It’s two down, one to go. This is how detained former Senator Leila de Lima felt after being acquitted of another drugs charge slapped
Tag: war on drugs
If Marcos admits abuses happened under Rodrigo Duterte’s “War on Drugs”, will he allow the ICC to investigate?
Many supporters of former President Rodrigo Duterte coalesced behind Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. at the 2022 election, hoping the latter would be a continuation
Lacking intelligence
When reports emerged last week that members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) were engaged in a shootout with unidentified armed men in Quezon
How President Duterte encouraged a culture of impunity within the Philippine National Police
The Philippine National Police (PNP) have – at times – acted as the judge, jury, and executioner in President Rodrigo Duterte’s campaign against criminality.
Why the Duterte Regime could be much worse than the Marcos era
It has been 48 years since President Ferdinand Marcos placed the entire Philippines under martial law in 1972. The decade that followed saw a
Simon Bridges and his National MPs are fraternizing with staunch acolytes of Duterte’s brutal drug war
Signalling the start of their 2020 election campaign, National Party leader Simon Bridges and several of his party colleagues are making a working visit
Former Police chief Albayalde falls: What was the 2013 Pampanga drug raid and who are the ‘ninja cops’?
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has found probable cause to indict former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Oscar Albayalde on charges of graft and
Innocent lives were lost and families torn apart for a drug war that only culled 1 percent of the drug trade
Vice President Leni Robredo, a member of the main opposition Liberal Party (LP), was surprisingly appointed to co-chair the Duterte administration’s Inter-Agency Committee on
The Duterte administration deserves the global indignation it is receiving
As much as they would like to deny it, top officials in the Duterte administration – along with allied online propagandists – are scrambling
Who Let the Dogs Out?
The war on drugs is arguably the strongest campaign of President Rodrigo Duterte’s presidency, this is proven by the intense police crackdown on the