DOJ: State of Lawlessness can be used to quell violence in Negros Oriental

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2019 08:39:51 +0000

President Rodrigo Duterte’s State of Lawlessness proclamation in 2016 remains in place and can be used to quell violence in Negros Oriental, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said Friday.

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Robredo backs De Lima’s call for Senate probe on Negros killings

Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 08:07:08 +0000

Robredo backs De Lima's call for Senate probe on Negros killings

Vice President Leni Robredo on Monday supported the call of detained Senator Leila de Lima for a Senate inquiry into the killings on Negros Island.

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Makabayan bloc asks House to probe killing of Escalante City councilor

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 05:30:05 +0000

The Makabayan bloc has filed a resolution asking the House of Representatives to investigate the killing of Councilor Bernardino “Toto” Patigas Sr. of Escalante City in Negros Occidental.

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Palace vows ‘zero tolerance’ vs erring cops

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 04:35:35 +0000

Malacañang admitted Thursday that there are “rotten eggs” in the Philippine National Police (PNP) following a survey that showed most

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De Lima still has same Christmas wish: End EJKs

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2018 03:33:47 +0000

De Lima still has same Christmas wish: End EJKs

Senator Leila de Lima still has the same Christmas wish for the country — to end the spate of violence, including

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De Lima: PNP manipulating drug war ‘body count’

Senator Leila De Lima on Friday accused the Philippine National Police (PNP) of manipulating the ‘body count’ in the government’s war against drugs. De Lima said the PNP is caught in an “apparent bind” on which number to disclose, following the findings of studies conducted by the Ateneo de Manila and the De La Salle University on alleged incidents of extra judicial killings in the country.

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De Lima: On Father’s Day, let us remember fathers killed in gov’ts war on drugs

On Father’s Day, detained Senator Leila de Lima asked the public to remember and the honor the fathers killed under the Duterte administration war on drugs. 

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