Tag: drug suspects

President Duterte will not cooperate with ICC probe: spokesman

    Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will “never cooperate” with an International Criminal Court probe into the country’s deadly drug war, his spokesman said Tuesday, branding the process “legally erroneous”. Outgoing ICC chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda on Monday asked judges at the world’s only permanent war crimes court to authorize an investigation into allegations that Philippine police unlawfully killed as many as tens of thousands of civilians between 2016 and 2019. Duterte was elected in […]

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Two drug suspects killed in encounter with police in Las Piñas; P210.8 million worth of “shabu” seized

(Eagle News) — Two notorious illegal drug distributors were killed in an ensuing encounter with police conducting a buy-bust operation to arrest them in Las Pinas City on Tuesday night, the Philippine National Police said. The PNP said Richard Jen Jieko Salameda Amarga and Andrew Guinto Garcia were killed in the armed encounter with the team led by members of the PNP Drug Enforcement Group on Sherack St., Barangay Almanza Uno at 10:15 p.m. The […]

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Palace: Results of SWS survey confirm success of admin’s war on illegal drugs

(Eagle News)–The Palace on Saturday, Feb. 16, welcomed the latest  Weather Stations (SWS) survey that showed that a majority of Filipinos believe that the number of drug addicts in their area has decreased over the past year. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the fact that 66 percent believe this was such was a confirmation of the successful efforts of the campaign against illegal drugs, “a centerpiece program of his administration.” Panelo said […]

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PNP to 38 states: No such thing as police policy of killing drug suspects

(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police on Saturday, June 22, reiterated there was never a police policy to kill drug suspects in anti-illegal drug operations. PNP spokesperson Senior Supt. Benigno Durana issued the statement, following the call of 38 states for the Philippines to put a halt to the supposed killings, and for it to collaborate in a United Nations probe into the drug war. According to Durana, drug suspects also “have the right […]

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4 na drug suspek, arestado sa buy-bust operation sa Baguio City

(Eagle News) — Arestado ang 4 na drug suspek sa buy-bust operation ng pinagsanib na pwersa ng Baguio City Police Office at PDEA Cordillera sa Lower Rock Quarry, Baguio City. Nakilala ang mga suspek na sina Michael Dumagcao,Alberto England, John Michael Garcia, at Louie Clemente. Ayon kay Chief Supt. Edward Carranza, Regional Director ng PNP Cordillera, nanlaban pa sa mga awtoridad ang mga suspek nang mahalata nila na mga pulis ang kanilang ka-transaksyon. Pinaputukan umano […]

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4 na katao, arestado sa drug buy-bust operation sa Tondo, Manila

TONDO, MANILA (Eagle News) — Apat katao ang arestado makaraang mahulihan ng ipinagbabawal na gamot sa ikinasang anti-drug operations ng Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). Sa bisa ng search warrant, isa-isang hinalughog ng Special Enforcement Service ng PDEA ang tatlong bahay sa Brgy. 112 Tondo, Maynila. Sa bahay ni Ramil Paragas sa C.P Garcia St. Corner Dandan Street nakuha ang mga sachet ng umano’y shabu at drug paraphernalia. Nakita din sa kaparehong kalye ang apat […]

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Ilang inmates sa Puerto Princesa jail, sumailalim sa tile-setting training

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan (Eagle News) –  Nasa 25 na inmates ng Puerto Princesa city jail  ang sumailalim sa tile-setting skills training program ng Technical Education and Skills Development Authority kamakailan. Sumailalim ang mga inmate na may kinakaharap na kasong pagtutulak ng droga sa 120 hours ng completion assessment. Sa oras na matapos nila ito ay mapagkakalooban sila ng NC II certificate ng TESDA, na magagamit nila sa oras na sila ay makalaya. Ayon kay […]

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SC declares ban on plea bargain deals in drug cases unconstitutional

(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional a provision in the country’s anti-drugs law that prohibits drug suspects from striking plea agreements. The decision is in favor of Salvador Estipona, Jr., who had asked the High Court to junk the provision, after his motion for a plea bargain was junked two times by the Legazpi City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 3. Estipona had argued the accused of “other heinous crimes such as murder, some acts […]

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PNP Chief Dela Rosa denies President Duterte had hand in reinstatement of Supt. Marcos, others

(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Director Ronald dela Rosa denied President Rodrigo Duterte had a hand in the reinstatement of Supt. Marvin Marcos and 18  of his men, saying the chief executive’s public pronouncements did not have an effect on his decision. “Your Honor, kung basehan natin yung pinagsasabi ni Presidente, your Honor, it has not affected our decision. Because for the record your honor, he (the President) did not call me up to […]

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#RealNumbersPH: Index crimes go down by 28% under Duterte administration, gov’t data shows

  (Eagle News) — Index crimes have gone down by 28.57 percent because of the government’s fight to curb illegal drugs, government data released during the recent #RealNumbersPH forum showed. The data compared index crimes committed from July 2015 to March 2016 during the administration of former President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III to the index crimes committed in the same eight month time frame, July 2016 to March 2017, under the administration of current President […]

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Cops paid assassins to kill drug suspects, says Amnesty Int’l report on police abuses in drug war

(Eagle News) — Amnesty International has revealed incidents where policemen in the Philippines pay officers and assassins to kill drug suspects, plant evidence and even set up an alleged racket with funeral homes who pay for each dead body sent to them. The international rights group investigated 33 incidents of drug-related killings in 20 cities and towns across the Philippines in which 59 people were killed, mostly poor people. The Amnesty report, which followed an […]

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