VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Duterte’s ‘never-ending’ fight against drugs and corruption in his own words
Six years after declaring a war against drugs, President Rodrigo Duterte sees no end to such problem.
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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: ‘Walang-katapusang’ laban ni Duterte sa droga at korapsyon sa sarili niyang pananalita
Anim na taon matapos magdeklara ng giyera laban sa droga, walang nakikitang katapusan sa problema si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte.
Fr. Flavie: Documenting exhumation is history in the making
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.
Families relive the horrors of Duterte’s drug war
Thinking of the "drug war", certain images come to mind: darkened crime scenes, dead bodies on the floor with cardboards tagging victims as drug users, the police fending off a crime scene from grieving families and spectators in shock. One of the most known photographs of the ongoing drug war in the Philippines was taken by Raffy Lerma. In this image that was later called the Pieta, Jennilyn Olayres is seen holding her partner, Michael Siaron, who was shot to death by motorcycle-riding gunmen.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Panelo inulit ang maling pahayag na ‘walang hurisdiksyon’ ang ICC para imbestigahan ang drug war ni Duterte
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:
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Panelo repeats wrong claim that ICC has ‘no jurisdiction’ to probe Duterte’s drug war
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.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FAKE quote card of Robredo saying drug war must be ‘discontinued’ revived
No official statements or news reports quoted Robredo saying this.
Duterte’s drug war killings rise in Year 2 of the pandemic
Even as the country grappled with new strains of Covid-19 last year, the Duterte government’s drug war continued to claim more lives at the average rate of three deaths every two days.
ICC prosecutor: Gov’t request to defer drug war probe must be backed with ‘substantial’ evidence
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has clarified that its decision to suspend temporarily its investigation into the government’s controversial drug war does not have “blanket or general effect” on the probe.
Lawyers’ groups ask ICC to dismiss Duterte govt’s ‘paper-thin’ claims on drug war ‘remedies’
Describing as “paper-thin” the government’s claim that it is investigating alleged crimes against humanity related to the Duterte administration’s war on drugs, two lawyers’ groups urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) to allow the office of Prosecutor Karim Khan to continue with its probe.
