Poor grandmas forced to care for drug war orphans
Despite everything the children are undergoing, something can still be done.
Tag Archives: War on drugs
Left-behind children cry ‘Papa!’
"Call them drug addicts. Call them less than human, but for these children, they're always their loving father."
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte’s grim portrait of war on drugs is not supported by gov’t data
Government figures tell a different story.
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: PH’s war against human trafficking
Three facts about the country’s war against modern slavery.
Lawyers seek accountability from police in drug war killings
Beyond criminal liability, the group seeks “moral and political responsibility all the way to the palace.”
As Filipinos remember their dead, families grieve for victims of the drug war
On Nov. 1, Rowena Diaz’s two sons are visiting the cemetery for the first time.
Without police, barangay captains say crimes may increase again
Tension filled a dialogue in the barangay hall of Barangay 770 on Oct. 25.
Killings in anti-drug campaign a public health issue – rights group
A human rights group has called attention to a more sinister outcome of the Duterte administration’s war on drugs.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Interview clip confirms Acosta said there’s a ‘pattern’ in spate of killings
PAO Chief Acosta inaccurately claimed she never said what she had actually said just two days prior.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: In his own words: Duterte’s drug war, so far
Candidate Duterte is different from President Duterte.
