Senator Panfilo Lacson said that if a policeman shoots a person suspected of being involved in the drug trade and kills him, it is considered as murder. He added that that the announcements made by President Rodrigo Duterte and Philippine National Police chief Director General Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa were just ‘bravado.’ This statement came […] More
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
The media are trying to keep track of the number of killings related to drugs in the past few weeks, but it seemed like their figures, as well official government figures, are lower than the number of summary killings to be validated by the authorities, according to Senator Panfilo Lacson. GMA News Online reported that […] More