Duterte Says He Takes Responsibility for Philippine Drug War
Oct 28, 2024 · The former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte defended his so-called war on drugs in testimony before the country’s Senate on Monday, saying he took “full legal responsibility” for the...
LIVE: Senate hearing on Duterte admin's drug war | Philstar.com
Oct 28, 2024 · Watch on. MANILA, Philippines — The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee is leading the hearing on the drug war launched during the administration of former President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, October ...
Duterte’s jarring testimony into drug killings in Philippines relives …
Oct 29, 2024 · MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The cockiness, expletives and threats unleashed by former President Rodrigo Duterte in a Senate inquiry brought back the nightmare of the bloody “war on drugs” for many families of the thousands of …
Years Later, Philippines Reckons With Duterte’s Brutal Drug War
Jun 29, 2024 · When Rodrigo Duterte was running for president eight years ago, he vowed to order the police and the military to find drug users and traffickers to kill them, promising immunity for such...
LIVE: House Quad Committee probes the alleged extrajudicial
#philstarnews The Quad Committee of the House of Representatives, composed of the Committees on Dangerous Drugs, Public Order and Safety, Human Rights, and P...
Philippines: Rodrigo Duterte admits to 'death squad' in drug war
Oct 29, 2024 · The Philippine government estimates that more than 6,252 people have been gunned down by the police and "unknown assailants" in Duterte's "war on drugs". Rights groups say the numbers could...
Families of drug war victims call for Duterte's prosecution - ABS-CBN News
4 days ago · Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News MANILA -- The families of the victims of the Duterte administration's bloody war on drugs gathered on Sunday at the Siena College Chapel to mark the eighth anniversary of remembrance for their slain loved ones. They called for the prosecution of former President Rodrigo Duterte and his cohorts, to hold them accountable ...
Philippine Congress Hearings Reveal Sordid Details of Duterte’s Drug War
Oct 21, 2024 · An ICC investigation into former President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war has been drawn into the political struggle between the Duterte and Marcos clans.
International Criminal Court rejects Philippine attempt to block …
Jul 18, 2023 · Thousands have died under former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs. The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday rejected an appeal by the Philippine government to...
Duterte’s jarring testimony into drug killings in Philippines relives …
Oct 30, 2024 · Duterte's profanity-laced outbursts scared Randy delos Santos, who was invited by the Senate to speak about the killing of his nephew, Kian, by police under Duterte’s “war on drugs.”. It felt, he said, like a nightmare had returned. "I had this frightening feeling that thousands of innocent people may be gunned down again,” delos Santos ...