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
Courts, law and justice
Son waits for mom to leave jail — in photos
Kim Ujano, son of human rights defender Ma. Salome “Sally” Ujano, watched police officers in plain clothes arrested her mother on November 14, 2021. The arrest was based on a…
By Philippine Center For Investigative Journalism·November 14, 2022
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
Human Rights
Remembering Edsa: A 2006 podcast interview with Chito Gascon
We removed the dictator, but we retained the political system chito gascon Jose Luis Martin ‘Chito’ Gascon was president of the University of the Philippines student council when…
By Philippine Center For Investigative Journalism·February 25, 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
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
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
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
