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167 million Pinoys are drug addicts? Duterte blames poor eyesight for wrong info

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 27 10:36 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday blamed his poor eyesight for his recent erroneous statement that nearly 168 million Filipinos are addicted to narcotics, more than the country's 100-million population.    Read more »

With 2 in 100 Pinoys still using drugs, is Duterte crackdown a failure?

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 20 06:40 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said 2 in 100 Filipinos were still addicted to illicit drugs. What does this mean for his 4-year-old anti-narcotics drive that has left thousands dead?    Read more »

PH gov't to UN: Stop weaponizing, politicizing human rights

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 16 03:04 AM

The Philippines called for an end to the "weaponization and politically motivated use of human rights," amid continuous calls of activists and experts to investigate the current administration's alleged abuses.   Read more »

Philippines to 'fully cooperate' with UN on rights issues, Palace says after aid pledge

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 08 03:44 PM

The Philippines will "fully cooperate" with he United Nations on human rights issues after the international body pledged "technical assistance" to help the government of President Rodrigo Duterte investigate killings under his anti-narcotics drive.    Read more »

Duterte to rights advocates: Apply in funeral services, other jobs

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 18 01:06 AM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday went on the offensive once again at human rights advocates, telling them to find other jobs, for keeping count of the people killed in the country's drug war.  Read more »

Call of UN experts to probe PH rights situation shows lack of impartiality: Palace

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 26 04:38 PM

Malacañang on Friday said the fresh call of international experts for an independent investigation on the rights situation in the Philippines shows a "lack of impartiality" when it comes to President Rodrigo Duterte's administration. Read more »

PH rights groups to UN: Human rights situation in PH ‘worsening’

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 31 11:22 PM

Philippine human rights defenders on Friday submitted their reports to the United Nations (UN) Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR) on what they call the “worsening” human rights situation in the country. Read more »

Palace asks Robredo: What's taking so long with drug war report?

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 28 02:26 PM

Duterte's spokesman Salvador Panelo questioned why Robredo hasn't released the report she promised the public yet, hinting at efforts to fabricate it. Read more »

Palace says Robredo deserved Duterte's boot from drug war

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 27 08:47 PM

Robredo's threats to reveal her findings on the drug war is no longer surprising, Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo said, noting that "there is no greater fury than a woman scorned." Read more »

OPINION: Duterte's nightmare—Access to information on drug war

Inday Espina-Varona
Posted at Nov 27 12:54 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte’s move to fire Vice President Leni Robredo as head of the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD) invites national and international spotlights to focus on the black holes in a pet program that has snuffed out thousands of lives over 3 years. Read more »

'Set up to fail'? Robredo ally asks on her removal from anti-drug body

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 25 12:09 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo was "set up to fail" as co-chairperson of the government's anti drug body, one of her allies said after she was fired just 2 weeks into the job. Read more »

Sotto: Loss of trust led to Robredo firing from anti-drug body

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 25 10:55 AM

Likening the President to a basketball coach, Sotto, also a vocal anti-drug advocate, said the chief executive had the prerogative on "who to put in and who to pull out." Read more »

'Trust is earned,' Palace reminds Robredo, Aquino

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 21 02:09 PM

The President earlier admitted that he could not trust Robredo after the latter supposedly made "missteps" in her first 2 weeks as co-chair of the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD). Read more »

Duterte allies in Senate grill CHR during 2020 budget deliberations

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 19 06:02 AM

MANILA—The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) faced rough sailing during the Senate’s public debates on the agency’s proposed P863-million budget in 2020. Read more »

Robredo open to UN probe if PH fails to punish drug war abuses

Christian Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 09 01:29 AM

The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) may step in but only if Philippine authorities failed to investigate and punish alleged abuses in the country’s drug war, Vice President Leni Robredo said Friday.   Read more »

OPINION: Of Wanting to be and Being a Leader

Edmund Tayao
Posted at Nov 07 12:52 AM

In the end, it’s about connection to the people, and there’s no recipe for that. Either you’re authentic or your not. Read more »

Police body hurries probe as Albayalde retirement nears

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 01 04:19 PM

An adverse finding can jeopardize Albayalde’s monthly pension of around P200,000. Read more »

Robredo, ayaw patulan ang hamon ni Duterte

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 30 01:01 AM

Ayaw patulan ni Vice President Leni Robredo ang hamon ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na pamunuan niya ang kampanya kontra ilegal na droga ng gobyerno. Read more »

Robredo says time for Duterte to stop 'failed' drug war

Martin Petty, Reuters
Posted at Oct 23 08:47 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte should allow the United Nations to investigate his war on drugs, and abandon a deadly campaign that has been a failure and a dent on the country's international image, Vice President Leni Robredo said Wednesday. Read more »

OPINION: Duterte’s overseas fans erupt with rage as police scandal taints anti-crime stance

Inday Espina-Varona
Posted at Oct 07 11:15 PM

As President Rodrigo Duterte’s rough posture on crime and drugs unravel with a scandal over police allegedly recycling hundreds of millions of pesos worth of confiscated narcotics, his overseas supporters have erupted in rage. Read more »