid conducted by the Quezon City police in 2016 was acquitted of charges that he fought back, or “nanlaban,” an allegation made by the…

Another resolution vs ICC drug war probe filed in Senate

Daniza Fernandez 02/21/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Jinggoy Estrada filed on Monday another Senate resolution seeking to protect former President Rodrigo Duterte from the drug war probe of the International Criminal Court. Senate Resolution No. 492 expresses the Senate’s “strong opposition” against ICC’s resumption…

Bullet found in Kian’s neck after 5 years, 2 autopsies

Krixia Subingsubing 02/04/2023

One puzzle in the death of drug war victim Kian delos Santos may have been solved five years after he was murdered by Caloocan policemen in August 2017 with the recovery of a bullet in his body that had…

Remulla: PH justice system working, ICC revival of ‘drug war’ probe an ‘irritant’

Tetch Torres-Tupas 01/28/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla on Friday insisted that the Philippines has a functional justice system as he called the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to resume its “drug war” probe an…

Close to 1K drug surrenderees turn anti-illegal drug advocates in Talisay City

Pegeeen Maisie Sararaña 01/10/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Close to 1,000 former drug surrenderees in Talisay City are now members of the city’s Anti-Illegal Drug Advocates (AIDA). The advocates will be helping the police in implementing the city’s laws. They are…

Buy-bust in Talisay City yields P13.6M worth of illegal drugs

Paul Lauro, Pegeen Maisie Sararana 09/19/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A buy-bust operation in Talisay City, Cebu led to the confiscation of at least P13.6 million worth of suspected shabu and arrest of two individuals from Cebu City. The buy-bust operation was conducted on Sunday…

2 drug dens dismantled, 8 individuals arrested in Dumaguete, Cebu City drug busts

Pegeen Maisie Sararana 08/19/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Two drug dens were shut down and eight individuals were arrested during separate buy-bust operations in the cities of Dumaguete and Cebu.  Leia Alcantara, spokesperson of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7),…

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