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in NewsInt’l human rights group calls for independent probe into Duterte’s alleged involvement with DDS
Human Rights Watch (HRW) called for an independent investigation into President Rodrigo Duterte a day after a Senate witness claiming to be a member of the Davao Death Squad accused him of ordering the killings of some 1,000 criminals and opponents. The New York-based human rights group issued a statement on Friday saying that Edgar […] More
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in NewsDuterte ignores allegations by ‘DDS’ member Matobato
President Rodrigo Duterte has kept mum after by a self-confessed Davao Death Squad member accused him of ordering the killing of some 1,000 suspected criminals and rivals while he was Davao City mayor. Duterte’s aides also dismissed the allegations. According to the Philippine Daily Inquirer, Duterte has not responded to any of the allegations thrown […] More
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in BustedBusted: Cayetano took UN Special Rapporteur’s report on DDS out of context
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano claimed that even the Commission on Human Rights denied the existence of the Davao Death Squad (DDS). He made the statement during the third hearing of the Senate probe into the killings related to the government’s war on drugs on September 15. This is also what he told the witness and […] More
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in NewsNetizen digs for facts behind Matobato’s testimonies, from the ‘masking tape’ to the killings
Edgar Matobato, who confessed to be a member of the infamous “Davao Death Squad,” testified at the third Senate hearing on the extrajudicial killings linked to the administration’s campaign against drugs on Thursday, September 15. However, his testimonies, especially about Cebuano businessman Richard King’s murder in 2014, did not exactly match the facts published about […] More
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in NewsSenate witness claims Duterte had rivals’ aides killed, but Nograles denied the killings
Supposed “Davao Death Squad” member Edgar Matobato said that he kidnapped and killed four bodyguards of former House Speaker Prospero Nograles in 2010. “Noong 2010, tumakbo po si Prospero Nograles na mayor ng Davao City. Naglaban sila ni Mayor Duterte so hinuli nila at pinakidnap ang mga bodyguard ni Nograles. Kinidnap namin at dinala sa […] More
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in NewsDuterte ordered bombing of mosques and killing of suspects in 1993 cathedral bombing, says witness
President Rodrigo Duterte ordered to have mosques bombed after the Davao Cathedral bombing in 1993, claimed a witness at the Senate probe on extra-judicial killings on Thursday. “Noong 1993, ‘yung Cathedral ng Davao binomba kaya umorder si Mayor Duterte na masakerin ang mga mosque ng Muslim. Ako ang tumapon ng granada sa Bangkerohan,” said Edgar […] More
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in NewsDuterte calls de Lima ‘immoral;’ De Lima says it’s ‘foul’ ‘character assassination’
After merely hinting about a senator who had been implicating him to the alleged summary executions of suspected drug dealers, President Rodrigo Duterte finally revealed who the mystery senator was. “You want to know the name? De Lima,” the president said, referring to Senator Leila De Lima as the mystery senator. He divulged this information […] More