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(Eagle News) — Senator Alan Peter Cayetano called the Human Rights Watch a biased source of information on Monday, saying the group concluded drug suspects were being executed extrajudicially even if it only interviewed 24 of the 7,000 drug cases in the country. “HRW did not interview any of the (Philippine National Police officials),” the senator added during the Senate inquiry into the alleged killings of the so-called Davao Death Squad. Cayetano was referring to the 80-page report titled […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Tito Sotto on Monday raised the possibility of SP03 Arthur Lascañas’ affidavit being written by several people, saying there were parts that were written in a different font. “Parang cinopy, pinaste from somewhere, pinasok sa affidavit,” Sotto said in reference to the “‘Origins of the Davao Death Squad’ part to Number 13′” of Lascañas’ written statement. “Kayo ba nagprepare nito? Bakit iba font, iba size?” the senator asked Lascañas during Monday’s Senate hearing into the so-called […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Alan Cayetano poked holes in SP03 Arthur Lascañas’ testimony during Monday’s Senate inquiry into the so-called Davao Death Squad killings, saying there were parts there that differed from the contents of an affidavit he earlier submitted. Cayetano particularly cited what Lascañas said in his written statement that he was a founding member of an organized anticrime task force, which he said was created in 1988 to go after and “liquidate” criminals in Davao City. “Sasabihin mo (in the […]
(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) — President Rodrigo Duterte said that he would not stop his war against illegal drugs, as he repeated his vow when he took his oath as President to “preserve the Filipino people.” “My oath before God and country is to preserve the Filipino people. Period,” he said as he led the groundbreaking ceremony of the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX) in Barangay Dapitan, Cordova, Cebu on Thursday. “I do not need martial law. […]
(Eagle News Service) – Calling herself the champion of womanhood and the savior of Philippine democracy, Senator Leila De Lima on Tuesday ranted against President Rodrigo Duterte and called on the public to support her fight for the so-called EDSA values. De Lima’s press conference was held a day after retired police officer Arthur Lascañas came out to pin Duterte, whom he tagged in the killings of the Davao Death Squad. The lady senator, who […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima, who is facing drug-related charges for her alleged role in the proliferation of the illegal drug trade at the New Bilibid Prisons in Muntinlupa City, is seen here in this photo attending the rally organized by the Catholic Church criticizing the extrajudicial killings which priests, bishops, and human rights advocates blame on the drug war of President Rodrigo Duterte. De Lima is facing the drug charges for […]
(Eagle News) – Malacañang hit officials of the Catholic Church on Sunday for claiming that there was a supposed “reign of terror” in many places under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte, saying these Catholic leaders seem to be “out of touch” with the sentiments of their own people. Presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella particularly put to task the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) for issuing a pastoral letter that raised concerns on […]
(Eagle News) — The special rapporteur of the United Nations who had earlier made comments on the rise of extrajudicial killings since the start of the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte has set conditions for the visit, including the request for “freedom of inquiry” and “confidential and unsupervised contact with witnesses.” UN special rapporteur on summary executions Agnes Callamard specified her conditions for her visit to the country to the Department of Foreign Affairs. The conditions were disclosed […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Senator Richard “Dick” Gordon on Monday, October 17 said that the senate committee on justice and human rights has already finished the first draft of a committee report on the inquiry into extra-judicial killings. Gordon did not reveal the contents of the committee report but said that the senate panel will recommend the filing of charges against witness and self-confessed Davao Death Squad (DDS) hitman Edgar Matobato. He said, said […]
(Eagle News) – Two police officials, who had been earlier named by witness Edgar Matobato as being involved in the alleged Davao Death Squad, denied all his allegations claiming that Matobato was a “liar” pointing to specific inconsistencies in the latter’s statements. In the continuation of the Senate hearing on extrajudicial killings, the former head of the Davao Ctiy police’s heinous crime division, retired Supt. Dionisio Abude, and SPO3 Arthur Lascanas who was assigned […]
United Nations, United States | AFP | Saturday 9/25/2016 – 05:27 GMT+8 | 356 words The Philippines’ foreign secretary on Saturday pushed back against criticism of President Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war, telling the United Nations not to interfere. “We urge everyone to allow us to deal with out domestic challenges in order to achieve our national goals, without undue interference,” Perfecto Yasay told the UN General Assembly. There has been growing international alarm […]
