We beg to differ.
Why are Filipinos so shocked about prisoners with connections getting a get-out-of-jail pass? That’s just stock-standard garden-variety Filipino way-of-doing-things at work there. According to an “intel report” quoted by Senate …
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Senator Lacson and other detractors of the Duterte administration were quick to pounce on Presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo’s letter to the Bureau of Pardons and Parole referring a letter from …
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Secretary of Justice Menardo Guevarra may be the only hope of a 17 year old girl who accused Southern Leyte Vice Governor Christopherson “Coco” Yap of rape and attempted rape …
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A Southern Leyte Vice Governor accused of raping a 16 year old girl remains free. The name of this elected official is Southern Leyte Vice Governor Christopherson “Coco” Yap, a …
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The Office of the Ombudsman for the VIsayas is set to hold the preliminary hearing of the alleged rape and administrative charges filed against Southern Leyte vice governor Christopherson …
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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte issued some disturbing statements recently, suggesting that police officers are at some liberty to engage in delehensiya (on-the-side money-making). Shocking, perhaps, but hardly unexpected. Duterte simply …
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In her Inquirer column today, Solita “Winnie” Monsod is up in arms over what she regards as the Philippine police’s selective treatment of statements made by Peter Joemel Advincula over …
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What’s tricky about the war on drugs that Pres. Rody Duterte has delivered as promised to the Filipino people is that each death can be either due to the usual …
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