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Tag: drug war

  • Categories FACT CHECK NED FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Dela Rosa falsely claims Duterte never ordered to kill anyone involved in drugs

    By VERA Files  |  Jul 29, 2022 5:52 PM

    Interviewed on ANC’s Headstart on July 18, Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa claimed that former president Rodrigo Duterte never ordered the killing of anyone involved in drugs. This is inaccurate.

    drug war, Rodrigo Duterte, Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa

  • Categories Fact Check Filipino

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Dela Rosa sinasabing hindi kailanman nag-utos si Duterte na patayin ang sinumang sangkot sa droga. HINDI TOTOO.

    By VERA Files  |  Jul 29, 2022 5:52 PM

    Sa panayam sa Headstart ng ANC noong Hulyo 18, sinabi ni Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa na hindi kailanman ipinag-utos ni dating pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang pagpatay sa sinumang sangkot sa droga. Ito ay hindi totoo.

    drug war, Rodrigo Duterte, Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa

  • Categories News

    ICC chamber invites victims, PHL government to submit ‘views, concerns’ on call to resume drug war probe

    By IVEL JOHN M. SANTOS  |  Jul 17, 2022 12:25 PM

    The Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an order requesting both the Philippine government and victims of its “war on drugs” to submit comments on the […]

    drug war, Duterte, ICC, International Criminal Court, Rodrigo Duterte

  • Categories Editor's Pick News

    Rights groups cheer on ICC call for resumption of probe on Duterte’s drug war; Palace ‘exasperated’

    By IVEL JOHN M. SANTOS  |  Jun 25, 2022 3:28 PM

    Human rights groups welcomed on Saturday the move of International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan for the continuation of the investigation into the Philippine drug war after the Duterte […]

    drug war, Duterte, ICC, International Criminal Court, Rodrigo Duterte

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    Categories Editor's Pick FACT CHECK Fact Sheet

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Duterte’s ‘never-ending’ fight against drugs and corruption in his own words

    By VERA Files  |  Jun 24, 2022 2:01 PM

    (First of two parts) At the height of the 2016 presidential race, then-mayor Rodrigo Duterte of Davao City said his only reason for running against big names in Philippine politics was to rid the country of illegal drugs and corruption in three to six months.

    drug war, Rodrigo Duterte

  • VFFS Durtete drug war
    Categories Fact Check Filipino

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: ‘Walang-katapusang’ laban ni Duterte sa droga at korapsyon sa sarili niyang pananalita

    By VERA Files  |  Jun 24, 2022 2:01 PM

    (Una sa dalawang bahaging ulat) Sa kasagsagan ng kampanyang pampanguluhan noong 2016, sinabi ng noo’y Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte na ang tanging dahilan ng kanyang pagtakbo laban sa mga malalaking pangalan sa pulitika ng Pilipinas ay para sugpuin ang ilegal na droga at korapsyon sa loob ng tatlo hanggang anim na buwan.

    drug war, Rodrigo Duterte

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    Categories Editor's Pick News

    Fr. Flavie: Documenting exhumation is history in the making

    By Jasmine Grace Wenzel
    Photos by Raffy Lerma
      |  Apr 16, 2022 8:03 AM

    As leases expire after five years, it affects victims of the ‘war on drugs’ – which Amnesty International has called a ‘war on the poor’ with heightened urgency.

    drug war, war on the poor

  • Families relive the horrors of Duterte’s drug war
    Categories Editor's Pick News

    Families relive the horrors of Duterte’s drug war

    By Jasmine Grace Wenzel. Photos by Raffy Lerma  |  Apr 13, 2022 2:41 PM

    In 78 days, President Rodrigo Duterte will be out of Malacañang but his legacy of death, blood, and misery will be felt not only by the families of those killed but also by a society that witnessed the brutality and, in a way, allowed it. Berlin-based Jasmine Grace Wenzel shares with VERA Files her interview with photographer Raffy Lerma as well as the photos he took as he continues to document the unending horrors of Duterte’s drug war.

    drug war, Duterte administration

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    Categories Fact Check Filipino

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Panelo inulit ang maling pahayag na ‘walang hurisdiksyon’ ang ICC para imbestigahan ang drug war ni Duterte

    By VERA Files  |  Apr 08, 2022 11:00 PM

    Sa hindi bababa sa pangalawang pagkakataon, inulit ni senatorial candidate Salvador Panelo ang isang maling pahayag na ang International Criminal Court (ICC) ay “walang hurisdiksyon” na imbestigahan ang mga umano’y krimen laban sa sangkatauhan na nauugnay sa war on drugs ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte.
    Panoorin ang video:

    drug war, ICC jurisdiction, salvador panelo

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    Categories FACT CHECK News

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Panelo repeats wrong claim that ICC has ‘no jurisdiction’ to probe Duterte’s drug war

    By VERA Files  |  Apr 08, 2022 11:00 PM

    For at least the second time, senatorial candidate Salvador Panelo repeated a wrong claim that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has “no jurisdiction” to investigate alleged crimes against humanity associated with President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs.

    drug war, Duterte, ICC jurisdiction, salvador panelo

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