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(Eagle News) — President Bongbong Marcos on Tuesday, Jan. 23, reiterated that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has no jurisdiction over the Philippines. As such, he said while ICC representatives could visit the country “as ordinary people,” his government will not cooperate in the ICC inquiry into the war on drugs of the previous administration. “…I consider it as a threat to our sovereignty..,” the President said. In fact, he said “binabantayan namin sila, making […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities seized over P13 million worth of illegal drugs in a buy-bust operation in Negros Occidental on Sunday, Aug. 28, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, also arrested in the operation in Sitio Dapdap, Barangay Lantad, Silay City were Angie Dumdumaya, 30, and Angielyn Dumdumaya, 25. Apart from the 2010 grams of illegal drugs worth P13,668,000, the PNP said seized from the suspects were the P30, 000 in buy-bust […]
(Eagle News) — Over P4 million worth of illegal drugs were seized in separate buy-bust operations in Mindanao over the weekend. According to the Philippine National Police, the operations on Sunday, Aug. 21, that yielded the seizure of P4.624 million worth of shabu also led to the arrest of Sanny Lloyd Mamaluba and Jalil Malawi Ampasoc. Of the total amount of shabu seized, P3.4 million worth of shabu was seized from Mamaluba in Barangay Fatima, […]
(Eagle News) — Supreme Court Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin said there is no need for foreign interference in the country’s internal affairs, including the judicial determination of alleged human rights abuses in the Philippine government’s drug war. In a chance interview with reporters on Friday (July19), Bersamin said that on the issue of the Iceland resolution being approved by 18 countries of the 47-member United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), this seemed like a […]
(Eagle News) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur for extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions thanked the United Nations Human Rights Council for adopting the resolution seeking a comprehensive written report into Philippone government’s drug war. In her tweet, UN Special Rapporteur Agnes Callamard said that she was also thanking the UN human rights body “on behalf of the thousands of victims of a senseless war on drugs, the dozens of murdered defenders, lawyers, farmers […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Wednesday welcomed what a narcotics official said was the United States’ support for President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs. “These efforts are anchored on respect for human rights, cognizant of our obligation to protect our people’s right to life and to live in peace and security,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a statement after James Walsh, deputy assistant state secretary in the international narcotics and law enforcement bureau, said the […]
(Eagle News) — Dumating na sa Geneva, Switzerland ang labing anim (16) na miyembro ng delegasyon ng Pilipinas para dumalo sa isasagawang Universal Periodic Review ng United Nations Human Rights Council. Pinangunahan nina Senador Alan Peter Cayetano at Deputy Executive Secretary Menardo Guevarra ang delegasyon upang idepensa ang war on drugs na inilunsad ng administrasyong Duterte. Kabilang sa mga kasama sa delegasyon ang mga kinatawan mula sa Presidential Human Rights Committee, Deputy Speaker ng Kamara […]
