Leonardo, tied to drug war killings, quits Napolcom

Nestor Corrales 10/13/2024

National Police Commission (Napolcom) Commissioner Edilberto Leonardo, who was implicated in the killing of three Chinese drug convicts and of former Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) board secretary Wesley Barayuga, has resigned from his post. This was confirmed in…

Royina Garma apologizes for drug war shortcomings in Cebu City

Luisa Cabato 10/13/2024

MANILA, Philippines — “I am very sorry in behalf of my men na nagkamali sa inyo.” This was retired police colonel and former Cebu City police chief Royina Garma’s tearful apology to the relatives of the victims of…

Generals send feelers to testify on drug war EJKs – Barbers

Krixia Subingsubing 08/11/2024

The House “supercommittee” formed to investigate issues linked to former President Rodrigo Duterte has received feelers from retired and active generals willing to testify about extrajudicial killings (EJKs) and other drug-related crimes, a ranking lawmaker said on…

Dela Rosa to Marcos: Make a definite stand on ICC investigations

Dianne Sampang 08/04/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa called on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Saturday to make a definite stand on behalf of the government amid the recent developments in the investigations of the International Criminal…

DOJ won’t block ICC ‘drug war’ arrest warrants

Luisa Cabato 08/01/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla stated that the Philippine government will not obstruct any arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) in relation to the International Criminal Court’s…

Bato dela Rosa admits: ‘I am afraid of going to jail’

Charie Abarca 01/24/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa admitted that he is afraid of going to jail, anxious that he may not see his grandchildren if it happens. His remarks came as speculations abound that investigators of…

Trillanes asks Marcos to let ICC enter PH, probe Duterte for alleged EJKs, secret funds

Gabriel Pabico Lalu 10/16/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Former Senator Antonio Trillanes has reiterated his call to allow the International Criminal Court (ICC) to enter the country and start its investigation of former president Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war. “We, the Magdalo group, are…

Unfazed Bato dela Rosa, Rodrigo Duterte on looming ICC ruling: ‘Walang kaba, walang pakialam’

Maila Ager - Reporter / @MAgerINQ 07/18/2023

MANILA, Philippines— “Wala akong kaba. Wala akong pakialam.” (I’m not nervous. I do not care.) Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa repeatedly made his position clear on Tuesday ahead of the International Criminal Court (ICC) appeals chamber ruling…

ICC ‘not welcome’ if it pushes drug war probe

Melvin Gascon, Tina G. Santos - @inquirerdotnet 07/18/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla on Monday said the Philippine government will not bow to the International Criminal Court (ICC) if it issues warrants of arrest against certain individuals once the tribunal favors the…

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…

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