Drug War
Is the Drug War Undermining the Gains of Government Anti-Poverty Programs?
At least one in five victims of drug-related killings in Metro Manila in 2016 and 2017 were beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), our field and database…
By Adminnewspack·October 22, 2019
Drug War
Cops shift from open to opaque: What’s secret about drug war data?
Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism RIGHT BEFORE the inaugural as president of Rodrigo R. Duterte and the launch of his so-called war on drugs, I got an interview with a…
By Vino Lucero·May 4, 2018
Drug War
Drug war’s revert to PDEA: Retreat, without real plan
NO, JUANA, there has not been any big change in tactics in the government’s war against drugs just yet. By all indications, as well as the statements of President Rodrigo R…
By Malou Mangahas·November 20, 2017
Drug War
PCIJ findings: What’s flawed, fuzzy with drug war numbers?
PRESIDENT RODRIGO R. Duterte has repeatedly said that drugs are the root of society’s many ills. He also seems to see drugs everywhere and in almost anything, even in the ongoing…
By Philippine Center For Investigative Journalism Pcij·June 8, 2017
Drug War
Arturo Lascañas, for the record
HE LOOKED calm and collected even as he lay one serious allegation after another against the highest official of the land, and even after saying that he expected to be killed…
By Philippine Center For Investigative Journalism·March 21, 2017