CHR to BBM: Gov’t should recalibrate war on illegal drugs
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said on Friday that new administration under should recalibrate the past government’s war on ...
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Palace defends Duterte’s 6-year drug war to CHR
President Rodrigo Duterte will leave a legacy of a “safe and secure Philippines” when his term ends on June 30, ...
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HRW to BBM: Address human rights concerns due to anti-drug war
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday called on leading presidential candidate and former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to address ...
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Does the end justify the means?
"The war on drugs should be conducted within the limits imposed by law." Do you still remember what President Duterte ...
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EJK also ‘stealing’, won’t happen in my gov’t—Lacson
Senator Panfilo Lacson yesterday assured that stealing lives through extra-judicial killings (EJK), which he considered a form of theft, will ...
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Rody: I did not gain a centavo from drug war
President Rodrigo Duterte maintained Thursday his administration’s campaign against illegal drugs was launched for the Filipino people, and not for ...
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An insult to journalists
"We reject the emerging narrative." A former media practitioner himself, Undersecretary Joel Egco should know better. Egco, who heads ...
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Kin of drug war victims ask ICC to resume probe
Families of people killed in the Duterte administration's war on drugs have asked the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) Office of ...
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BBM, Sara vow to win drug war through ‘love’
“The war on drugs shall be pursued and won through ‘love’.” This was the statement of the BBM-Sara Uniteam, the ...
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Leni: Drug lords unafraid, only small-time pushers hit
Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday took a dig at the Duterte administration, saying drug lords continue to operate with ...
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