Palace use of foreign wiretaps for narcolist hit

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2019 21:30:38 +0000

Palace use of foreign wiretaps for narcolist hit

Senators on Wednesday aired concerns after Malacañang admitted that President Rodrigo Duterte’s list of politicians allegedly involved in the illegal drug trade was based on wiretapped phone calls

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Government urged to address human rights issues

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2019 12:06:17 +0000

Government urged to address human rights issues

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine government must respond effectively to the repeated denunciations of the human rights situation in the country, following the crucial statement of United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights chief Michele Bachelet.

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PDEA seizes P350,000 worth of shabu in Cotabato City bust, pusher nabbed

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2019 03:59:09 +0000

COTABATO CITY, Philippines – Anti-drug operatives arrested on Tuesday a suspected drug pusher who allegedly worked for a drug syndicate

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PDEA, AMLC tighten screws vs drug money

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2019 21:20:27 +0000

Drug traffickers and their financiers may find it more difficult to hide their assets now that the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) have renewed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) that defined their coordinating mechanisms against suspected money laundering by narcosyndicates.

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‘Narco list’ might be out in a week – DILG

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2019 16:20:44 +0000

‘Narco list’ might be out in a week – DILG

The Department of the Interior and Local Government confirmed on Tuesday, March 5, that the “narco list” — the list of politicians allegedly involved in illegal drugs — might be released by next week.

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Politicians in ‘narcolist’ down to 82, says PDEA chief

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2019 04:02:31 +0000

Politicians in 'narcolist' down to 82, says PDEA chief

The number of politicians in the narcolist has been narrowed down to 82, PDEA chief Director General Aaron Aquino revealed on Tuesday.

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More lawmakers reject disclosure of narcolist

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2019 23:25:52 +0000

More lawmakers reject disclosure of narcolist

MANILA, Philippines — More lawmakers on Monday objected to Interior Secretary Eduardo Año’s plan to publish President Rodrigo Duterte’s list of narcopoliticians ahead of midterm elections in May, saying it would not guarantee that candidates suspected of involvement in the illegal drug trade would lose.

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Palace assures people: Impunity has no place in Duterte admin

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2019 21:32:29 +0000

Palace assures people: Impunity has no place in Duterte admin

There is no place for impunity in the Duterte administration, Malacañang said on Monday.

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‘Running priest’ says he is under surveillance

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2019 21:31:19 +0000

LUCENA CITY — Activist priest Robert Reyes said he was under constant surveillance and harassment from suspicious people and now lived like a hunted person.

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