PDEA-7 says it is ready to take on the drug war The Philippine National Police (PNP) has formally ordered the termination of Oplan Tokhang after Malacañang transferred all the anti-drugs operations to the jurisdiction of the Philippine…
BOGO CITY POLICE Raised by parents who taught him that human life is sacred, a police officer assigned in northern Cebu has shunned quick antidotes to the country’s illegal drug problem at a time when killings abound,…
PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM For the second time in nine months, President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) to be the sole agency to conduct all anti-drug operations in the country. The difference this time, however,…
Saying it was a dream come true for him to be assigned in the Visayas region, the new director of the Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO) vowed to step up its campaign against all forms of criminality,…
Following the abuses of some policemen in the administration’s well-supported war on drugs, President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the police to conduct anti-drug operations in the presence of journalists. The President said, “This is what I told the…
Malacañang on Saturday lauded the military’s retaking of a strategic bridge in Marawi City from the Islamic State-inspired terrorists. On Friday morning, government forces have taken control of Bayabao Bridge in Barangay Banggolo, which became a…
President Rodrigo Duterte’s war rhetoric in his effort to deliver on the campaign promise of ridding the country of illegal narcotics only normalizes more deaths related to the problem. In literal wars, ethicists have advocated for the…
The United States on Thursday ordered Russia to close its consulate in San Francisco and two other installations in two days, a move Moscow greeted with “regret,” as relations between the nuclear-armed powers took another dive.…
MARAWI CITY — Three more soldiers died while 52 others were wounded when government security forces battled Maute gunmen and their allies over the control of another bridge inside the main battle area here on Thursday,…
Philippine National Police chief Dir. Gen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa met with Commission on Human Rights Chairman Chito Gascon on Tuesday at Camp Crame for a dialogue on human rights and the war on drugs. In a…
The death of 17-year-old Kian Delos Santos in the hands of the Caloocan City police is not enough to put a stop in the war against drugs. Nor can Director General Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, Philippine National…
More than a hundred Filipino artists are urging President Rodrigo Duterte to stop the government’s bloody war on illegal drugs as they denounced the recent drug-related killings in the country, especially of the “the innocent and young.”…
