extrajudicial killings
[OPINION] The absence of procedure
29 August, 2017 at 14:00
In the latest development in the escalating series of events since the murder of Kian delos Santos, the Senate committee on public order and dangerous drugs held a hearing on Thursday afternoon…
Duterte again hits US for criticizing drug...
25 April, 2017 at 12:00
President Duterte slammed the United States yesterday for expressing concern over the killings linked to his war against drugs and dared it to explain supposed interference in other countries’ affairs.
Spooking tourists
30 March, 2017 at 11:59
As the “mummies” started piling up last year in the administration’s vicious war on drugs, several foreign diplomats told me that investors and travel industry players had expressed concern about the situation in the Philippines.
Rody’s ‘unsettling’ rhetoric driving away EU investors
24 February, 2017 at 16:30
Investors from Europe are having second thoughts about setting up shop or expanding in the Philippines and are considering other Southeast Asian countries as alternative due to President Duterte’s unsettling rhetoric.
Killings, Duterte tirades may dampen investments –...
3 January, 2017 at 14:12
The European business community has two special wishes for President Duterte this New Year: that he address concerns on alleged extrajudicial killings and end his verbal assaults on the country’s international allies.
‘P********!’ Duterte blasts E.U. anew
24 October, 2016 at 16:00
President Rodrigo Duterte’s colorful language was in full swing on Friday as he hammered the European Union again on Friday for allegedly threatening to cut aid.
Rude Language and Awakenings
4 October, 2016 at 13:00
Judgment, it seems, came early for President Rodrigo Duterte.
US unruffled by Rody’s tirades
3 October, 2016 at 11:00
The United States, on the surface at least, appears unruffled by President Duterte’s repeated tirades.
Drug war ‘not good for business,’ Nordic...
5 September, 2016 at 16:45
The government’s war on the illegal drug trade is “not good for business,” the president of the Nordic Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (NorCham) said…
Killings prompt ‘hesitation’ among European investors
23 August, 2016 at 09:47
The president of the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines said there is a sense of “hesitation” among European businesses considering investing in the country, amid the spate of extrajudicial killings…
GSP+ perks feared casualty in bloody war...
5 August, 2016 at 14:00
As bodies pile up in the government’s unrelenting war on illegal drugs, experts have warned of collateral damage among seemingly unrelated quarters like trade.
Body Count Rises as Philippine President Wages...
4 August, 2016 at 14:00
Since Rodrigo Duterte became president of the Philippines just over a month ago, promising to get tough on crime by having the police and the military kill drug suspects, 420 people have been killed in the campaign, according to tallies of police reports by the local news media.
Outcry as Hundreds Killed in Philippines Drug...
4 August, 2016 at 12:00
Human-rights activists are appealing to the U.N. to denounce the killing of hundreds of suspected drug dealers and users in the Philippines, at the hands of police and vigilantes.
Drug proliferation: a national security crisis
4 August, 2016 at 09:48
Around 20 years ago, I was in Washington, DC for anti-transnational crime and terror discussions. One office I visited was the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA).
