Valles: PNP allegation against clergy ‘beyond belief’

Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2019 22:10:08 +0000

Valles: PNP allegation against clergy ‘beyond belief’

Catholic clergymen and the oldest human rights lawyers’ group in the country on Saturday condemned the sedition and other charges filed against them in connection with a series of videos linking President Rodrigo Duterte’s family members and associates to the illegal drug trade.

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SC castigates SolGen for selective submission of drug war docs

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 21:34:29 +0000

The Supreme Court has castigated Solicitor General Jose Calida for choosing which police reports on the killings in President Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal war on drugs

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Unique killings, same language, lawyers say of drug war reports

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2019 21:40:24 +0000

The police reports on the killings of suspects in President Duterte’s brutal war on drugs “leave much to be desired,”

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WHAT WENT BEFORE: ‘Oplan Tokhang’

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 23:24:16 +0000

On Dec. 5, 2017, the Supreme Court ordered the Philippine National Police and Solicitor General Jose Calida to submit to the tribunal the official police investigation reports on the killings of more than 4,000 suspects in President Rodrigo Duter Duterte’s war on drugs.

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Lawyers’ group asks court to dismiss cyberlibel case vs Rappler chief

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 08:11:53 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – A group of human rights lawyers on Tuesday asked the Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC) to dismiss the cyberlibel complaint against Rappler CEO Maria Ressa and co-accused, former reporter Reynaldo Santos.

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EU flags come down in Brexit Britain

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2019 03:48:42 +0000

Andy Ormrod, the owner of Flying Colours Flagmakers Ltd, inspects a newly produced European Union (EU) flag in their premises in Knaresborough, northern England on February 7, 2019. - At a flag-making workshop in northern England, orders for Unions Flags are flying while the EU's blue-and-yellow standard is proving less and less popular. Flying Colours, which makes flags for Britain's royal palaces, has seen EU flag orders drop by 90 percent since the country voted to leave the bloc in 2016. (Photo by OLI SCARFF / AFP)

At a flag-making workshop in northern England, orders for Union Jacks are flying off the production line while the EU’s blue-and-yellow standard is proving less and less popular.

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