VERA Files
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Department of Justice panel has junked drug trafficking charges against suspected drug lords Peter Lim, Kerwin Espinosa and several others. I’m dumbfounded.
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.
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
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 […]
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 […]
(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,” […]