New York Times presses for sanctions on Manila
CALLING for international scrutiny and accountability for the thousands of deaths under President Rodrigo Duterte’s war against drugs, the US-based ...
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Amnesty International’s investigation on EJKs
In the next few weeks, I will be writing a series of columns on the war against drugs. I will ...
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Rotary teams up with Quezon City on drug drive
THE Rotary Club of Kamuning or RoCK and the Quezon City government have partnered in the war against drugs. Leonard ...
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Killing mentality
If one goes by the daily news, it would seem that we are a country at war—wars of various kinds, ...
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PH narcotics catch hits P18B
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte urged the military and police to redouble the war against drugs as drug enforcers reported having seized ...
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‘Compensate victims of unintended killings’
SENATOR Panfilo Lacson said Sunday he had urged President Rodrigo Duterte to compensate the families of the people whom the ...
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Christmas in the time of killings
Christmas in the Philippines is the holiday of all holiday seasons. Worldwide, the country is known to have the longest ...
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Selective justice
It appears that this administration’s passionate pursuit of justice is selective. In other words, “may tinitingnan at mayroong tinititigan” as ...
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