ANDANAR tells human rights watchdogs to uphold the highest level of integrity and credibility to maintain their relevance The Duterte administration has prioritized human rights and dignity of all Filipinos in the time of the pandemic, Presidential Communications Operations Office … Continue reading PCOO: HRW’s “Killings in Philippines Up 50 Percent during Pandemic” report a “gross distortion”
Task group expedites probe on shooting incident KABACAN, North Cotabato – The North Cotabato Police Provincial Office (NCPPO) has formed a special investigation unit to look into the killing of nine persons at a secluded section of Barangay Poblacion here … Continue reading POLICE: North Cotabato massacre not a police operation
Are you just going to count the dead? August 18, 2020 MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte chided human rights groups for opposing the revival of death penalty anew, saying they should switch careers if they were only good at counting … Continue reading DUTERTE: CHR should be operating funeral parlors
A prelude to murder or harassment Lumad rights defenders and activists are subject to another vilification poster in Davao City that appeared on August 13 that tagged them as “human rights violators” and “berdugo.” Included in the list are Bishop … Continue reading MILITANTS SLAM ‘RED-TAGGING’ POSTER
Panel probing deaths is no ruse MANILA – Malacañang disagreed with the Human Rights Watch’s (HRW) statement that the newly formed inter-agency panel that would investigate more than 5,600 deaths in the administration’s war on drugs is “a ruse … Continue reading PALACE SERIOUS IN INVESTIGATING EJK IN DRUG WAR
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 … Continue reading Philippines: No Letup in ‘Drug War’ Killings
Unfazed by threats that he might get jailed over the drug-related deaths in the country, President Rodrigo Duterte said that he would never answer any “stupid” questions from the International Criminal Court (ICC). If you will hang me, go ahead, … Continue reading DUTERTE TO ICC: I am responsible only to the Filipino people
Politically partisan and one-sided The Philippine government, through the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), hit the United Nations-adopted resolution seeking for a comprehensive written report on the human rights situation in the country, describing its validity as “questionable.” PRRD shrugs … Continue reading PH hits, questions validity of UN reso on EJK probe
Former Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Monday said the International Criminal Court (ICC) complaint against President Rodrigo R. Duterte has ended effectively after the court failed to launch a preliminary investigation before the country’s withdrawal from the ICC took effect … Continue reading ROQUE: Complaint vs. PRRD closed after ICC pullout
Will even be the one to put the rope around his neck If the International Criminal Court (ICC) will declare him guilty of crimes against humanity due to the series of drug-related killings, President Rodrigo Duterte said he would be … Continue reading Duterte dares ICC: Hang me
PEOPLE NEED KILLING Murder in Manila By PATRICIA EVANGELISTA RAPPLER PART 1: ‘Some People Need Killing’ PART 2: ‘The Cops Were Showing Off’ Continue reading THE DUTERTE WAR ON DRUGS
