6,600 killed in war vs drugs from July 2016 to May 2019 — PNP

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 03:38:25 +0000

A total of 6,600 persons linked to the illegal drug trade have been killed  since the start of the government’s war against drugs

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De Lima twits gov’t refusal of independent probe on Duterte drug war

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2019 03:11:59 +0000

Opposition Senator Leila De Lima took a swipe at the government’s repeated refusal of an independent investigation into President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody drug war.

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PNP tells UN rapporteurs: ‘We respect human rights, rule of law’

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2019 02:01:37 +0000

Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Police Gen. Oscar Albayalde assured on Monday that the police operates with respect for human rights and the rule of law, after the United Nations human rights experts called for an independent probe on “unlawful deaths” in the drug war.

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Drug dealers also cool off in Baguio

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 09 Jun 2019 23:23:11 +0000

BAGUIO CITY, Benguet, Philippines — Police are tightly watching popular tourist destinations in the Cordillera region for an unwanted kind of visitors: drug traffickers on R&R.

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PDEA seizes P6M worth of ‘shabu’ in Manila

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2019 14:50:22 +0000

The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) confiscated on Monday over P6 million worth of “shabu” and arrested four suspects in a buy-bust operation in a hotel in Ermita, Manila.

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