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Tag: drugs

  • DOJ Sec Remulla
    Categories Commentary

    Remulla son benefits from Marcos govt’s new tack on anti-drug war

    By Tita C. Valderama  |  Oct 17, 2022 11:33 AM

    Hopefully, all other drug suspects will be treated in the same way the law enforcers handled the case of the Justice secretary’s son, regardless of their economic status or high connections.

    drug war, drugs, Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla, Justice secretary's son

  • 111819-Cayetano on LOI.PNG
    Categories Fact Check Filipino

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: 20,000, hindi 200,000: Cayetano pinalaki ang bilang ng gumagamit ng droga

    By VERA Files  |  Nov 19, 2019 10:46 PM

    Pinalaki ng sampung beses ni House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano ang bilang ng mga gumagamit ng iligal na droga na binanggit sa 2001 Letter of Instruction (LOI), at inulit ang walang basehang pahayag ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte tungkol sa kasalukuyang bilang ng mga adik sa droga.

    Alan Peter Cayetano, drug users, drugs

  • 111819-Cayetano on LOI.PNG
    Categories FACT CHECK News

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: 20,000, not 200,000: Cayetano exaggerates illegal drug users numbers

    By VERA Files  |  Nov 19, 2019 6:12 PM

    House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano bloated the number of illegal drug users cited in a 2001 Letter of Instruction (LOI) ten times, repeating President Rodrigo Duterte’s baseless claim on current number of drug addicts.

    Alan Peter Cayetano, drug users, drugs

  • sona-promise-tracker-drugs-and-crime.png
    Categories News SONA 2018 Promise Tracker

    SONA 2018 Promise Tracker: Drugs and crime

    By Elijah Roderos  |  Jul 19, 2019 4:10 PM

    To eradicate illegal drugs in three to six months and to lower criminality was a campaign promise, and became the centerpiece of President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration. Entering the second half of his presidency, he has repeatedly promised this in all of his three State of the Nation Addresses. It is a promise still in progress.

    Crime, drugs, Duterte, sona 2018, SONA promise tracker

  • duterte-bacolod-pia.jpg
    Categories FACT CHECK News

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: How many drug addicts are there in PH? Let Duterte do the counting

    By VERA Files  |  Nov 30, 2018 10:40 PM

    How many Filipinos are slaves to shabu?

    drugs, Duterte

  • drugs-and-crime.jpg
    Categories FACT CHECK News SONA 2017 Promise Tracker

    SONA 2017 PROMISE TRACKER: Drugs and crime

    By Jake Soriano  |  Jul 20, 2018 9:35 PM

    SONA 2017 promises on drugs and crime

    Crime, drugs, Duterte, SONA promise tracker

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    Categories Editor's Pick News

    Residents from 26 barangays file protection vs police

    By Arianne Christian Tapao  |  Oct 21, 2017 9:17 PM

    They claim officers of the Manila Police District Station 6 are liable for a “systematic violence” wrought on their neighborhood.

    drug war, drugs, writ of amparo

  • Categories Banner FACT CHECK

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Drug addiction not a medical problem?

    Nov 05, 2016 2:55 PM

    PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte shuns the idea that drug addiction is a medical condition with a cure. For him, drug users are the “living walking dead” whose brains have already shrunk, and who have become useless to society. On Oct. 27, in his arrival speech from Japan, Duterte said: STATEMENT: “Eh sabi nila, (drug addiction is) […]

    drugs, Duterte, Rehabilitation, United Nations

  • Categories Banner FACT CHECK

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Is the DILG vetting the narco-lists?

    Oct 15, 2016 2:30 PM

    CAREFUL not to include wrong names on his narco-lists again, President Rodrigo Duterte said he is having them revalidated by key agencies, citing the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) as one of them. STATEMENT: During the 115th anniversary of the Philippine Coast Guard on Oct. 12, Duterte said: “Until now, I’m trying to […]

    dilg, drugs, Duterte, narcolists, tokhang

  • Categories Banner Video

    Waging a bloody war on drugs

    Oct 07, 2016 9:11 PM

    Text and video by LUIS LIWANAG AS the veil of darkness shrouds the city, they gather and hold their nightly vigil. They are local and international journalists out to investigate the deaths. For months now, dead bodies have been littering the streets every night. The bodies are found and categorized according to the manner of […]

    drugs, Duterte, Philippines

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