PH, China to fight drug lords
DESPITE the kinks in relations as a result of their maritime disputes, China and the Philippines have agreed to work ...
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CHR creates probe panel
THE Commission on Human Rights created on Thursday a task force that will investigate extrajudicial killings of suspected criminals as ...
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Palace: Drug war a success
THE Philippine government on Thursday hailed its war on drugs a “success” as police confirmed killing nearly 200 people in ...
Read moreCommission alarmed at ‘vigilantism’
THE Commission on Human Rights expressed alarm on Wednesday over what it described as the growing vigilantism in the country ...
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8 more killed in war on drugs
EIGHT more suspected narcotics dealers were killed in a gun fight with drug enforcers who swooped down on their hideout ...
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Narco-generals linked to ‘triad’
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte revealed Thursday night that a high-level Chinese drug triad operating inside the National Bilibid Prison is behind ...
Read morePolice nab local man, seize P1 million worth of drugs in Agusan del Sur
BUTUAN CITY—Police arrested a man and confiscated almost a million pesos worth of illegal drugs and drug paraphernalia in a ...
Read moreMarcos: Step up war on drugs, crime
Amid the rash of drug-related crimes, Senator Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday called on the government to ramp up ...
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