
Philippine government’s drug war a big failure: Vice president
Vice President Maria Leonor Robredo declares the gov’t’s war on drugs a failure.
Vice President Maria Leonor Robredo declares the gov’t’s war on drugs a failure.
President Rodrigo Duterte has fired Vice President Maria Leonor Robredo as co-chairman of the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD), Presidential Palace spokesman Salvador Panelo told The Manila Times on Sunday.
President Donald Trump offered Tuesday to help Mexico hunt the killers of nine Mormon women and children shot dead in a lawless border area – and said the United States stood ready to back its southern neighbor in a “war” on the drug cartels.
Foreign Affairs Secretary mulls the possibility of the country’s withdrawal from United Nations Human Rights Council.
The Philippine government attacked United Nations human rights experts on Saturday for “unpardonable intrusions”, after a call for an international investigation into killings linked to President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs.
In the first three months of 2019 the Anti-drug police handled 2,047 drug offenses and arrested 4,434 people, including 365 women, according to a report obtained today.
Around 78% of Filipinos are satisfied with the current campaign against illegal drugs.
US and Mexican law enforcement authorities to target the leaders of drug cartels.
Philippine President Duterte vowes to intensify his administration’s war on drugs.
The United States has expressed concern about a Bangladeshi anti-drugs campaign.
Duterte says lawmakers must “fast-track” the impeachment of the nation’s top judge.
Rodrigo Duterte launches a foul-mouthed attack on the UN human rights chief.
Philippine President Duterte targets fake over-the-counter medicines to try to stem the spread of counterfeit paracetamol.
Philippines says its withdrawal from the ICC could be “the beginning of the institution’s end”
Philippines says it is withdrawing from the International Criminal Court due to what Duterte called “outrageous” attacks.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is skipping a regional summit in Australia this month, his spokesman confirmed.
More than 100 drug suspects have been killed since Duterte waged “war on drugs”.
The International Criminal Court is preparing a complaint accusing President Rodrigo Duterte of crimes against humanity.
Rodrigo Duterte says that the police will reassume their role in his war on drugs.
Leaders of Asian nations meeting in Manila skirts around the mass exodus of Rohingya.
Duterte hopes a shift to target big networks in his war on drugs will satisfy “bleeding hearts”.
A group of lawyers file an injunction with the Supreme Court to try to stop President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody war on drugs.