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Cayetano defends data cited in Al Jazeera interview

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 19 06:44 PM

Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano on Thursday denied spreading disinformation about the war on drugs during his Al Jazeera interview, saying all his information has been verified and are official government statistics. Read more »

CHR, umaasang lalagdaan ni Duterte ang kanilang buong budget

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 18 03:43 PM

Naniniwala si Commission on Human Rights Chairman Chito Gascon na aaprubahan ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang kabuuan nilang budget para sa taong 2018. Read more »

One death one too many: Palace shares public's concerns on killings

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 16 07:35 PM

MANILA – Malacañang on Monday said it understands the concerns of the public regarding the government’s war on drugs, and welcomed the support of the majority of Filipinos for President Rodrigo Duterte’s anti-crime campaign. Read more »

Myanmar army opens probe amid reports of killings, abuse of Rohingya Muslims

Reuters
Posted at Oct 14 12:43 AM

YANGON - Myanmar's military has launched an internal probe into the conduct of soldiers during a counteroffensive that has sent more than half a million Rohingya Muslims fleeing to Bangladesh, many saying they witnessed killings, rape and arson by troops. Read more »

Panelo blames E.U. for row over parliamentarians' statement

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 13 11:45 PM

Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo on Friday blamed the European Union (EU) for the misinformation President Duterte received regarding the 7-member delegation of parliamentarians who visited the country last week. Read more »

OPINION: Expect a bloodbath

Inday Espina-Varona – ScaRRedcat
Posted at Oct 13 10:39 PM

President Duterte has set the tone for what he probably hopes will happen – a bloodbath that he can blame on “bleeding hearts” who defend the human rights suspected addicts and dealers. Read more »

Duterte not sorry for tirade vs EU envoys

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 13 07:24 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday said he would not apologize to ambassadors from the European Union (EU) member-states even if he mistakenly vented his ire against them. Read more »

3 Abu Sayyaf bandits surrender in Sulu

RJ Rosalado, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 13 06:12 PM

Three Abu Sayyaf bandits surrendered to the military in Sulu Friday amid continuing state offensives against the terror group. Read more »

'Bato' dissolves all PNP drug enforcement units

Maan Macapagal, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 12 07:29 PM

Dela Rosa said all DEUs in the country no longer serve their purpose and will be assigned to other tasks. Read more »

Duterte hopes drug war shift will satisfy 'bleeding hearts'

Manuel Mogato and Neil Jerome Morales, Reuters
Posted at Oct 12 07:14 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte said on Thursday he hoped a shift to target big networks in his war on drugs would satisfy "bleeding hearts" and interfering Western states fixated on the high death toll in his brutal crackdown. Read more »

CBCP to hold EDSA march vs EJKs

Erik Tenedero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 12 06:03 PM

MANILA - The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) is urging people to troop to EDSA Shrine on November 5 to launch another phase in its campaign against the administration's bloody war on drugs.  Read more »

Duterte blasts UN, EU anew, dares envoys to leave PH 'in 24 hrs'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 12 07:47 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday blasted the United Nations and the European Union (EU) anew over criticism of his drug war, telling envoys to leave the country in 24 hours.    Read more »

CHR welcomes move to put PDEA at helm of 'drug war'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 12 04:25 PM

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Thursday welcomed the leadership shift in President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs. Read more »

After 10 years, not guilty

Mark Saludes, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 12 01:16 PM

The Quezon City Regional Trial Court handed down a not guilty verdict on Major Harry A. Baliaga, who was charged with the arbitrary detention of Jonas Burgos. Read more »

3 suspected drug pushers killed in Tondo

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 11 06:14 PM

Three candles are placed where bodies of three suspected drug pushers were killed in a shooting incident in Delpan, Tondo, Manila on Wednesday. Read more »

Duterte's war on drugs 'FLAGged'

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 11 06:12 PM

Students from the De La Salle University (DLSU) paralegal team of the Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG) submit documents at the Supreme Court's Docketing office in Manila, Wednesday.  Read more »

Senate approves 2018 budgets for CHR, DPWH

Abner Mercado, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 10 12:00 AM

The Senate approved Monday the P693-million budget of the Commission on Human Rights for fiscal year 2018. Read more »

'Pilipinas, maaaring mapatalsik sa Human Rights Council kung magpapatuloy ang patayan'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 09 11:52 PM

Ayon sa Human Rights Watch, maaaring mapatalsik sa Human Rights Council ang Pilipinas kung magpapatuloy ang patayan sa bansa at walang ikakasang maayos na imbestigasyon kaugnay nito. Read more »

CHR tells gov't: Act on EJKs instead of denying impunity

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 09 05:57 PM

The Commission on Human Rights on Monday urged the government to act on the "appalling number" of extrajudicial deaths instead of denying the culture of impunity. Read more »

PNP-IAS: Call them 'homicides under investigation', not EJKs

Bianca Dava, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 09 03:14 PM

The correct term for the killings during police operations being probed by the authorities is 'homicides under investigations,' according to the Philippine National Police (PNP). Read more »