Residents from 26 barangays file protection vs police
They claim officers of the Manila Police District Station 6 are liable for a “systematic violence” wrought on their neighborhood.
Tag Archives: drug war
House-to-house drug testing unlawful: CHR
In a press statement, the CHR pointed out that house-to-house drug testing "runs contrary" to the Dangerous Drug Act of 2002.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Sabi ni Duterte 2-3 pulis ang napapatay araw-araw sa giyera laban sa droga
Ang bilang ng presidente ay salungat sa bilang ng "Real Numbers PH."
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte inilihis ang datos sa giyera laban sa droga; pati si Aquino mali rin
Ang pahayag ng presidente ay nakapanlilinlang.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte skews war on drugs figures; Aquino gets it wrong too
Duterte's misleading claim exaggerates the supposed gains of his administration’s war against illegal drugs.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Has the drug war resulted in 7,000 to 8,000 deaths?
First, it was 7,000. Now, the disputed body count in the war on drugs has been raised further to 8,000 by no less than Vice President Leni Robredo’s legal adviser, former Akbayan Representative Ibarra Gutierrez.
Forensics, withheld evidence seen to bolster Tokhang survivor’s case
When police chief Ronald de la Rosa was once asked to explain before the Senate the deaths in the drug war, he had one reply: “They resisted arrest. Otherwise, they would have been alive.”
Drug war survivor claims police shot at them, ‘execution-style’
He played dead to save his life. Having been shot in the chest, Efren Morillo had to cover his wound, slide down a ravine, cross a stream, climb a hill and crawl to the nearest highway to get help.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Are addicts ‘eternally’ hooked on drugs?
President Rodrigo Duterte is now likening addicts to slaves, describing them as eternally dependent on drugs.
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.
