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PCOO denies inconsistency on Duterte drug war deaths

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 14 04:19 PM

The PCOO denied that it has been inconsistent with its pronouncements on the number of deaths under President Rodrigo Duterte’s controversial war on drugs. Read more »

De Lima calls for probe into death of OFW’s son in Navotas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 13 11:29 PM

This was a response to the July 5 killing of Bryan Conje, 22, during an anti-robbery operation in Barangay Northbay Boulevard North. Read more »

Lawmakers, rights group welcome UN approval of int'l report on PH killings

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 12 01:28 AM

Senator Francis Pangilinan thanked the concurring countries for "caring about the thousands of our poor countrymen" who have been killed in the war on drugs. Read more »

Amnesty International politicizing extrajudicial killings: Palace

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 08 03:33 PM

International rights group Amnesty International is only "politicizing" extrajudicial killings in the Philippines in its call to the United Nations for an investigation into the issue, Malacañang said Monday. Read more »

Bulacan is PH's 'bloodiest killing field' - Amnesty Int'l report

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 08 07:39 PM

MANILA (UPDATE 2) - Amnesty International has called on the United Nations to conduct an “independent, impartial and effective investigation” on the drug war in the Philippines as it found that “extrajudicial executions” continue to take place in the country, three years after the campaign was launched. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: July 5, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 06 12:52 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos Read more »

One more innocent victim

Eloisa Lopez, Reuters
Posted at Jul 05 10:38 AM

Myca Ulpina was shot during what police said was a sting operation intended to arrest her father, who they said was armed and had used the child as a human shield. Read more »

Palace questions UN experts' call for drug deaths investigation

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 10 05:06 PM

Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo said there is no use in conducting an investigation as he alleged that the UN experts have already made a conclusion. Read more »

Bishop hits spate of Camanava killings as mother loses second son in police op

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 05 02:05 PM

MANILA - When police killed three men for allegedly firing first during a buy-bust operation in Navotas at dawn Wednesday, a mother lost another son. Read more »

'Noon pa': Duterte admits EJKs in Davao City

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 12 12:45 AM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte said Friday night that extrajudicial killings, which refers to executions without due process, have been occurring in Davao City. Read more »

Bishop criticizes Duterte for calling his mom a whore

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 04 08:16 AM

Caloocan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David on Wednesday criticized President Rodrigo Duterte for calling him a "son of a whore" during a speech in Malabon City.  Read more »

US cites continuing killings, rights violations in PH in 2018 Human Rights Report

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 14 07:25 PM

Extrajudicial killings, rights abuses and threats against independent media has continued under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte last year, the United States said in its annual Human Rights report, released Wednesday. Read more »

Umano'y biktima ng summary execution, natagpuan sa QC

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 02 09:54 PM

Isang hinihinalang biktima ng summary execution ang natagpuan sa ilalim ng Tullahan River Bridge, California Village Quezon City nitong Sabado. Read more »

Public belief in police role in drug slays confirms dismal rights situation - child rights group

Angel Movido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 02 05:27 PM

Results of a recent survey on police officers' role in President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs "confirms" the dismal human rights condition in the Philippines, a children's rights group said Saturday.  Read more »

Mga pamilya ng mga biktima ng patayan, malungkot ang Pasko

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 15 12:11 PM

Habang abala ang karamihan sa noche buena ngayong gabi, may ilang pamilya namang hindi na makukumpleto pa ngayong Pasko. Read more »

Deaths due to war on drugs top 5,000: gov't

Kyodo News
Posted at Dec 18 11:03 PM

The official death toll from President Rodrigo Duterte's anti-drugs campaign has surpassed 5,000, authorities said Tuesday.   Read more »

Dead man wrapped with garbage bag found outside UP

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 13 07:03 PM

Locals look at a body of a man wrapped with garbage bags and masking tape outside the UP Diliman compound along CP Garcia Street in Quezon City on Thursday. Read more »

Remembering the dead on feast of Immaculate Conception

Jire Carreon, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 08 04:26 PM

Members of church rights group GOMBURZA and the Commission on Human Rights led by activist priest Robert Reyes hold a solidarity walk in Quezon City to seek justice for victims of extra-judicial killings. Read more »

Malacañang’s incoherent statement on ICC’s continuing probe

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Dec 08 09:59 AM

The one thing that spooks President Duterte fiercely is the case of crime against humanity brought against him before the International Criminal Court in The Hague which gave him the dubious distinction of being the first Southeast Asian leader to be charged before the ICC.   Read more »

Remembering Fr. Paez

Mark Saludes, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 03 09:16 PM

Friends, relatives, and church workers pay respect to slain priest Marcelito Paez, a day before the first year of his death, on Monday. Read more »