FACT CHECK: Duterte bumaligtad sa ‘hindi pagkakaroon’ ng Davao Death Squad
Noong 2015, sinabi ni Duterte na ang ibig sabihin ng DDS ay Davao Development System, hindi Davao Death Squad. Dati na rin siyang umamin na may kaugnayan sa death squad.
Noong 2015, sinabi ni Duterte na ang ibig sabihin ng DDS ay Davao Development System, hindi Davao Death Squad. Dati na rin siyang umamin na may kaugnayan sa death squad.
From denying the existence of the DDS when he was mayor of Davao City, former president Rodrigo Duterte said that former Davao police officers present in the Oct. 28 Senate probe on his administration’s drug war were commanders of the DDS.
The most infamous of course was Station 6 in Batasan, Quezon City. Thanks to the Reuters report of 2017, the name Davao Boys became synonymous with the killing orgies done by police at the height of Rodrigo Duterte’s so-called war on drugs.
Away from the country for seven years now, Lascañas received a very unusual communication on December 23, 2022 from Lyon, France. It was from the Interpol. It said that the General Secretariat of the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) certified that Lascañas was not the subject of an Interpol notice or diffusion.
Iginiit ni Senador Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa, dating hepe ng Philippine National Police (PNP), na ang imbestigasyon ng International Criminal Court (ICC) sa mga pagpatay na may kinalaman sa droga sa ilalim ng administrasyong Duterte ay lumalabag sa complementarity principle ng Rome Statute. Ito ay nakaliligaw.
In pursuing its own investigation, the ICC is going after top state officials who may be responsible for crimes against humanity but are not being investigated by the Philippines. This is where the principle of complementarity is violated and the justification for the resumption of the ICC’s drug war probe.
The priest cites the Alitaptap incident to underscore how God works in mysterious and heart-warming ways. That even in the darkest situation, light will find its way in.
In dismissing the case filed against him at the International Court of Justice at The Hague, Netherlands last week, President Duterte cited the principle of territoriality.
The story of a self-confessed killer is what lawyers hope will convince the International Criminal Court (ICC) that allegations of mass murder brought against President Rodrigo Duterte have firsthand basis.
In the business of death, self-confessed hitman Arturo Lascañas had reaped a ghastly reward: He became a “ghost” employee of the Davao City Hall, whose paycheck got a boost from the salaries of other “ghost” employees.