Former Sen. Leila de Lima has appeared in a Manila court again to press her petition to dismiss the government’s case against her for lack of evidence, days after marking six years in jail on what she calls trumped-up charges
Three Philippine police officers who went into hiding after being implicated in the 2020 killing of a Spanish surfer during former President Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war have voluntarily surrendered, the justice department said Wednesday.
A Metro Manila court has convicted a policeman for torturing two teenagers and planting evidence on the boys who were later found dead, court documents show, in a rare ruling against an officer linked to then-President Rodrigo Duterte’s controversial drug war
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. indicated in a television interview that he would shun his predecessor’s hardcore approach to fighting drugs, but said he still intended to shield former leader Rodrigo Duterte from international prosecution over alleged extrajudicial killings