Poor grandmas forced to care for drug war orphans
Despite everything the children are undergoing, something can still be done.
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Left-behind children cry ‘Papa!’
"Call them drug addicts. Call them less than human, but for these children, they're always their loving father."
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte says 2-3 cops killed daily in war on drugs
The president's numbers run counter to "Real Numbers PH," the official figures on the war on drugs released by PDEA.
VERA FILES YEARENDER: Duterte’s curses and insults
It's no longer shocking as it was months before when news of President Rodrigo Duterte taking a swipe at yet another world leader breaks out.
VERA FILES YEARENDER: Explaining the president: He says, they say
For the Philippines, the second half of 2016 meant listening to President Rodrigo Duterte’s press conferences, often at midnight, and his curses and threats against world leaders, corrupt politicians, and drug lords.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Is Aguirre correct in saying CHR should file cases against erring policemen?
Is Aguirre correct in saying CHR should file cases against erring policemen?
Bearing witness: Photogs tell the story of extrajudicial killings
The glare of a drugstore sign floods the street, shining on the lifeless body of a man sprawled on the wet concrete, a crime scene cordoned off by the usual police tape and curious bystanders who have gathered to ogle the latest victim in the government’s war against drugs.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: When did the anti-drugs campaign under Duterte officially begin?
It was only two months after he assumed the presidency that police started their “legitimate” operations against illegal drugs, President Rodrigo Duterte said.
War on drugs: What the numbers show
A HUNDRED days into his presidency, Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal “war on drugs” has chalked up an official tally of 3,652 deaths.
