PNP says internal cleansing ongoing vs erring cops

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 02:16:46 +0000

PNP says internal cleansing ongoing vs erring cops

The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Friday assured the public that its “internal cleansing” was continuing.

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Palace: Threats vs bishops just ‘made up’

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 21:34:45 +0000

Malacañang on Wednesday said the reported death threats against Catholic bishops could have been “made up.”

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SWS: Most Filipinos think cops into drugs, EJKs, planting evidence

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 16:33:40 +0000

SWS chart on accusations vs cops

More than half of Filipinos believe that some police officers are involved in the illegal drug trade, extrajudicial killings (EJKs), and are often planting evidence against drug suspects, the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey revealed.

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SWS: Filipinos split over truth of police ‘nanlaban’ claim

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 12:40:49 +0000

SWS survey on slain drug suspects

Filipinos are divided over the claim of the police that some suspects were kiled in the Duterte administration’s drug war because they fought back, or “nanlaban.”

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Duterte: Drugs found at sea sign of Colombia cartel in PH

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 23:24:04 +0000

Duterte: Drugs found at sea sign of Colombia cartel in PH

President Rodrigo Duterte has warned that the country was “in danger” following the entry of an international drug syndicate dealing in cocaine from clear across the Pacific.

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CHR: Harsher drug war trivializes lives lost

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 23:09:21 +0000

A harsher drug war, as promised by President Duterte, trivializes the suffering of families of drug war victims and insults their memories, especially since the drug trade in the country doesn’t seem to be waning, the Commission on Human Rights said.

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Robredo to President Duterte: Run after big fish in drugs trade

Credit to Author: cmiranda| Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 09:11:24 +0000

Robredo to President Duterte: Run after big fish in drugs trade

Vice President Leni Robredo on Thursday reminded President Duterte that the success of the drug war wouldn’t be realized by killing drug suspects.

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Fear stalks kin of drug war victims

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 21:19:54 +0000

Fear stalks kin of drug war victims

LUCENA CITY—Relatives of suspects who died in the government’s war on drugs in Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon) region have not been pursuing cases out of fear for their lives, an official of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said.

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Church: Reject bets backing death policies

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2019 23:07:33 +0000

Church: Reject bets backing death policies

The Church stayed true to its usual practice of not identifying candidates to reject or accept in the May elections, but issued two don’ts that appeared to target candidates being endorsed by President Duterte.

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