Drug War
Ang pag-umol kang Edgar Matobato
(Sheila Coronel’s “The Making of Edgar Matobato” was first published by the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism on 17 January 2025. This is its Cebuano translation).
By Sheila S Coronel·April 17, 2025
Drug War
Duterte’s ICC arrest is the first domino: Can new leaders rise in the power struggle ahead?
The Philippines has always struggled to hold presidents to account for abusing their power. The political division in the aftermath of former President Rodrigo Duterte’s arrest…
By Carmela Fonbuena·April 11, 2025
Drug War
The lives lost to Duterte’s Drug War
The arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for former President Rodrigo Duterte over crimes against humanity is based on evidence related to the killings…
By Philippine Center For Investigative Journalism·April 10, 2025
Drug War
Rodrigo Duterte arrested, placed in ICC custody in The Hague for crimes against humanity
The former president was arrested at a Manila airport and flown out of the country on a chartered plane going to The Hague, where the ICC is based.
By Tj Burgonio·March 13, 2025
Drug War
‘Crimes against humanity.’ The violence of Duterte’s drug war — in photos
Few photojournalists covered former President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody campaign against illegal drugs as extensively as Vincent Go. In this photo essay, he collaborates with the…
By Vincent Go·March 12, 2025
Data
MAP: Drug-related killings under the Duterte admin were carried out nationwide
There were at least 3,017 drug-related killings during the first three and a half years of former President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration, data collected by Dahas Project shows…
By Guinevere Latoza·March 11, 2025
Drug War
The Making of Edgar Matobato: PCIJ experiments with using AI for storytelling
Like many other Filipinos, Sheila Coronel’s story “The Making of Edgar Matobato” resonated with me, with its powerful narrative and deep reflection on the confessions of a hired…
By Jaemark Tordecilla·January 30, 2025
Drug War
The Making of Edgar Matobato
IT IS A WONDER Edgar Matobato is still alive. A confessed assassin for the Davao Death Squad, he was the first to go public about the killings allegedly ordered by former President…
By Sheila S Coronel·January 17, 2025
Drug War
Look for ‘patterns’ in drug killings – Kristina Conti tells journalists
;It could help perpetuate their stories. It’s more for public awareness,’’ the human rights lawyer said at the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism’s third Investigative…
By Philippine Center For Investigative Journalism·May 16, 2024
Courts, law and justice
Drug killings go on; journalists must keep probing
Dahas records 639 killings on Marcos’ watch as of April 30. It is a project of the Third World Studies Center of the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy at the University of…
By Philippine Center For Investigative Journalism·May 8, 2024
Courts, law and justice
WATCH: #IJPH2024 panel on Reporting Duterte’s ‘drug war’
The Third National Conference on Investigative Journalism featured three plenary discussions, 12 breakout sessions, and a screening of the Delikado investigative documentary film…
By Philippine Center For Investigative Journalism·May 7, 2024
Courts, law and justice
‘We want the trial to start’: What happens now to ICC’s probe into Duterte’s drug war?
Human rights lawyer Kristina Conti, counsel of the families of drug war victims, said ICC’s decisions are hard to predict because its actions are highly compartmentalized. What is…
By Aie Balagtas See Photos By Raffy Lerma·March 28, 2024
Courts, law and justice
‘We can’t be bribed:’ Families of drug war victims reveal offers to drop cases amid ICC probe
There was nothing more humiliating for Dahlia Silvestre (not her real name) than to be offered money by a barangay captain to withdraw the case she filed against policemen who…
By Aie Balagtas See·August 8, 2023
Drug War
Disappointment as Marcos keeps mum on drug war, other human rights issues
Click here for the PCIJ staff's LIVE BLOG on #SONA2022 President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. did not set any policy to undo his predecessor’s brutal campaign against illegal drugs during…
By Carmela Fonbuena·July 26, 2022
Drug War
Inauguration 2022: Marcos mum on drug war, ICC probe
Various groups urged President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ahead of his inauguration to undo his predecessor’s brutal campaign against illegal drugs. He was silent on the issue during his…
By Carmela Fonbuena·July 1, 2022
Drug War
Drug war victims are exhumed and cremated as grave leases expire. One mother wants another way
Luzviminda Siapo refuses to cremate her son’s remains, even if it will eliminate the lease requirements she could not afford. ‘Ang gusto ko pag namatay ako pagsamahin ang buto…
By Aie Balagtas See·May 28, 2022
Courts, law and justice
‘Patong’: Falsely accused in Duterte’s drug war
During the pandemic, some of the minors in Bahay Pag-Asa Malabon charged with drug offenses were only violating lockdown protocols like curfews, said Rosemarie Ramos, who runs the…
By Adminnewspack·April 25, 2022
Courts, law and justice
The desaparecidos of Duterte’s drug war
Testimonies from former police agents show that enforced disappearances were employed during President Rodrigo Duterte’s “war on drugs”, as it was during the martial law of the…
By Aie Balagtas See Text·April 11, 2022
Courts, law and justice
Q&A: The International Criminal Court Goes After Duterte’s Drug War
Officials in The Hague have announced a formal investigation into alleged state crimes committed as part of President Rodrigo Duterte’s aggressive counter-narcotics campaign in the…
By Georgi Engelbrecht International Crisis Group Senior Analyst·September 21, 2021
Drug War
‘The pain won’t go away, but it’ll give me comfort’: Kin of drug war victims find hope in ICC probe
Families who lost loved ones in President Duterte’s ‘war on drugs’ cheer the International Criminal Court’s decision to begin a full investigation into the brutal campaign
By Philippine Center For Investigative Journalism Pcij·September 18, 2021
Courts, law and justice
Duterte’s drug war: Lies and death certificates — a photo essay
Photojournalist Dada Grifon uncovers four stories of EJK victims, all of which were treated with disrespect until their last breath as their families are forced to accept…
By Philippine Center For Investigative Journalism·May 25, 2021
