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Most Pinoys want drug suspects caught alive: SWS

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 25 11:01 PM

MANILA - Most Filipinos want drug suspects to be arrested alive, a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey revealed Tuesday. Read more »

'Hanggang kailan?' Moms of Duterte drug war victims find hope after Palparan conviction

Inday Espina-Varona
Updated as of Sep 18 12:56 PM

Mothers of drug war victims have found a sliver of hope after a Malolos regional trial court sentenced former Army general Jovito Palparan and 2 other military officers to life imprisonment for abduction and illegal detention. 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 »

PNP forms task group to probe killings of local government officials

Maan Macapagal, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 11 12:41 AM

MANILA - The Philippine National Police (PNP) has formed a national task group focused on investigating killings of local government officials.  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 »

Israelis hold anti-Duterte protest

Ammar Awad, Reuters
Posted at Sep 04 07:40 PM

Protesters hold placards depicting President Duterte as they demonstrate outside the residence of Israeli President Reuven Rivlin during his meeting with Duterte in Jerusalem on Tuesday. 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 »

Pulis pinatay ng riding-in-tandem sa labas ng Crame

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 29 08:36 AM

Dead on the spot ang isang pulis na kakalabas lang sa Kampo Crame matapos barilin ng mga naka-motorsiklong salarin sa San Juan nitong Martes ng gabi.   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 »

Amid killings, Cebu archdiocese issues oratio imperata

Joworski Alipon, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 16 09:46 PM

The Archdiocese of Cebu has issued an oratio imperata amid a spate of killings in the province. 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 »

A year after slay, Kian's case still hangs in court

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 16 09:45 AM

The family of teenager Kian Delos Santos is still locked in legal battle, the Public Attorneys Office said Thursday, exactly a year after he was killed in a controversial anti-drug sweep. Read more »

Remember Kian?

George Calvelo, ABS CBN News
Posted at Aug 15 06:36 PM

Family, neighbors and supporters of Kian delos Santos pay tribute at the site where he was slain Caloocan on the eve of his death anniversary Wednesday.  Read more »

Record 207 environmental activists killed last year

Patrick Galey, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 25 06:48 AM

More than 200 environmental activists were murdered last year as government-sponsored killings linked to lucrative projects by vast agriculture multinationals soared, a global rights watchdog warned on Tuesday.  Read more »

Desaparecido's kin weep over Arroyo's rise as House Speaker

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 24 04:52 PM

Erlinda Cadapan, whose daughter disappeared under the rule of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, wept Tuesday in dismay of the Pampanga lawmaker's rise as House Speaker.    Read more »

Activists protest killings, rising prices ahead of SONA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 23 08:31 AM

Demonstrators on Monday slammed rampant killings and the spike of prices of basic goods under President Rodrigo Duterte's administration, ahead of his third State of the Nation Address.   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 »

Contractor is brains behind N. Ecija mayor's slay - PNP

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 16 07:11 PM

The fatal ambush on Gen. Tinio, Nueva Ecija Mayor Ferdinand Bote is the brainchild of a public contractor, the Philippine National Police said Monday. Read more »

Duterte to provide security to local execs, LMP chief says

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 14 12:54 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday promised to provide additional security detail to local executives amid the spate of recent killings across the country. Read more »