Bato de la Rosa Archives

VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Sen. Bato Dela Rosa falsely claims that lethal injection is the ‘universally accepted mode’ of death penalty

By VERA Files | Aug 04, 2022 11:02 PM

In pushing for a bill that reinstates the death penalty for large-scale illegal drug trafficking, Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa claimed that lethal injection is the “universally accepted” method of capital punishment. This is wrong.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Sen. Bato Dela Rosa hindi totoo ang sinabi na ang lethal injection ay ang ‘universally accepted mode’ ng parusang kamatayan

By VERA Files | Aug 04, 2022 11:02 PM

Sa pagsusulong ng panukalang batas na magbabalik ng parusang kamatayan para sa malakihang ilegal na trafficking ng droga, sinabi ni Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa na ang lethal injection ay ang “universally accepted” na paraan ng parusang kamatayan. Mali ito.

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The PNP Chiefs’ Scorecard on the War on Drugs; “Bato” Tops in the Number of Kills

By Nixcharl C. Noriega and Jamaica Jian G. Gacoscosim | Feb 07, 2021 9:28 AM

On January 31, 2021, Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa told the press that he was optimistic he will soon have a new US visa. A year earlier, he confirmed to the media that his US visa was canceled. Neither he nor the US embassy in Manila said why and when it happened. The senator surmised that his role in Pres. Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war may have been the reason behind it.

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Tokhang officials’ nightmare comes true

By Ellen T. Tordesillas | Jan 26, 2020 2:30 PM

The cancellation by the United States government of Sen. Ronald “Bato” de la Rosa’s visa is a preview of what’s in store for police officials involved in President Duterte’s brutal drug war that has claimed the lives of at least 20,000 through a reprehensible practice of extrajudicial killing (EJK).

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More on Bato visa ban and ARIA

By Ellen T. Tordesillas | Dec 15, 2019 1:09 PM

Remember this photo of Senate President Tito Sotto and Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa watching the Las Vegas fight between Senate colleague Manny Pacquiao and American boxer Keith Thurman fight at a theater in Rockwell last July?

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: ‘Bato’ Dela Rosa, Duterte magkasalungat ang pahayag tungkol sa mga sumuko sa drug war

By VERA FILES | Dec 16, 2018 2:09 AM

Sinabi kamakailan ng kandidato para sa pagkasenador na si Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa na mayroon nang 1.3 milyong mga sumuko sa giyera laban sa droga sa bansa; ang naunang sinabi ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ay 1.6 milyon.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Dalawang pahayag ni Bato Dela Rosa tungkol sa yaman ni Duterte at botatante noong 2016 walang basehan

By VERA FILES | Nov 30, 2018 5:59 PM

Sa isang pakikipanayam sa media, dalawang hindi suportadong pahayag tungkol sa kayamanan ni Presidente Rodrigo Duterte at mga tagasuporta noong eleksyon ng 2016 ang pinakawalan ni dating hepe ng Bureau of Corrections at kandidato sa pagka-senador Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: PNP Chief Dela Rosa inulit ang maling kahulugan ng EJKs

By VERA Files | Oct 16, 2017 10:03 PM

Inulit ang maling pahayag na unang ginawa ni Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano, si Police Chief Ronald Dela Rosa naman ang nagbigay ng depinisyon ng extrajudicial killings (EJKs) sa pamamagitan ng di-wastong pag gamit ng administrative order ni Benigno S. Aquino III.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: PNP Chief Dela Rosa pinaliit ang datos ng giyera laban sa droga

By VERA FILES | Sep 05, 2017 7:07 PM

Ang bilang ni Dela Rosa ay hindi tumutugma sa tila mga “tunay na numero” kaugnay ng giyera laban sa droga na inilathala ng mismong PNP, sa sarili nitong website.

Bato de la Rosa, War on drugs

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Duterte’s puzzling lack of outrage over police role in South Korean killing

By Ellen T. Tordesillas | Jan 27, 2017 6:54 AM

On the first day of his presidency, during the turnover of command ceremonies at the Philippine National Police (PNP) headquarters in Camp Crame, Quezon City, President Duterte boasted that he knows the scalawags in the police service.

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