Media groups call for prudence in reporting narco list

Inquirer.net 03/08/2019

MANILA, Philippines – Several media groups, in a joint statement issued Thursday,  called on journalists to exercise “utter prudence and fastidious judgment” in reporting stories about the Duterte administration’s list of public officials allegedly involved in the…

Palace: Narco list to be released next week

Inquirer.net 03/08/2019

Saying it could not allow “destroyers of society” to run local governments, Malacañang on Tuesday announced that President Rodrigo Duterte’s list of politicians allegedly involved in the illegal drug trade would be released next week. “And we’ll…

Duterte OKs release of ‘narco list’

Inquirer.net 03/05/2019

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has agreed to release the ‘narco list’ ahead of the May 2019 midterm elections, Malacañang said Tuesday. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Duterte talked to Interior Secretary Eduardo Año after the…

Narco list to be verified prior to release, DILG chief assures

Inquirer.net 03/01/2019

MANILA, Philippines — Interior Secretary Eduardo Año assured that the list of politicians allegedly involved in the illegal drugs trade will be vetted and validated prior to its release. Año told reporters after the Bantay Korapsyon National…

Plans to release narco-list draw varied reactions

Jessa Mae O. Sotto, Morexette Marie B. Erram, Nestle L. Semilla 12/29/2018

Cebuano government officials are divided over plans by Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año to release the government’s so-called narco-list or list of politicians allegedly involved in the illegal drugs trade, before the May 2019 elections.…

6 LGU execs to be removed from ‘narco-list’ – Aquino

Inquirer.net 12/12/2018

Manila, Philippines — The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) is set to remove the names of five mayors and a vice mayor in its so-called list of narco-politicians. PDEA Director General Aaron Aquino revealed this Wednesday, as…

Escudero dares PDEA: Release ‘narco-list’ to the public

Inquirer.net 11/12/2018

Senator Francis Escudero has dared the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) to release the so-called narco-list, or the list of government officials allegedly involved in illegal drugs. Escudero said this on Monday, as Department of the Interior…

Loot’s family welcomes Duterte’s plan to summon him, other narco-mayors

Morexette Erram 10/31/2018

The family of Mayor Vicente Loot welcomed the announcement of President Duterte to summon the mayors who are linked to the illegal drugs trade. In an interview, Provincial Board Sun Shimura said his stepfather, Loot, was never…

DILG TO COMELEC: DISQUALIFY CANDIDATES IN NARCO-LIST

Delta Derycka Letigio, Inquirer.net, Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/13/2018

But CHR warns that candidates cannot be disqualified based on suspicion The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) announced on Friday (October 12) they will submit a copy of the so-called “narco-list” to the Commission…

Comelec to review calls to disqualify ‘narco-pols’

Inquirer.net 10/12/2018

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will review the proposal of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) to disqualify from the 2019 midterm elections all candidates included in the so-called “narco-list,” or the list of…

Cop in Digong’s narcolist, three others killed in Talisay ‘ambush’

Benjie B. Talisic, Nestle L. Semilla 10/12/2018

Four persons, including a policeman who was included in President Rodrigo Duterte’s narcolist, were killed in a mid-afternoon shooting in Sitio Ranger, Barangay Pooc, Talisay City on Friday. Police have identified one of the fatalities as PO3…

Cebu still safe?

Delta Dyrecka Letigio, Jessa Mae O. Sotto 09/06/2018

  Reeling from shock over the killing of his friend and political ally, Ronda Mayor Mariano Blanco, Cebu Governor Hilario Davide III expressed great concern that assassins can ‘strike anywhere, anytime.’ “Akong na notice dili na galing…

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