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MANILA, Philippines — Former President Rodrigo Duterte said he would choose to be incarcerated rather than address the charges filed against him by Rep. France Castro (ACT-Teachers).
COTABATO CITY — State agents seized P3.6 million worth of shabu from six alleged dealers who fell in separate entrapment operations in Marawi City and in Sulu province, both in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, on Thursday.
Newly-appointed agriculture secretary Francisco “Sec Kiko” Tiu Laurel, Jr., said that law enforcers have captured a big-time onion smuggler in Batangas.
MANILA: A United Nations expert on climate change and human rights urged the Philippines on Wednesday to "disband" its anti-communist task force, which he said was "operating with impunity" and sought an independent investigation into its operations. UN Special Rapporteur Ian Fry was referring to the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict or NTF-ELCAC, which then Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte created in 2018 to end half a century of communist insurgency that has stunted development in some parts of the country.
THE House Committee on Dangerous Drugs chaired by Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace Barbers has recommended the filing of criminal and administrative charges against police officials and officers involved in the alleged attempt to cover up Master Sgt. Rodolfo Mayo Jr.’s arrest in connection with the 990 kilos of shabu seized at a money lending firm in Tondo, Manila on October 8 last year.
JUSTICE Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla confirmed on Wednesday that expelled Negros Oriental 3rd District Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. is still in Timor-Leste awaiting the decision on his appeal on the denial of his request for asylum.
There’s a lot of understandable rejoicing over the release, even if still temporary, of former senator Leila de Lima. Her release on P300,000 bail, however, is yet another indictment of the inefficiency of the Philippine justice system.
MANILA, Philippines — The release of former Sen. Leila de Lima on bail should open the doors for the release of other prisoners facing political persecution, an organization said Tuesday.