The ongoing tally of the number of cases of drug suspects being killed is increasing, but President Rodrigo Duterte says he did not care, amid calls from both local and foreign human rights groups to stop the killings. Duterte, in his speech at the State of Mindanao Environmental Summit at the Ateneo de Davao University […] More
Senator Panfilo Lacson will participate in the congressional investigation of the Senate justice committee led by Senator Leila de Lima into the drug-related killings plaguing the country in the past few weeks. Lacson heads the Senate committee on public order and illegal drugs will serve as a secondary committee to de Lima’s committee in the […] More
Articles claiming that three Filipino prisoners in PH were sentenced to death in retribution for nabbing Chinese drug lords in the Philippines have been shared online. This one article was posted on a blog bearing President Rodrigo Duterte’s famous moniker, DU30, and showcasing content about Duterte and his family. The article title says, “3 Pinoy […] More
The Philippine National Police (PNP) shrugged off concerns about the ballooning incidences of drug-related killings in the country. Some human rights groups are alarmed at the increasing violence in the intensified anti-drug campaign by the Duterte administration, many of which are suspected summary executions. But Camilo Cascolan, acting director for PNP Operations, belittled the concern. […] More
With news programs always reporting about drug-related killings, the idea that you or a loved one might fall victim to such killings can make you paranoid, so Christian Jay Bautista wanted to be proactive about this. Bautista told GMA News Online that he started using this proactive measure after he heard about a man who […] More
After more than 40 long years of fighting the illegal drugs trade in his country, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said nothing worked. “When you do something for 40 years and it doesn’t work, you need to change it,” Santos recently told the New York Times. Santos, along with the presidents of Guatemala and Mexico, […] More
Blogs with the shocking headline claiming that the Chinese woman nabbed carrying P6.2-million worth of shabu will be the first convict to be hanged in public, according to a ‘report,’ have been circulating online. In fact, a Facebook page of President Rodrigo Duterte’s “101% Duterte Supporters” shared that particular blog. The blog was shared by […] More
In the wake of the hundreds of killings involving drug personalities, an awareness campaign was launched by netizens and artists online, dubbed #CardboardJustice. Now, another artist, Patricia Ramos, has joined the campaign with her Spoliarium-inspired painting portraying extrajudicial killings, as reported by GMA News Online. It shows what seemed like wounded people, based on the […] More
President Rodrigo Duterte renewed his vow on Sunday, July 17, to protect ‘honest’ cops, those who do not fabricate evidence, in the anti-drug campaign should they be arraigned for their actions. Speaking at the Malacañang Palace, Duterte said he discovered something he could use to fight off those who would stave off the gains of […] More
Senator Antonio Trillanes IV recently came up with a bright idea about where the thousands of drug surrenderees that need medical intervention and rehabilitation could be housed—at Hacienda Binay. How can this be possible? Simple—just sequester the property. Trillanes asked President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration on Sunday to confiscate or sequester the highly controversial “Hacienda Binay” […] More
Funeral parlor owners are starting to feel the brunt of shouldering the cost of maintaining unclaimed bodies brought to them by the police. These are bodies of slain people allegedly connected to the illegal drug trade in the country. According to the Philippine Daily Inquirer’s regularly updated Kill List, there have been 242 reported deaths […] More
A Duterte supporter was killed by cops for his alleged insistence to go on selling dope in the streets of Purok 8, Recodo, in Zamboanga City. This in spite of repeated warnings from law enforcers and local officials about a serious dragnet against those involved in illegal drugs. Killed in a reported shootout was Eduardo […] More