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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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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Duterte repeats vow to end drug problem

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 18:07:59 +0000

Rodrigo Duterte

President Rodrigo Duterte reiterated on Tuesday his call to end the drug problem, saying that his drug war had even inspired Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena to conduct a similar campaign in his own country.

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Baguio artists unite vs drug killings

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2019 23:23:56 +0000

Baguio artists unite vs drug killings

BAGUIO CITY — Actor Mae Paner, better known as Juana Change, delivered a compelling performance of the monologues “Tao Po” that was greeted with a standing ovation at the University of the Cordilleras (UC) Theater on Saturday.

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De Lima to Duterte: ‘Stop bringing violence and terror’ to Filipinos

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 05:36:08 +0000

De Lima to Duterte: ‘Stop bringing violence and terror’ to Filipinos

Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Monday dared President Rodrigo Duterte “to stop bringing violence and terror” to Filipinos.

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Palace: Slain ex-mayor’s fate to befall ‘narcopols’

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2019 21:30:59 +0000

Malacañang on Sunday warned officials on the government’s “narcolist” that they might suffer the same fate as a former Maguindanao mayor who was killed last week after allegedly resisting arrest.

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‘Drug war toll shows admin’s low regard for human rights’

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2018 21:22:01 +0000

People should stop accepting the government’s claim that the victims in the Duterte administration’s war on drugs were killed because they had fought back against law enforcers

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