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Singapore hangs man in 2nd execution

SINGAPORE – Singapore hanged a 59-year-old man on Wednesday for drug trafficking, authorities said, the second execution in the city-state in less than a...

Police chief: Crackdown on erring cops

Metro Manila police director, Maj. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. has pledged to crack down on any misconduct by police officers, following the arrest...

Death penalty eyed for Chinese convicted of drug crimes in PH

At least two congressmen are batting for the imposition of the death penalty, but only on Chinese nationals convicted by Philippine courts for drug...

China executes 2 Pinoys for drug trafficking cases — DFA

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Saturday announced that two Filipinos convicted for drug trafficking offenses in China were executed. In a statement, the...

China executes South Korean for drug trafficking

China has executed a South Korean national for drug trafficking, Beijing's foreign ministry said, the first time such a sentence has been carried out on...

Singapore executes fifth prisoner this year for drug trafficking

Singapore executed a 39-year-old man who was convicted of trafficking heroin, the city-state's fifth hanging this year and the third in just over a...

‘Love letters’ from death row: Pre-execution photo shoots

"Usually taken against a pale-green flowery backdrop, the photos offer a glimpse into the last days of the condemned" SINGAPORE—Death row inmate Nazeri Lajim beams...

BI arrests 7 foreign fugitives in Las Piñas raid

The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has arrested seven foreign fugitives wanted in their respective countries for drug trafficking, fraud and theft. The fugitives were apprehended...

PH continues to appeal for mercy for OFW on death row in Indonesia

The Philippine government continues to appeal for a commutation of sentence for Mary Jane Veloso, the overseas Filipino worker (OFW) on death row over drug...

Alleged police complicity in focus

We join others in rallying behind inquiries by the House and the Senate into alleged complicity of police officers in drug trafficking. Included beneath the...

Police sergeant faces dismissal for alleged link to illegal drugs

The internal cleansing process at the Philippine National Police (PNP) continues to grind, and another police officer allegedly linked to drug trafficking is about...

Ex-Mexico drug czar on trial for trafficking

NEW YORK—A once-powerful Mexican government minister who oversaw his country’s war on drug trafficking goes on trial in New York on Tuesday, himself charged...

Hong Kong makes biggest ever meth seizure worth $140 million

Hong Kong has made its biggest ever seizure of methamphetamine after uncovering a shipment arriving from Mexico worth more than HK$1 billion ($130 million),...

Venezuela frees 7 Americans in swap for Maduro wife’s nephews

Caracas on Saturday freed seven detained Americans—including five oil executives—in exchange for the release of two nephews of Venezuela's first lady who were jailed...
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