DU30’s relentless drug war

Atty. Ruphil Bañoc 07/26/2018

As expected there are different reactions to President Rodrigo Duterte’s reasons to continue the war on drugs, especially when he said in his SONA that it is because of his concern for human lives. There are those…

Gordon, Gatchalian urge PNP to submit drug war info

Inquirer.net 04/08/2018

At least two senators on Sunday urged the Philippine National Police (PNP) to heed the call of the Supreme Court (SC) and submit investigation reports on the killing of drug suspects in President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on…

Trumps adopts Duterte stance in drug war

Inquirer.net 03/21/2018

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire — Embracing the tough penalties favored by global strongmen, US President Donald Trump on Monday brandished the death penalty as a fitting punishment for drug traffickers fueling the opioid epidemic. The scourge has torn…

With Lim, Espinosa off the hook, drug war clearly targets poor – Bam

Inquirer.net 03/13/2018

Senator Bam Aquino on Tuesday slammed the dismissal of illegal drugs charges against Cebu businessman and self-confessed drug trafficker Kerwin Espinosa as proof that the war on drugs only targets the poor. In a resolution dated on…

On covering anti-drug operations

Editorial 09/08/2017

Should reporters and correspondents join anti-drug operations if only to prove that there are no killings of drug suspects contrary to claims of their families and rights groups? That’s the question that arose after President Rodrigo Duterte…

AMBUSHED

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Dominic D. Yasay, Norman V. Mendoza 01/10/2017

Mandaue City’s first drug surrenderer killed in broad daylight Barely two weeks after he told reporters in an interview in his cell that he continued to fear for his life because he was on the police hit…

Palma worried over rising number of drug-related killings

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 12/06/2016

CEBU CITY–Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma has expressed concern over the rising death toll on the administration’s war on prohibited drugs. He said killing suspected criminals is not the right antidote to the country’s problem on illegal drugs…

Digong to US on scrapped arms deal: Is that all?

11/02/2016

MANILA — President Duterte has belittled the decision of the US State Department to call off the sale of 26,000 assault rifles to the Philippine National Police, saying the Philippines could just turn to Russia for firearms.…

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