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More cops test positive for drug use
Emmanuel Tupas (The Philippine Star) December 17, 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The number of police officers who tested positive for illegal drugs increased by 42.85 percent this year. Fifty police officers were found to have used illegal drugs this year compared to 35 in 2019, Philippine National Police-Internal Affairs Service (PNP–IAS) records show. A total…
Karapatan slams the acquittal of police officers charged for grave coercion filed by tortured security guard Rolly Panesa
“For the beatings, the torture, for 11 months in imprison for a case of mistaken identity, is PhP60,000 considered justice being served? I want to see them rot in jail. These officers, owing from their corrupt institution, were cruel. They do not respect people or care about rights; they will surely do this again to…
DOH: Vaccination of indigent sector allowed if supplies enough
Jun 14, 2021, Sofia Tomacruz MANILA, Philippines Indigent Filipinos belong to the government’s fifth COVID-19 vaccine priority group or A5 The Department of Health (DOH) said on Monday, June 14, that local government units (LGUs) can start vaccination of the indigent sector, in addition to the existing priority groups, if they have enough supply. “This…
Martial law victims start claiming compensation
Hundreds of Martial Law human rights violations victims trooped to the Commission on Human Rights in Quezon City Friday to start claiming their compensations. Following the release of the initial list of 4,000 eligible claimants by the Human Rights Victims Claims Board earlier this month, cheques are now being distributed to survivors of Martial Law…
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Winging it
The officials of the Duterte regime contradict themselves and each other daily and almost by the hour. They have, individually and collectively, outdone and are outdoing every other administration in the incoherence, contradictions, unreason, and non sequiturs of their declarations. A reality that is arguably as alarming as the lawlessness and the extrajudicial killings that…
Bulatlat.com | Features | Nation | NewsDrawing strength from one another | Mothers vow to continue fight for justice
Purisima Dacumos and Lorie Pasco during the Confessio Peccati in Sampaloc, Manila. (Photo by A.M. Umil/Bulatlat) “We fight not only for our sons and husbands. We do this for the killings to stop. So that there will be no more victims.” Read also: ‘There is hope’ | Mother of victim of anti-illegal drug ops welcomes…