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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 »

OPINION: Duterte tells the truth

Ellen Tordesillas
Posted at Sep 30 06:22 PM

President Duterte’s admission  may yet be what truth-seeking, freedom-loving Filipinos have been praying for. Read more »

Philippines tells UN: Rights of citizens, law enforcers over rights of criminals

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 30 10:01 AM

MANILA - If forced to, the Philippines will protect the rights of its law-abiding citizens and law enforcers over drug lords and criminals who are out to "kill and destroy," Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano told the United Nations (UN) on Sunday. Read more »

Palace reiterates Duterte's EJK sin remark no admission of guilt

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 29 09:21 PM

MANILA - Malacañang on Saturday reiterated that President Rodrigo Duterte's earlier claim that his "only sin" was extra-judicial killings was not an admission of guilt. Read more »

Duterte: 'EJKs' my only sin

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 28 09:37 AM

MANILA (UPDATED) - President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said his “only sin” was “extra-judicial killings" (EJKs), which refers to not legally sanctioned executions being linked to the government’s war on drugs. Read more »

OPINION: Sen. Leila M. de Lima: An update

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Posted at Sep 16 06:54 AM

Sen. Leila de Lima’s detention will have broken its 570-day mark this coming week. She has been in detention since Feb 24, 2017, held without bail. Read more »

Filipino photojournalist wins award in UK for young photographers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 10 06:06 PM

Filipino photojournalist Ezra Acayan is one of this year's winners of the Ian Parry Scholarship, a prestigious grant in photojournalism given by The Sunday Times in the United Kingdom. Read more »

OPINION: Families of drug war victims bring plea for justice at the ICC

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Updated as of Aug 31 12:59 PM

While President Duterte may be able to prevent his arrest in the country, he would be risking arrest if he is in another country that has signed and ratified the Rome statute. Read more »

Victims of Duterte drug war tame anger, overcome fear as they bring fight to ICC

Inday Espina-Varona, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 28 11:02 PM

“This is historic because this is the first time victims themselves are filing a case against President Durerte,” said Neri Colmenares of the National Union of Peoples' Lawyers, counsel for the complainants. Read more »

Crying out for justice

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 28 01:48 PM

Relatives of victims killed in the government's deadly drug war gather at the United Church of Christ of the Philippines (UCCP) to support each other, Tuesday.  Read more »

Justice for victims of extra-judicial killings

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 16 07:30 PM

Protesters picket against alleged extra-judicial killings in Manila on Thursday, a year after the death of Kian Delos Santos in Caloocan. Read more »

Kalbaryo

Basilio H. Sepe, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 19 03:50 PM

Activists carrying wooden crosses and a coffin march towards the House of Representatives on Thursday, ahead of President Duterte's third State of the Nation Address (SONA) in Quezon City.  Read more »

Day of mourning

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 18 11:56 PM

Members of different church groups, including Catholic nuns and priests, stage a candle lighting protest in observance of the Day of Mourning at Plaza Miranda in Manila, Monday. Read more »

‘Justice for Fr. Nilo’

Jire Carreon, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 14 10:35 PM

Members of different religious groups belonging to the Promotion of Church People's Response (PCPR) hold a candlelight protest at the Mariana Park in E. Rodriguez, Quezon City on Thursday.  Read more »

PNP: 4,251 drug personalities killed, over 142K arrested in drug war

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 07 08:14 PM

MANILA - The number of drug personalities killed in police anti-narcotics operations reached 4,251 last April, nearly 2 years after President Rodrigo Duterte assumed office, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said Monday.  Read more »

OPINION: Mother of tokhang victim petitions Netflix not to show ‘Amo’

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Updated as of Apr 09 12:52 AM

There’s a petition going around online addressed to Netflix to stop the April 9  showing of the TV series “Amo” about the brutal war against illegal drugs being waged by President Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »

OPINION: Matobato and the firefly

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Mar 26 12:28 AM

The priest cites the alitaptap (firefly) incident to underscore how God works in mysterious and heart-warming ways. That even in the darkest situation, light will find its way in.  Read more »

Drugs and death

Noel Celis, AFP
Updated as of Dec 17 09:41 AM

The body of an alleged drug dealer lies on the ground after he was killed by an unidentified assailant in Manila on Friday. Read more »

British MP vows scrutiny of spy equipment sale to Philippines

Rose Eclarinal, ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau
Updated as of Nov 14 06:13 PM

A member of the British parliament on Sunday vowed to scrutinize his country's export of surveillance equipment to Manila, saying this may make UK "complicit" in the alleged extra-judicial killings under the Philippines' war on drugs. Read more »

Secrecy over PNP ‘nanlaban’ records hampering search for justice of families

Inday Espina-Varona
Updated as of Nov 08 01:37 PM

The Duterte government’s insistence on keeping secret records of thousands of police operations that ended up with dead suspects is major proof of extra-judicial killings (EJKs), according to different groups of lawyers. Read more »