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Palace: No justice for slain 'nanlaban' drug suspects

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 21 12:33 PM

MANILA - Malacañang on Thursday clarified that justice will be pursued for victims of "police excesses", after President Rodrigo Duterte said there can be no justice for the families of drug suspects killed in the government’s war on drugs. Read more »

Dismissed na pulis, patay matapos 'manlaban'

Mariz Laksamana, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 18 07:13 AM

Nauwi sa engkwentro ang ikinasang buy-bust operation ng pulisya sa Barangay Tunhac Linggo ng gabi. Read more »

2 patay sa magkahiwalay na buy-bust sa Batangas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 07 11:07 PM

Kapwa nanlaban umano sa mga pulis ang mga napatay. Read more »

Suspek sa droga sa Davao, patay matapos umanong manlaban

Claire Cornelio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 05 05:24 AM

DAVAO CITY- Patay ang 24 taong gulang na si Bernie Versoza matapos manlaban umano sa mga pulis sa isinagawang buy-bust operation sa loob ng kanilang bahay sa Barangay Leon Garcia Agdao, Davao City nitong Biyernes ng gabi. Read more »

2 suspek sa droga, patay sa Batangas matapos 'manlaban'

Fay Virrey, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 04 03:40 AM

Patay ang isa sa mga "high-value target" ng mga pulis sa Lian, Batangas at isa pang suspek matapos umanong manlaban sa mga operatiba nitong Huwebes. Read more »

2 patay matapos 'manlaban' sa buy-bust sa Laguna

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 29 07:32 PM

Patay ang dalawang lalaki matapos manlaban umano sa mga pulis sa buy-bust operation sa Brgy. Platero, Biñan, Laguna.  Read more »

'Drug pusher' sa Valenzuela, patay nang 'manlaban'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 28 12:17 AM

Nakuhanan pa ng surveillance video ang suspek sa aktong pagbebenta umano ng shabu. Read more »

Lalaking umano'y tauhan ni Kerwin Espinosa, patay nang 'manlaban'

Ranulfo Docdocan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 12 05:55 PM

ORMOC CITY - Patay ang isang lalaki sa isinagawang operasyon ng Regional Drug Enforcement Unit, Ormoc City Police at Leyte Police Provincial Office Biyernes ng gabi sa Barangay Bantique, Ormoc City. Read more »

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

Inday Espina-Varona
Updated as of Mar 08 07:35 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 »

Lalaki patay nang manlaban umano sa pulis

Chai Tabunaway, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 15 09:14 PM

GENERAL SANTOS CITY - Patay ang isang hindi pa kilalang lalaki matapos mabaril ng mga pulis Miyerkoles ng madaling araw sa Barangay Lagao dito sa siyudad.  Read more »

Babae patay sa saksak ng tiyuhin; suspek 'nanlaban' umano sa pulis

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 23 08:12 PM

Nakahandusay sa talahiban ang bangkay ng 40 taong gulang na si Lisa Dimapilis na huling nakita na nakikipag-inuman sa dalawang kapitbahay. Read more »

No EJKs? Duterte claim fails any test, say lawyers

Inday Espina-Varona
Posted at Nov 02 09:13 PM

Manlaban, a new alliance of lawyers against extra-judicial killings and other human rights violations, rejects the Philippine government’s claim of zero extra-judicial killings despite the death of thousands in President Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war. Read more »

Lawyers launch 'Manlaban' to fight EJKs

Inday Espina-Varona, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 02 06:36 PM

MANILA (UPDATED) - Constitutionalists, human rights lawyers and several associations of law students launched on Thursday the legal alliance "Manlaban" to coordinate different legal challenges to extra-judicial killings (EJKs) and other human rights violations under President Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »

Panelo: Gov't doesn't tolerate police abuses

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 25 04:44 PM

The government does not tolerate police abuses, a Cabinet official said Wednesday, after a survey found more Filipinos rejected authorities' claim that suspects killed in the anti-narcotics crackdown resisted arrest.   Read more »

More Pinoys reject 'nanlaban' claim - SWS

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 24 12:46 PM

Public skepticism has grown over claims by police officers that suspects killed in the anti-narcotics crackdown resisted arrest, according to a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey released Monday. Read more »

Caloocan cops seek ocular inspection of Arnaiz shooting site

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 23 04:39 PM

Policemen facing charges over the twin killings of 19-year old Carl Angelo Arnaiz and his companion, 14-year old Reynaldo “Kulot” de Guzman, want the Department of Justice to order an ocular inspection of the area along C-3 Road where Arnaiz allegedly exchanged gunfire with them. Read more »

Cops in Arnaiz-De Guzman slay assert 'nanlaban' narrative

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 19 10:48 PM

Two Caloocan City policemen charged for the double slay of 19-year old Carl Angelo Arnaiz and 14-year old Reynaldo “Kulot” de Guzman on Thursday maintained that the former fired at them when they responded to a reported robbery on the night the teens were killed.  Read more »

Majority of Filipinos agree only poor drug pushers are killed: SWS survey

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 02 09:26 PM

MANILA - A majority of Filipinos believes that only poor drug pushers are being killed in the war on drugs, results of a Social Weather Survey (SWS) showed. Read more »

Search for justice

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 28 07:58 PM

Denisse David, father of John Jezebel David, is sworn-in in front of a lawyer at the Office of the Ombudsman on Thursday. David filed administrative charges against police officers who killed his son in an alleged anti-illegal drug operation. A recent SWS survey shows that half of Filipino respondents expressed doubt that many of those killed in anti-drug operations engaged in a shootout. Read more »

PNP claims 85 cops killed in drug war

Patrick Quintos, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 28 08:54 AM

The Philippine National Police said it respects the opinion of Filipinos who do not believe that suspects fight back in police anti-drug operations. Read more »