CCPO chief vows stronger drive vs illegal drugs

Alven Marie A. Timtim 01/19/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The chief of the city’s police force agreed with what President Rodrigo Duterte said that illegal drugs continue to proliferate in Cebu. But Police Colonel Engelbert Soriano, chief of the Cebu City Police…

PNP to intensify drug war vs middle-level, high-value targets in 2020

Cathrine Gonzales - INQUIRER.net 01/06/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police (PNP) vowed on Monday to intensify the drug war against middle-level and high-value targets for 2020. PNP officer-in-charge Lt. Gen. Archie Gamboa said this will be among the topics to…

Gov’t conducts survey for ‘accurate drug statistics’ amid ongoing drug war

Darryl John Esguerra 12/12/2019

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) chief Aaron Aquino on Thursday said the government has started conducting a survey to determine the number of users and pushers in the Philippines, more than three years after…

Rise Up – Cebu offers help to Cebuanos who lost kin to the gov’t’s anti-drugs war

Alven Marie Timtim 12/09/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A non-government organization is offering its assistance to individuals who lost their family members to the government’s anti-drugs war. Rise Up – Cebu provides counselling to help some Cebuanos overcome the tragedy caused…

Robredo to disclose drug war findings after SEA Games

JHESSET O. ENANO 12/03/2019

MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Leni Robredo will release her findings on the government’s antidrug campaign after the country’s hosting of the 30th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games that will wrap up next week. Speaking to reporters on…

Palace to Robredo: After joining drug ops, ‘plan how to succeed’

Nestor Corrales - INQUIRER.net 11/08/2019

MANILA, Philippines — Is the Palace expecting Vice President Leni Robredo to join anti-illegal drug operations? It would seem so as presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo said Friday, “Let her do her job. When she joins the raid…

Robredo vows to stop killings in drug war

the Inquirer staff 11/08/2019

  Vice President Leni Robredo on Thursday said that as the new leader of the government’s campaign against narcotics, she would put an end to the killing of drug suspects but pursue the crackdown with “the same…

Robredo is ‘being set up to fail,’ Lagman warns

Pathricia Ann Roxas - Inquirer.net 11/05/2019

MANILA, Philippines —Vice President Leni Robredo “is being set up to fail” with her appointment as co-chairperson of the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD), opposition lawmaker and Albay 1st District Rep. Edcel Lagman warned Tuesday. In…

Robredo: Why let me lead drug war if there’s no problem?

Gabriel Pabico Lalu - INQUIRER.net 10/30/2019

MANILA, Philippines – Vice President Leni Robredo fired back at critics on Tuesday, asking why President Rodrigo Duterte was willing to let her lead his drug war if the campaign had really been successful. Robredo said this…

Lagman: Duterte washing hands of his ‘failed, brutal’ drug war

Pathricia Ann Roxas - Inquirer.net 10/29/2019

MANILA, Philippines —  President Rodrigo Duterte seems to be washing his hands of his “failed, brutal” drug war when he dared Vice President Leonor “Leni” Robredo to run the administration’s campaign against illegal drugs for six months.…

De Lima: Duterte admin should now admit it ‘miserably failed’ in drug war

Christia Marie Ramos - INQUIRER.net 10/21/2019

MANILA, Philippines — The Duterte administration should admit that it has “miserably failed” in stopping the scourge of illegal drugs in the country, Senator Leila de Lima said as she echoed the call of an international rights…

Drug war still credible despite ‘ninja cops’ controversy – Palace

Krissy Aguilar - INQUIRER.net 10/08/2019

MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang downplayed Tuesday any possible impact of the “ninja cops”  controversy to the credibility of the Duterte administration’s war against illegal drugs. “Hindi naman (Not really),” Palace spokesperson and chief presidential legal counsel Salvador…

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