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Duterte warns ‘scalawags’: Bato will welcome you in Bilibid

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 19 07:14 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday issued a new warning to so-called scalawags in the Philippine National Police (PNP), as the 195,000-strong force welcomed a new chief who vowed to impose a “low-key but stern kind of leadership.” Read more »

ICC members welcome in PH as tourists, says Roque

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 19 02:06 PM

Members of the International Criminal Court (ICC) won't be barred from entering the Philippines as long as they come as tourists and not as investigators, President Rodrigo Duterte's spokesperson said Thursday. Read more »

P10-M na droga nakuha sa tanod sa Taguig

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 19 09:41 PM

Inaresto ang isang barangay tanod matapos mahulihan ng P10-milyon na halaga ng hinihinalang shabu sa buy-bust operation sa Barangay Maharlika, Taguig ngayong Huwebes. Read more »

4 timbog sa QC buy-bust

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 19 05:52 AM

MAYNILA - Arestado ang 4 katao sa ikinasang buy-bust operation sa Barangay San Roque, Cubao, Quezon City.   Read more »

'Do what is right', Duterte tells new PNP chief

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 19 03:01 AM

MANILA - Do what is right. Read more »

P3-M halaga ng ilegal na droga, nasabat sa Albay

Karren Canon, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 18 10:51 PM

Nasabat ang nasa P3 milyong halaga ng hinihinalang shabu sa bayan ng Daraga, Albay nitong Miyerkoles ng gabi.   Read more »

Counseling, not crocodiles: Indonesia anti-drugs chief flags new strategy

Tom Allard and Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Reuters
Updated as of Apr 18 11:13 PM

JAKARTA - Indonesia’s new anti-narcotics chief Heru Winarko called for an expansion of rehabilitation centers across the country on Wednesday, flagging a new approach in contrast to the blood-soaked war on drugs underway in its neighbor, the Philippines. Read more »

Drug den na ni-raid sa Valenzuela, katapat ng eskuwelahan; 8 timbog

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 18 07:00 PM

Walo ang arestado sa isinagawang drug raid ng pulisya sa isa umanong drug den na katapat lamang ng eskuwelahan sa Barangay Marulas, Valenzuela City nitong Martes ng gabi. Read more »

'Bato' ready to face raps over drug war

Bianca Dava, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 18 04:31 PM

The chief of the Philippine National Police, Director General Ronald dela Rosa, said Wednesday he was willing to face charges over the government's war on drugs. Read more »

ALAMIN: Maaari bang magtaboy ng dayuhan ang isang bansa?

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 18 03:19 PM

Bagama't malaya ang sinuman na maglakbay basta't may angkop na dokumento, may karapatan din umano ang gobyerno na hindi magpapasok ng dayuhan sa bansa. Read more »

Unmatched since Marcos: HRW blasts Dela Rosa's 'sordid rights record'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 18 10:17 AM

Outgoing Philippine National Police chief Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa should be held accountable for thousands of killings under the war on drugs, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday. Read more »

P2-M halaga ng 'shabu', nasamsam sa Cebu

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 18 03:47 AM

CEBU CITY - Nakumpiska ng mga pulis ang aabot sa P2 milyong halaga ng hinihinalang shabu sa ikinasang buy-bust operation sa Barangay Tejero, Cebu City Martes ng gabi. Read more »

7 timbog sa droga sa Tondo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 18 01:40 AM

Sa Maynila, arestado ang 7 indibidwal na huli umano sa aktong gumagamit ng shabu sa isang hinihinalang drug den sa Tondo. Read more »

Higit 3,000 tanim na marijuana, nadiskubre sa Sultan Kudarat

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 17 08:07 PM

Higit 3,000 puno ng marijuana ang natuklasan noong Abril 12 sa isang lupain sa kabundukan ng Sitio Alyong, barangay Datalblao sa Columbio, Sultan Kudarat. Read more »

Activist nun released

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 17 05:36 PM

Australian rural missionary, Sister Patricia Fox, talks to the media shortly after her release from the Bureau of Immigration (BOI) on Tuesday. Fox was arrested for participating in rallies critical of the Duterte government. The BOI said it had “established that the Australian nun holds a valid missionary visa and, thus, she is a properly documented alien." Read more »

Pulitzer-winning Filipino journalist tells colleagues: Stay with the fight

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 17 04:03 PM

A Filipino journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on alleged drug war deaths urged his colleagues to stay with the fight despite difficulties facing the free press. Read more »

OPINION: Duterte’s threat helps ICC build case against him

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Updated as of Apr 17 01:04 PM

President Duterte is actually making International Criminal Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda's job easy. Read more »

PH drug war short film gets top prize in World Press Photo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 17 10:25 AM

A 9-minute short video about extrajudicial killings under President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs won the top prize in a recently held international photo and video competition. Read more »

BI denies crackdown on foreign critics

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 17 09:23 AM

MANILA - The Bureau of Immigration (BI) denied Tuesday that there is a government crackdown against foreigners who are critical of President Rodrigo Duterte's administration. Read more »

P160-M halaga ng cocaine, nasamsam sa dagat sa Quezon

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 17 04:26 PM

Nakuha ng mga mangingisda sa karagatang sakop ng Quezon noong Linggo ang isang plastic container na naglalaman ng nasa P160 milyong halaga ng cocaine. Read more »