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Dela Rosa confident death-penalty advocates in Senate have numbers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 03 07:21 AM

Dela Rosa said 7 of 24 senators have authored 11 versions of the death penalty bill. Read more »

SC stands by ruling allowing Veloso to testify thru deposition in Indonesia

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 14 06:31 PM

MANILA – The Supreme Court has stood by its earlier ruling allowing Mary Jane Veloso, the Filipina on death row in Indonesia, to testify in a Philippine case against her recruiters. Read more »

China sentences Canadian to death over drug charge

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 06 05:19 PM

A Chinese court sentenced a Canadian national to death on Thursday in a ruling that could further inflame tensions between China and Canada. Read more »

Angara wants 'compelling evidence' death penalty deters crimes

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 30 01:07 PM

Sen. Sonny Angara on Thursday said he needed "compelling evidence" that the death penalty could deter crimes and that "miscarriages of justice" could be avoided before he votes for its revival, which President Rodrigo Duterte sought again this week.    Read more »

Sotto hits PNP chief's claim 50 grams of drugs ‘enough’ to merit death penalty

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 29 06:37 PM

Senate President Tito Sotto on Wednesday refuted the Philippine National Police chief's claim that individuals who would be caught with at least 50 grams of illegal drugs can be sentenced to death should capital punishment be revived in the Philippines.   Read more »

50 grams of drugs ‘enough’ to merit death penalty: PNP chief

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 29 02:07 PM

The head of the Philippine National Police on Wednesday backed President Rodrigo Duterte’s call for the revival of death penalty, saying it should be meted out to those caught with at least 50 grams of narcotics.  Read more »

Pandemic leading to illegal drug shortages: UN report

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 07 07:39 AM

The wide-ranging disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic and its associated lockdowns are leading to shortages of illegal drugs in some countries, according to a UN report released Thursday.   Read more »

OPINION: A sober look at the proposed 'Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020’

Michael Henry Yusingco, LL.M
Posted at Mar 13 04:41 PM

While there is an urgent need to enact a robust anti-terrorism law, Congress cannot ignore the fact that Filipinos deserve and expect a dedicated law enforcement unit that can truly and professionally protect the state and the people from terrorism.    Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: March 6, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 07 01:36 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos Read more »

P102 million shabu labeled as 'Chinese tea'

Rolex Dela Pena, EPA-EFE
Posted at Mar 06 01:19 PM

Chemists of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) lay out blocks of shabu which were concealed in packs labeled as Chinese tea during a press briefing in Quezon City, Friday. Read more »

US charges ex-DEA agent with laundering millions in drug funds

Brad Heath, Reuters
Posted at Feb 22 09:48 AM

WASHINGTON - US authorities arrested a former Drug Enforcement Administration agent on Friday on charges he conspired with Colombian drug traffickers to steal millions of dollars the US government had seized from suspected dealers.   Read more »

5 foreigners accused of trafficking could face death in Indonesia: police

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 18 05:02 PM

BALI, Indonesia - Five accused drug smugglers from Hong Kong, Chile, Switzerland and Thailand who were caught in Bali could face the firing squad if convicted, police on the Indonesian holiday island said Wednesday.   Read more »

PH court sets tentative date for Veloso testimony

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 28 08:07 PM

MANILA - A Philippine court has set a tentative schedule for the deposition of Mary Jane Veloso, the Filipina convicted of drug trafficking in Indonesia. Read more »

Veloso kin elated after SC allows deposition in Indonesia

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 13 06:14 PM

Hope filled the family of Mary Jane Veloso, the Filipina convicted of drug trafficking in Indonesia, after the Supreme Court allowed her to testify through deposition against her alleged recruiters in Nueva Ecija, a development that could affect her status on death row. Read more »

Mary Jane Veloso pinayagan ng Korte Suprema na tumestigo laban sa mga recruiter

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 12 01:34 AM

Umaasa naman ang kaniyang mga abugado na makatutulong ito para tuluyang maialis siya sa death row. Read more »

SC agrees to Mary Jane Veloso deposition in Indonesia

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 12 04:48 AM

MANILA (UPDATE)—The Supreme Court (SC) has allowed Mary Jane Veloso, the Filipina convicted of drug trafficking in Indonesia, to testify through deposition in the human trafficking case against her alleged recruiters in Nueva Ecija, in a development that could affect her status on death row. Read more »

US charges 3 Chinese for fentanyl trafficking

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 02 07:59 AM

Three Chinese citizens have been charged with distributing fentanyl in the United States, where addiction spurred by the synthetic opioid drug has ravaged communities, US prosecutors announced Tuesday. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: September 26, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 27 12:11 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos Read more »

God, help Mary Jane

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 26 09:35 PM

Church and migrant groups hold a candle-lighting ceremony for Mary Jane Veloso in front of the Santa Cruz Church in Manila on Thursday.  Read more »

Singapore says drug smuggling worsens, even as hangings rise

Fathin Ungku and Anshuman Daga, Reuters
Posted at Aug 01 02:58 PM

SINGAPORE - Drug trafficking into Singapore, which has some of the world's toughest drugs laws, has risen recently, the law minister said on Wednesday, and he defended capital punishment for serious drug crime as reflecting public support. Read more »