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(Eagle News) — Vice-President Leni Robredo criticized the Philippine government’s campaign against illegal drugs in a six minute video, in an effort to bring to the attention of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs annual meeting in Vienna the claims by the opposition that the anti-drug war of President Rodrigo Duterte was not good for the country. But her video was not presented to the main UN session in Vienna, but only […]
(Eagle News) — Wanted: New antidrug personnel. The newly formed Drug Enforcement Group of the Philippine National Police is in search of new recruits who will lead the government in its re-launch of the war against drugs. In his first-ever press conference as head of the DEG, Senior Supt. Graciano Mijares said on Friday that 477 personnel were needed for the unit, which only recently replaced the PNP Anti-Illegal Drugs Group. The PNP-AIDG and all antidrug units […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police on Monday (March 6) announced the return of the government’s anti-drug campaign under the police, with “Oplan Tokhang Revisited” which has more stringent requirements for its operations. This time, only the chief of police of the station together with the barangay captain or official and a representative of the local parish will conduct the “tokhang” so as to better convince illegal drug suspects to voluntarily try drug rehabilitation. “It […]
(Eagle News) – Senator Alan Peter Cayetano said that drug lords have started financing destabilization plans against President Rodrigo Duterte, and are allegedly conspiring with political personalities who also want to oust the President. Cayetano revealed this in a recent press conference where he also cited how certain politicians against President Duterte are all citing the same lines to discredit the Duterte administration in the eyes of the international community. He said these […]
(Eagle News) — Wanted: Young policemen “lacking in skills, experience, but with a pure heart.” These are the kinds of policemen the Philippine National Police Chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa wants in the new team that will be tasked to go after illegal drug personalities. Dela Rosa made the statement as the national police prepare for a war against drugs that had been temporarily suspended following the kidnapping and killing of South Korean businessman Jee […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police is set to resume its operations against individuals involved in drug operations. PNP Chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa said on Tuesday that the resumption of “Oplan Tokhang” would take place “soon.” Dela Rosa made the pronouncement a day after President Rodrigo Duterte said he was open to the possibility of the resumption of the drug war. “I would leave it to the PNP to decide. What do they need? What (do) […]
By Alexander Lopez Philippine News Agency ISLAND GARDEN CITY OF SAMAL, Davao del Norte, Feb. 24 (PNA) -– President Rodrigo Duterte has reiterated the uncompromising stand of his administration in the fight against illegal drugs in the country. The President was here Friday afternoon to accept the turnover of a rehabilitation facility in Sitio Maag, Peñaplata, donated by the First Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (FFCCCII). In his message, he […]
(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 […]
MANILA, Philippines (Reuters) — Fourteen-year-old “Bryan” sat looking behind the window’s grills of a government-run juvenile center on the outskirts of Manila. Not wanting to reveal his real name, Bryan was arrested by the police during a drug raid in September and was required to stay at the government’s “House of Hope” for a year. Life was not bad, he says, because he was being taken care of by social workers and was taught lessons like […]
(Reuters) — Grace Fonollera sat beside the coffin of her 18-year-old son, Ace Bacorro, at a funeral set up across their shanty home in Manila. Her son, along with his friend Rondolph Droyon, were killed on December 6 when unidentified gunmen shot them while they were out drinking. Closed circuit television footage by the local village showed men riding on two motorcycles firing at the group in the early morning. Fonollera said her son […]
BISLIG CITY, Surigao del Sur (Eagle News) – Kahit marami ang bumabatikos sa administrasyong Duterte laban sa pagsugpo kontra iligal na droga, tiniyak ni Surigao del Sur 2nd District Congressman Johny T. Pimentel ang pagsuporta nito. Ayon pa sa kongresista, kahit umabot pa ng anim na taon at matatapos ang termino ni Pangulong Duterte ay hindi pa rin daw tuluyang mawawala ang droga. Nabanggit din ng kongresista na kahit si PNP Director Ronald dela Rosa ay masaya na maabot nila […]
VIENTIANE, Laos (AFP) — US President Barack Obama urged Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte Thursday to conduct his crime war “the right way”, as the pair clashed at an Asian summit over the crackdown that has claimed 3,000 lives. The showdown was a fitting climax to a brutal few days of diplomacy that began with the famously acid-tongued Duterte becoming heated up and making expletives that led the White House to cancel a scheduled bilateral meeting between the two leaders. […]
