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(Eagle News) — The Palace on Wednesday cried foul over what it said was Reuters “one-sided” report on the so-called “Davao Boys.” According to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, Reuters did not wait for the government’s side before publishing the report on a supposed group of police officers from Davao City tasked to carry out deadly anti-drug operations. “Reporter demanded our version within the hour at 11 a.m. yesterday (December 19). We said we couldn’t because of […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday visited the wake of a police officer who was killed in a shootout with a drug suspect in Pasig City. The President was accompanied by Philippine National Police officials led by PNP chief Director General Ronald dela Rosa in the wake of P03 Wilfredo Gueta. Gueta was killed after he shot it out with Robert Liaguno, who had a standing warrant of arrest, on Monday afternoon. Liaguno was […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said there has been a “considerable drop” in the country’s drug cases. Speaking during the awarding of the Order of Lapu-Lapu to Philippine National Police, Armed Forces of the Philippines and other uniformed personnel at Camp Brigadier General Rafael T. Crame in Quezon City, Duterte said, however, that “we will remain vigilant.” “It’s a perennial problem,” Duterte said. Lives of policemen, military more valuable In his speech, […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday asked the public to give him another year to finish off the drug problem in the country. “Basta ang sabi ko sa droga, I hope to finish the problem, give me just another year,” Duterte said before the newly-appointed government officials in the Palace. He noted the police would return in the drug war, months after it was told to refrain from engaging in drug operations following […]
The Palace on Wednesday, December 6, made public Memorandum Order No. 17 directing the Philippine National Police and other agencies to provide “active support” to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in the government’s war on drugs. Although President Rodrigo Duterte recognized the strides made by PDEA, he also recognized the agency’s lack of resources, particularly of human personnel.
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has allowed the Philippine National Police to return to the government’s anti-drug war. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said under the administrative order signed by Duterte on Oct. 10, though, the lead agency would still be the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency. “They must coordinate with the lead agency. Perhaps if they want to resume Oplan Tokhang, they need to ..I don’t know how they will agree on the terms on […]
President Rodrigo Duterte said Sunday he was “sure” Donald Trump would not raise human rights concerns when they meet in Manila, after the US President praised himself his drug war. Trump is due to land in the Philippines on Sunday evening ahead of two days of summits. According to Duterte, Trump had already given him “words of encouragement” during a brief encounter on the sidelines of another regional summit in Vietnam on Saturday. “He said […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said the administration of the drug war would be back in the hands of the Philippine National Police if the illegal drugs proliferated again in the market. “Sabi ko, o sige (the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency) nalang. Pag magtaas nanaman, balik nanaman ang pulis. Alangan namang pabayaan ko bayan ko,” he told members of the Filipino community in Vietnam. He noted that Filipinos “never realized” the country was […]
(Eagle News) — Only President Rodrigo Duterte “had the guts” to address the drug problem. This was the message of Rep. Ace Barbers to people who continue to criticize the administration’s drug war without “giv(ing) the President the benefit of the doubt and looking at the whole picture objectively.” “In the first place, way before the President took office, the drug menace was already spiralling out of control. He alone had the guts to ‘grab […]
(Eagle News) — The European Union on Thursday emphasized that the recent visit of a group that criticized President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration, for, among others, supposedly stifling dissent was “not an (EU) mission.” The European bloc made the statement after President Duterte again lashed out at them for supposedly interfering in Philippine affairs. The President’s tirades came days after the International Delegates of the Progressive Alliance concluded the administration was exerting efforts to silence dissent, […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday again lambasted the United Nations, the United States and the European Union, while heaping praises on Russia, China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. “We are past the colonization stage. Don’t f**k with us,” he said. He said he had instructed Finance Secretary Sonny Dominguez not to accept the “18 million, 20 million from (the United Kingdom)” which he said has refused to accept the Philippines’ […]
(Eagle News) — “Ingrates.” This was how Philippine National Police Chief Director Ronald dela Rosa described the critics of the ongoing drug war on Tuesday. “You can criticize to high heavens but I can tell you, sabihin ko ngayon, ingrato kayo,” Dela Rosa said in an ambush interview on the sidelines of a Light Rail Transit Authority event. The police chief said it was because of the peace and order brought by the war on drugs […]
