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Tag: illegal drugs

  • vffs-on-crimes-against-humanity.jpg
    Categories Fact Check Filipino

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Ang mga krimen laban sa sangkatauhan sa salamin ng mga batas ng Pilipinas

    By VERA Files  |  Mar 03, 2021 9:19 AM

    Sa pag upo ni Karim Khan bilang chief prosecutor ng International Criminal Court (ICC) sa Hunyo, hinaharap niya ang posibleng imbestigasyon sa mga krimen laban sa sangkatauhan na ginawa umano sa kampanya ng Pilipinas laban sa iligal na droga.

    crimes against humanity, ICC, illegal drugs, International Criminal Court, RA 9851

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    Categories FACT CHECK News THE ICC PROBE Duterte's Drug war

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: The crimes against humanity through the lens of Philippine laws

    By VERA Files  |  Mar 03, 2021 9:17 AM

    When Karim Khan assumes the position of chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in June, he faces the possibility of investigating alleged crimes against humanity committed in the Philippines’ campaign against illegal drugs.

    crimes against humanity, ICC, illegal drugs, International Criminal Court, RA 9851

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    Categories Commentary

    Duterte barks at a drug lord far away

    By Ellen T. Tordesillas  |  Mar 10, 2019 10:59 PM

    Pres. Duterte was into his “I will kill you” element again during the PDP-Laban campaign rally at Negros Occidental last Friday. He was talking, as usual, about his campaign against illegal drugs.

    illegal drugs, Peter Lim

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    Categories Commentary

    The most deafening six- minute silence

    By Ellen T. Tordesillas  |  Mar 27, 2018 11:05 PM

    I watched again the speech of Emma Gonzalez and my mind is filled with scenes close to home. I think of the survivors of President Duterte’s brutal anti-drug war.

    illegal drugs, March for our Lives, Rodrigo Duterte

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    Categories Commentary

    Dumbfounded

    By Ellen T. Tordesillas  |  Mar 15, 2018 12:30 PM

    The Department of Justice panel has junked drug trafficking charges against suspected drug lords Peter Lim, Kerwin Espinosa and several others. I’m dumbfounded.

    illegal drugs, Kerwin Espinosa, Peter Lim

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    Categories Commentary

    Text messages bring P6.4 billion shabu scandal closer to Paolo Duterte

    By Ellen T. Tordesillas  |  Aug 23, 2017 6:00 AM

    Paolo Duterte’s name cropped up once again in Tuesday’s Senate hearing on the 604 kilos of shabu worth P6.4 billion that slipped through the watch of the Bureau of Customs last May.

    Bureau of Customs, illegal drugs, Paolo Duterte, Small Abellera

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    Categories Commentary

    The height of impunity

    By Ellen T. Tordesillas  |  Jul 14, 2017 6:50 AM

    Upon orders of President Duterte, Police Chief Director General Ronald de la Rosa said the murderer-cops, led by Police Supt. Marvin Marcos will be re-instated to the positions they held before they were suspended for t

    illegal drugs, Marvin Marcos, PNP

  • Categories Top Stories

    A drug-tainted police officer has a protector in Malacanang?

    Dec 02, 2016 7:34 AM

      Update: Duterte admits ordering Marcos reinstatement http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/02/16/duterte-admits-ordering-marcos-reinstatement By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS IF Police Supt. Marvin Marcos  has long been identified as a protector of drug lords, why is somebody high up in Malacañang protecting him? What does this make of President Duterte’s bloody campaign to eliminate illegal drugs in the country which has claimed […]

    Bato de la Rosas, Bong Go, illegal drugs, Marvic Marcos

  • Categories Top Stories

    Do we take President Duterte seriously?

    Aug 12, 2016 6:35 AM

      By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS I take him seriously because the  president of the Republic of the Philippines is so powerful that with a stroke of a pen, he can save a life or send the nation to war. Last Tuesday, President Duterte  threatened to declare martial law. “ Please, ‘wag mo akong… hindi ako […]

    illegal drugs, Lourdes Sereno, Mae Paner, Martial Law, Rodrigo Duterte

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    Prosecution flaws bog down fight vs drugs

    Aug 08, 2016 11:53 PM

    (This story was first published on February 15, 2009 . We are reposting this for its relevance to the current campaign of President Duterte against drugs.)  By IBARRA C. MATEO AND YVONNE T. CHUA FOR many years, Chinese national Cai Qing Hai had been on the list of Asia’s “most wanted drug manufacturers and traffickers,” […]

    illegal drugs, PDEA

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