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Homeless, jobless, and penniless, residents resist closure of the Philippines’ Boracay island
Duterte Plan Against Rebels Ignores Tribal Community Concerns
Smokescreen Justice for ‘Drug War’ Deaths in the Philippines
VIDEO: Trump Is All in on the Philippine Drug War
Philippines’ Duterte Backpedals on Abusive ‘Drug War’
No End to Duterte’s Abusive Prosecution of ‘Drug War’ Critic
Philippines: Abusive ‘Drug War’ Targets Children
Philippines (HRW) – 2 New Summary Killings Heighten Urgency of UN Inquiry The apparent extrajudicial executions by Philippine police of two children over a three-day period underscores the need for a United Nations inquiry into President Rodrigo Duterte’s abusive “war on drugs,” Human…
Philippines’ Duterte Admits Murderous ‘Drug War’ is Unwinnable
(HRW) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has admitted that his abusive “war on drugs” is unwinnable. Duterte told a gathering of military personnel that his promise to eradicate methamphetamine use – known as shabu in the Philippines – “won’t be fulfilled, that this [drug use]…
China, Philippines Agree on Modus Vivendi in South China Sea
(Sputnik) – The foreign ministries of China and the Philippines have found a ‘way to get along’ by banning new construction in the South China Sea as the two nations seek to enhance bilateral ties. “The Chinese will not occupy new…
Philippines: Mandatory College Drug Tests Imperil Students
(HRW) – The Philippine government’s plan for mandatory drug testing for all college students and applicants seriously threatens their safety and right to education, Human Rights Watch said today. On August 2, 2017, the official Commission on Higher Education, which produces “plans, policies and…
‘Troll-in-Chief’? Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte Admits Hiring Online Defenders During 2016 Election
(GV) – A University of Oxford study has caused uproar in the Philippines for examining the administration of Rodrigo Duterte’s efforts to manipulate social media through trolling and fake accounts. The findings confirmed what government critics have long suspected while stirring harsh denials by…
Philippine Police Kill Another City Mayor
(HRW) – Philippine National Police raided the home of the mayor of Ozamiz City in Mindanao, killing more than a dozen people, including the mayor, who Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte had linked to the drug trade.Police say they entered Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog’s home with a…
Philippine President’s Appalling Threat to Bomb Tribal Schools
(HRW) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte threatened airstrikes on schools for indigenous children on the southern island of Mindanao that he alleged are teaching “subversion [and] communism.” “I will bomb those schools,” Duterte said on Monday. “I will use the Armed Forces, the Philippine Air…
Philippines’ Abusive Drug War Breeds Injustice
(HRW) – The police officers in the Philippines facing homicide charges in the 2016 killing of Albuera Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. are heading back to work. The Philippine National Police (PNP) director–general, Ronald dela Rosa, announced on Wednesday that the 18 police officers, who were…