The International Criminal Court (ICC) has found “reasonable basis” to believe that crimes against humanity were committed in President Duterte’s war on drugs, which international organizations claimed have killed over 20,000 people since 2016. “The Office is satisfied that information available provides a reasonable basis to believe that […]
Duterte promised to end the drug menace Attainable with the cooperation of local government units 20,538 out of 42,045 barangays in the country are already drug-free Drug-free before Duterte steps down December 10, 2020 Malacañang on Thursday expressed confidence that President Rodrigo Duterte would still be able to […]
U N Commission on Narcotic Drugs (UN-CND) removes marijuana from Schedule IV of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, a list of the world’s most dangerous drugs Marijuana still illegal under PH laws December 10, 2020 The decision of a United Nations body reclassifying marijuana (cannabis) as […]
With less than two years to the end of the term of President Rodrigo Duterte, Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go reiterated his call for approval of a bill that would reimpose death penalty for certain heinous crimes. During an interview after he led the distribution of assistance to […]
Focus on national budget! Members of the Senate minority bloc should focus on the deliberation of the proposed 2021 budget instead of renewing calls for the release of detained Senator Leila de Lima, Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo said Sunday. “The colleagues of de Lima should focus […]
HRW WORLD REPORT 2020: Duterte’s anti-drug campaign remains as brutal as when it started The Philippine government’s murderous “war on drugs” remained the Philippines’ gravest human rights concern in 2019, Human Rights Watch said in its World Report 2020. Security forces were also implicated in often deadly attacks on […]