Duterte’s statements at Senate probe angers ‘Tokhang’ victims kin

John Eric Mendoza - Reporter / @JEMendozaINQ 11/02/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Families of the victims of extrajudicial killings (EJKs) strongly reacted to the appearance of former President Rodrigo Duterte at the Senate hearing investigating the EJKs. During Monday’s Senate blue ribbon subcommittee hearing, Duterte admitted…

Osmeña on accepting House probe on POGO, EJKs invite: Not sure

Pia Piquero 09/18/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Former Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said he was still “not sure” about attending a joint committee hearing at the House of Representatives on September 19, 2024. Osmeña has been invited to provide…

Duterte: I’d rather be linked with EJKs than with corruption

07/09/2019

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte said he would rather be accused in connection with the drug war killings than of corruption. Speaking before newly-appointed officials on Monday, the President devoted a chunk of his speech in…

Probe EJKs in PH

Inquirer.net 11/24/2017

UN rights experts ask Duterte anew United Nations (UN) human rights experts, including special rapporteur Agnes Callamard, have renewed their call for the Philippine government to promptly investigate the killings in the country despite President Rodrigo Duterte’s…

The Marawi City war and EJKs

Ricky Poca 11/06/2017

After five agonizing months, the war is finally over in Marawi City and its residents can return safely to what was left of their homes. But it wasn’t easy and it came at a cost for the…

Hundreds join Cebu rally tackling EJKs and healing

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/05/2017

Teary-eyed and stuttering, Sister Ma. Elizabeth Dejan of the Religious of the Virgin Mary read the solidarity statement of Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma in front of different groups at the Capitol grounds for yesterday afternoon’s “Heal Our…

Trillanes: Why not investigate EJKs instead of Mamasapano?

Inquirer.net 07/17/2017

Senator Antonio Trillanes IV criticized Senator Richard Gordon’s proposal to revive the investigation into the Mamasapano debacle that led to the deaths of 44 elite policemen and 18 Moro rebels and five civilians last January 15. Trillanes…

CHR hopes end to EJKs with new Oplan Tokhang

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Izobelle T. Pulgo 03/19/2017

WITH the Philippine National Police resuming its Oplan Tokhang, the regional Commission on Human Rights (CHR-7) said it hopes that it would also mark the end of extrajudicial killings in the country. “I hope there will be…

USC joins opposition to death penalty and EJKs

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 03/16/2017

  THEY pounded on drums and urged passing motorists to honk their horns. “Busina, busina, para sa hustisya!” they yelled in protest, hoping to catch everyone’s attention or anyone who cared to listen. Others brought signs which…

No to Tokhang

Editorial 03/16/2017

Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma’s decision not to allow priests to join Oplan Tokhang isn’t a big deal in terms of its impact on the police’s conduct of that campaign, but the church may lose some of its…

EJKs loosely defined

Editorial 03/05/2017

No one was surprised that President Rodrigo Duterte vowed no end, no letup in his campaign against illegal drugs in a speech he delivered in last Thursday’s groundbreaking of the Cebu-Cordova Expresslink bridge project in Cordova town.…

Lost in translation

02/13/2017

As the incidence of extrajudicial killings (EJKs) in the country escalates, so has the public ire drawn by the Duterte administration’s bloody campaign against drugs. Interestingly, Filipino lawmakers have proved their ingenuity in addressing the problem. Two…

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