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Drug war victims cremated as grave leases lapse

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 21 04:39 PM

Exhumed remains of seven individuals killed in the drug war were cremated and blessed Wednesday after the leases on their graves expired. Read more »

Proper procedure not followed in some drug war ops: DOJ

Benise Balaoing, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 05 04:02 PM

Proper procedures were not followed by the police in many of the cases the Department of Justice (DOJ) is now looking into as part of its second drug war review. Read more »

154 cops in drug cases may be criminally liable: DOJ

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 03 03:33 PM

The Department of Justice has found "possible criminal liability" on the part of police officers involved in the cases that the agency reviewed, Secretary Menardo Guevarra said Sunday. Read more »

Pamilya ng EJK victims sa San Jose del Monte dismayado sa usad ng kaso

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 02 08:21 PM

Ang hinanakit pa nila, mas umuusad pa raw ang disbarment case ng mga akusadong pulis laban sa NBI agent na nag-imbestiga at tumutulong sa kaso. Read more »

As PNP faces another controversy, Palace repeats 'bad eggs' are 'exception rather than rule'

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 21 05:45 PM

"Bad eggs" in the Philippine National Police make up "the exception rather than the rule", Malacañang said on Monday, after some law enforcers killed an allegedly unarmed teenager during a drug war operation last week in Laguna. Read more »

Malacañang says Duterte not bothered by request for ICC probe into drug war

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 17 11:11 PM

Human rights observers believe a probe by the International Criminal Court into the Philippine's anti-drug campaign will not be hindered by President Rodrigo Duterte's refusal to cooperate. Read more »

Duterte remarks on drug war 'highly relevant' to show policy to kill: watchdog

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 17 06:45 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte's previous remarks are highly relevant to show the alleged existence of a state policy on drug war killings, a global watchdog said Thursday. Read more »

ICC has ‘sufficient’ basis for full probe into PH drug-war killings, says rights lawyer

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 15 09:22 AM

Outgoing International Criminal Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has "sufficient" basis to request for full investigation into drug war killings in the Philippines, an international human rights lawyer said Tuesday. Read more »

Duterte tells drug traffickers: 'Evil to evil tayo'

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 08 09:52 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday he was willing to resort to "evil" to fight the narcotics trade, which he promised to eradicate in 2016.    Read more »

DOJ task force to make 'preliminary assessment' on murder of ex-priest, peace consultant

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 31 06:18 PM

MANILA - The inter-agency task force on extrajudicial killings will make a "preliminary assessment" on the killings of 2 National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) consultants in the Visayas, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said Monday. Read more »

Bagong koalisyon para sa halalan inisa-isa ang 'kapalpakan' ng Duterte admin

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 18 10:28 PM

Hirit ng 1Sambayan, hindi na dapat pang maluklok sa puwesto sa 2022 ang sinumang kaalyado ni Pangulong Duterte. Read more »

'Parang tinotorture': What witnesses heard, saw on the night Echanis, Tagapia died

Jervis Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 12 06:03 AM

lt was a rainy night when "Martin" (not his real name) heard loud "shouting" from an apartment near their house in Petronia Street, Novaliches, Quezon City on Sunday. 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 »

US senator urges Duterte anew to release De Lima

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 09 07:14 AM

A US senator has urged Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte anew to release Sen. Leila de Lima, who is nearing 3 years in detention over what he called as "dubious and politically-motivated" charges. Read more »

Palace asserts PH out of ICC jurisdiction after tribunal sets 2020 deadline for drug war preliminary exam

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 07 05:38 PM

The International Criminal Court (ICC) does not have jurisdiction over the Philippines, a Malacañang official said Saturday, a day after a report claimed that the ICC is set to finalize its preliminary examination on drug war issues next year. Read more »

Indian police kill 4 men suspected of gang rape, murder; draw cheers

Anshuman Daga and Derek Francis, Reuters
Posted at Dec 06 06:07 PM

The men had been in police custody and were shot dead near the scene of last week's crime where they tried to snatch the weapons of accompanying policemen, said N. Prakash Reddy, a deputy commissioner of police in Shamshabad, near Hyderabad. Read more »

Duterte jokes: I’ll have vape inventor killed

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 21 09:48 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday joked that he would have the inventor of e-cigarettes killed, days after he banned its use in public places. Read more »

Pamilya ng mga umano'y EJK victim, sigaw pa rin ang hustisya

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 31 01:14 AM

Ilang araw bago ang Undas, nagtipon-tipon sa Mendiola sa Maynila ang pamilya ng mga umano'y biktima ng extrajudicial killings para gunitain at hilingin ang hustisya para sa kanilang mga mahal sa buhay. 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 »

OPINION: 'Tao Po,' 'Nanlaba' European tour to add headaches for Duterte gov't

Inday Espina-Varona
Updated as of Sep 27 01:12 PM

“Tao Po,” the one-woman play on Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal crackdown on narcotics suspects, opens Sept. 26 in Geneva, host city of the United Nations Human Rights Council. Read more »