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QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – The House of Representatives stood firm in its decision to retain the Php 900-million budget for the Philippine National Police’s “Oplan Double Barrel” for 2018. For this, House Appropriations Committee Chairman Karlo Nograles junked the opposition’s argument that the money would be used to fund what they said was the police’s killing spree, noting instead that it was not the government’s policy to kill criminals in the first place. “As […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa said that he would ask President Rodrigo Duterte’s permission before furnishing the Commission on Human Rights the case folders on those who were killed in the administration’s war on drugs. Dela Rosa said that while the PNP would cooperate with the CHR, which is looking into the deaths, it still needs the President’s permission because all investigations into drug-related killings […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Newly appointed Iloilo City chief of police, Chief Inspector Jovie Espenido, said that he will follow the rule of law in his new assignment. Espenido said that part of his job was to verify the information that Iloilo City is the bedrock of drug trade in the Visayas region. “I-prove natin kung gaano katotoo yung information na involved sila o hindi. Talagang ipaiiral natin kung alin ang totoong batas. […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – Malacañang assured there would be a fair and thorough investigation into the killing of 17-year-old Kian de los Santos by the Caloocan police. According to presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella, President Rodrigo Duterte himself said that the police who killed Kian will face charges if proven liable. Abella made the assurance to the United States Embassy after US Ambassador Sung Kim visited the wake of De los Santos and asked […]
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on Thursday, August 3 met with Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) Chairman Nur Misuari and other guests at the Music Room in Malacañang. The latest in a series of meetings with the MNLF leader, the President continues to forge a strong alliance with Chairman Misuari for their cooperation in the administration’s war against illegal drugs, criminality and terrorism in Mindanao.
LAS PIÑAS CITY, Metro Manila (Eagle News) – Tinatayang nasa mahigit na Php 300 milyong halaga ng shabu ang nasabat ng mga awtoridad sa Las Pinas kagabi, June 13. Tumambad sa mga operatiba ng Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency at Southern Police District na pumasok sa isang kwarto sa isang warehouse sa Brgy. Manuyo, alas 9:00 ng gabi, ang apat na styro box na naglalaman ng 72 plastic na naglalaman ng iligal na droga. Nakita naman sa ikatlong […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Pinabulaanan ni PNP Chief Ronald Bato Dela Rosa ang akusasyon ng Amnesty International na mismong ang Philippine National Police ang nagbabayad sa mga pulis para pumatay ng mga drug user at drug pusher. Giit ni Dela Rosa, wala silang pondo para sa ganitong trabaho. Itinanggi rin ng PNP na may kinalaman sila sa 4,744 na naitalang kaso ng murder na kagagawan ng mga hindi kilalang indibidwal. Sa imbestigasyon ng ginawa […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Kontento si PNP Chief Ronald Bato Dela Rosa sa resulta ng kanilang kampanya kontra droga sa nakalipas na mahigit limang buwan. Ayon kay Dela Rosa, sa ngayon ay nasa 60-70 percent na ang nabawas sa demand ng illegal na droga habang 80-85 percent naman sa supply nito. Malapit na rin umano nilang maabot ang target ng Pangulo na 1million surrenderers bago matapos ang taon. https://youtu.be/BhcjrvV-wVg
US President-elect Donald Trump told Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte that Manila was conducting its drug war campaign “the right way”, Duterte says, in stark contrast to the criticism he received from President Barack Obama.
THE Philippine government detailed to a United Nations (UN) committee its ongoing and planned programs as part of the administration’s campaign against illegal drugs. “We must first recognize that there is popular support for the President’s campaign against illegal drugs as reflected in his decisive win at the polls in May 2016,” said NEDA Deputy Director-General Rosemarie G. Edillon during a dialogue with the United Nations (UN) Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights last September […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Philippine National Police is bringing its anti-illegal drugs campaign to schools and hospitals. Under its enhanced “Project Double Barrel Alpha”, the PNP will visit schools and hospitals to encourage drug users and pushers to surrender. The PNP also plans to monitor celebrities, politicians and other VIPs who are allegedly involved in the illegal drug trade. https://youtu.be/2TcV35AO6Tg
DAVAO CITY (Eagle News) – Tinanggap ni Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte ang hamon ni Senator Antonio Trillanes IV na sumailalim sila sa comprehensive drug test matapos nitong ihayag na may isang Senator umano ang gumagamit ng cocaine. Inaayos na lamang umano ni Duterte ang kaniyang schedules upang maisagawa ito. Mungkahi ng Bise Mayor, hindi lamang dapat aniya si Trillanes kundi maging lahat ng Senador umano ay gawin din ito bilang pag-suporta na rin sa anti-illegal drugs campaign […]
