Tag: DRUG WAR

P1.1 milyong halaga ng shabu, nasabat sa Maynila; 3 arestado

Ni Paolo Macahilas Eagle News Service MAYNILA, Philippines – Nasabat ng mga otoridad ang P1.1 milyong halaga ng hinihinalang shabu sa isinagawang buy-bust operation sa isang establisimyento sa  Maynila nitong Martes ng gabi, ika-3 ng Abril. Arestado ang dalawang lalaki at isang babae na kinilala pa lamang sa kanilang mga alyas sa isinagawang operasyon ng Manila Police District  Drug Enforcement Unit, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-National Capital Region at MPD Station 3 sa Binondo. Ayon kay Police […]

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SC requires gov’t to submit reports on drug war

(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court has denied the government’s petition against its December 2017 order to submit reports on the war on drugs. Theodore Te, SC spokesperson, said the SC denied Solicitor General Jose Calida’s argument submitting the reports would compromise the safety of informants and police operations, and directed the government, including Philippine National Police Chief Ronald dela Rosa,  to submit them within a 15-day notice. The required reports include  a list of persons killed in  […]

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Detained De Lima urges int’l community to “continue condemning” Duterte admin for drug war

(Eagle News)–Senator Leila de Lima called on the international community to “continue condemning and making the Duterte administration accountable for its murderous war on drugs that lacks moral and legal justification.” De Lima made the call in a statement read during the 61st Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna, and which was sent to the media on Saturday. “Let us all say no to extrajudicial killings committed in its name and demand accountability […]

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China backs PHL pullout from ICC

(Eagle News)–China has expressed support for the Philippines’ pullout from the International Criminal Court, saying that the tribunal “should respect the sovereignty of nations, act cautiously and avoid being used as a political tool.” “China believes that a sovereign country has the right to say no to political manipulation under the cloak of law,” Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lu Kang added in a press conference on Wednesday. According to the spokesperson,  since President Rodrigo Duterte […]

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Panelo: IPU call for De Lima’s release “exposes” the group’s “ignorance on the workings” of PHL justice system

(Eagle News)–Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo said the International Parliamentary Union’s act of calling for the immediate release of Senator Leila de Lima “exposes its ignorance on the workings of the justice system in the Philippines..” According to Panelo, in the first place, De Lima was given due process, with a judge issuing a warrant for her arrest after probable cause was found for a drug-related case filed against her. “No one is above the law. […]

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IPU reiterates call for De Lima’s immediate release

By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service The Inter-Parliamentary Union has reiterated what it said was its deep concern over the continued pre-trial detention of Senator Leila de Lima. The organization of parliaments made known its stand anew through a resolution it adopted as it closed its 138th Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland on March 28. The IPU also put to task the Senate, which it said has the “special responsibility to help ensure that its colleagues […]

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Aguirre: No basis for PACC recommendation to suspend prosecutors in Espinosa case

(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre said there was no basis for the  Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission’s recommendation to suspend the prosecutors who dismissed the drug complaint against Kerwin Espinosa and others. According to Aguirre, “(the PACC does) not know the workings and procedure of the DOJ when conducting preliminary investigation.” Aguirre issued the statement days after he apologized to Assistant State Prosecutor Michael John Humarang,  Acting Prosecutor General Jorge Catalan, Senior Deputy State Prosecutor Rassendell Rex Gingoyon, […]

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PDEA releases over P13 million in reward money to deserving PDEA units, informants

By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has released over P13 million as reward money to its deserving operating units and private informants. The PDEA Special Enforcement Service, PDEA Intelligence and Investigation Service, PDEA Region 3, PDEA Region 12 and PDEA National Capital Region received over P6 million for their successful anti-drug operations. The PDEA SES received the biggest reward of P3.5 million for its discovery and dismantling of a shabu […]

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Authorities to probe claims of possible link between drug lords, some human rights groups

(Eagle News) — Authorities will investigate claims drug lords were using some human rights groups to discredit the government’s war on drugs. “This has been a recent finding. So we will coordinate with our counterparts from (the Philippine National Police), (National Bureau of Investigation) and all other agencies including intelligence agencies kung kailangan,” Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency director Derrick Carreon said in a press conference in Malacanang on Tuesday. According to Carreon, “any damage to […]

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Palace says “some human rights groups” critical of gov’t’s drug war have become “tools of drug lords”

(Eagle News) — Malacanang said that “some human rights groups” may have become “tools of drug lords” in trying to stop the Philippine government’s campaign against illegal drugs and criminality. Presidential Spokesperson gave this warning in a statement as he noted that the “attacks against the President’s war on drugs have been vicious and non-stop.” “We therefore do not discount the possibility that some human rights groups have become unwitting tools of drug lords to […]

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13 drug suspects killed in Bulacan police operations conducted from Tuesday to Wednesday

(Eagle News) — Thirteen drug suspects were killed in police operations in Bulacan from Tuesday to Wednesday. Senior Supt. Romeo Caramat Jr., Bulacan police director, said the operations were conducted from Tuesday midnight to Wednesday noon. The operations, he said, included 57 buy-bust operations, and services of warrants of arrest and search warrants. “Unfortunately, 13 of the suspects were killed when our officers fired in self-defense shortly after the suspects who were armed with concealed […]

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Dela Rosa: Duterte to exercise his power to review dismissed cases vs drug lords

By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service President Rodrigo Duterte will exercise his power to review dismissed cases against drug lords. According to Philippine National Police Chief Ronald dela Rosa, this was Duterte’s assurance himself after Philippine Military Academy graduation rites on Sunday. Duterte made the statement after a first panel of prosecutors junked the drug cases against self-confessed drug distributor Kerwin Espinosa and others, citing a “dearth of evidence.” Dela Rosa noted he also received […]

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