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by Pierre-Henry Deshayes OSLO, Norway (AFP) — The Philippine government and Communist guerrillas on Friday signed an indefinite ceasefire deal to facilitate peace talks aimed at ending one of Asia’s longest-running insurgencies. “This is a historic and unprecedented event … (but) there is still a lot of work to be done ahead,” President Rodrigo Duterte’s peace adviser Jesus Dureza said at a signing ceremony in Norway, which is mediating the talks. Both sides agreed […]
(Eagle News)– National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM) Vice Chairman executive officer Rogelio Casurao confirmed the filing of formal charges against two ‘narco generals’. National Capital Region Police Officer chief Director Joel Pagdilao and former Quezon City Police District Office director Chief Superintendent Edgardo Tinio will face charges of serious neglect of duty, serious irregularities in the performance of duty, and conduct unbecoming of a police officer. According to Casurao, the documents submitted that would serve as […]
(Eagle News)– Six people are arrested on Monday in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Tetuan, Zamboanga City. Two siblings, both surnamed Duterte, were included in the arrest. Authorities confirmed that the siblings and President Rodrigo Duterte are not related. Five plastic sachets of shabu and drug paraphernalia were retrieved from Adrian, the main target of the operation. The latter surrendered to the police under Oplan Tokhang, but didn’t quit in selling drugs. Charges for violating […]
Bukod sa kampanya laban sa kriminalidad at illegal na droga, inilunsad din ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang giyera laban sa katiwalian. Sa kaniyang magkahiwalay na talumpati sa panunumpa ng mga negosyante at mga opiysal ng military, sinabi ni pangulong duterte na magsasagawa ng paglilinis ang administrasyon sa hanay ng mga ahensya ng gobyerno. Partikular na tinukoy ng pangulo ang mga regulatory agency gaya ng Land Transportation Office At Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board o […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said trafficking of shabu happened unhampered inside the National Bilibid Prisons right under the nose of then Justice Secretary Leila de Lima and that her driver had a role to play in it. In his press conference held Sunday at 1 a.m., the President also pointed to the relationship between De Lima and her driver that gave rise to corruption inside the national penitentiary. The President also declared […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — In his news conference conducted in Davao City Sunday, President Rodrigo Duterte remained adamant in pursuing his expose of Senator Leila De Lima and added that he holds wiretaps and ATM records that will serve as proof that her driver-bodyguard had transactions with drug syndicates in the New Bilibid Prison.
It is now clear. Only the appointees of former President Benigno Aquino III have been ordered by President Rodrigo Duterte to leave their desks, according to presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella. “These are appointees from the past administration and [it] does not refer to current administration except those who have been made reference to,” Abella said during a press briefing in the Palace. He added that heads of agencies who have tenure will go to a […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte declared all government positions with presidential appointees vacant in a press conference around 1 a.m. on Sunday. He said this was to further cleanse the government of corruption and ineptness. The declaration however did not cover secretary and undersecretaries. “If you are there because of the presidential appointments, I will declare all your positions all throughout the country vacant. You know why? Until now, in my provincial visits, I […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The Philippine government on Friday criticized as “baseless and reckless” a UN statement that President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody war on drugs amounted to a crime under international law. Duterte’s chief legal counsel Salvador Panelo told AFP the administration was not behind the extra-judicial killings targeting alleged criminal suspects, challenging UN human rights experts to visit the Philippines and investigate. Two UN rights experts said Thursday that Duterte’s directives calling on law enforcers and […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The war of words between Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and the United Nations escalated Thursday, with a UN envoy warning that “state actors” could be held responsible over hundreds of killings in a controversial anti-drug crackdown. More than 1,500 people have died in Duterte’s fight against narcotics, police chief Director General Ronald de la Rosa told a Senate hearing, saying that 665 drug suspects were killed in “legitimate (police) operations” […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said he would continue to expose officials with alleged links to illegal drug operations, as he warned those who are trying to interfere in this campaign, including public and government officials. As the word war between the President and senator Leila de Lima heated up, the President reminded the lady senator that she is in public office and should not be onion-skinned. Life of public officials, an […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte vowed he would not be deterred in his campaign to fight the drug menace, even in the face of complaints of human rights violations being hurled against his police force. In his speech during the 115th anniversary of the Police Service, the President said he is supporting the police force in their fight to suppress the drug menace since this was what he had promised even during his […]
