Comelec to review proposal to disqualify ‘narco-pols’ in 2019 polls 

Comelec to review proposal to disqualify 'narco-pols' in 2019 polls 

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will review the proposal of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) to disqualify from the 2019 midterm elections all candidates included in the so-called “narco-list,” or the list of government officials allegedly have links with the illegal drug trade.

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Kids being killed in antidrug war unacceptable, says Unicef

Kids being killed in antidrug war unacceptable, says Unicef

Child rights advocates on Tuesday raised concerns over the growing number of minors being killed in President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs, one of the “worrying” situations of children in the Philippines who were being subjected to various forms of violence.

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Gov’t slams ‘cowardly’ killing of PDEA agents in Lanao del Sur

Gov’t slams ‘cowardly’ killing of PDEA agents in Lanao del Sur

The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has condemned the “cowardly” killing of its six agents who were ambushed in Lanao del Sur on Friday.

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‘EJK confession’ a joke? Drilon is not laughing

If President Rodrigo Duterte’s statement that his only sin was extrajudicial killings was, according to his spokespersons, just a joke, then it’s not funny.

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‘Buy-bust’ killing: Suspect asleep when cops barged in, says sis

Benjamin Villanueva, a suspected drug pusher, was asleep when policemen in civilian clothes and wearing black masks stormed into his housing unit in Tondo, Manila, in the wee hours of Sunday.

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Suspected drug gang member killed, 7 nabbed by Makati cops

An alleged member of a drug-trafficking group — whose leader was on President Duterte’s “narcolist” — was killed by the Makati City police in an operation that ended in neighboring Pasig City on Tuesday.

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Cops seize 35 kilos of dried marijuana, worth P4.2 million in Cubao apartment

Cops seize 35 kilos of dried marijuana, worth P4.2 million in Cubao apartment

At least 35 kilograms of dried marijuana leaves were seized from six suspects, including two students, in Barangay Immaculate Conception, Cubao, Quezon City on Monday night.

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Hero dog cited for detecting p6.8-B ‘shabu’

The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Monday stood by man’s best friend in the case of the missing ton of “shabu” (crystal meth) reportedly smuggled into the country in July inside four magnetic lifters found last month in a Cavite warehouse.

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