http://www.drugnews.org/ Media Awareness Project Drug News en-us Sun, 14 Jun 2026 22:27:50 -0700 Wed, 16 Apr 2025 16:10:02 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Modperl editor@mapinc.org (MAP Editor) webmaster@mapinc.org (MAP Webmaster) http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v17/n383/a04.html Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov 2017 - In President Rodrigo Duterte's Philippines, the police, with his explicit support, have killed thousands of alleged drug dealers and users without due process, some while they were in jail, or asleep, or at home with their families. They allegedly shot a 17-year-old while he was in custody, then dumped his remains in an alley. The youngest victim was 4. Human rights groups, the U.S. Congress, the European Union and the United Nations have all condemned Duterte's "war on drugs." Yet when President Trump meets Duterte in Manila, it probably won't enter the conversation. Fri, 10 Nov 2017 08:00:00 GMT http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v17/n383/a04.html http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v17/n198/a02.html Washington Post, 21 Jun 2017 - DISTRESS MANILA -- When investigators from the Philippine Commission on Human Rights first arrived at Police Station No. 1, nothing seemed amiss. They were working a tip about people being plucked from the slums by police, held captive and ransomed for money at the station. But as they surveyed the office of the local anti-drug unit, things looked normal: desks, two sofas, a bookshelf. Wed, 21 Jun 2017 07:00:00 GMT http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v17/n198/a02.html http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v17/n187/a07.html New York Times, 05 Jun 2017 - MANILA - Every morning before dawn, Rosario Perez checks to make sure her sons are still alive. The three brothers, all in their 20s, sleep at the houses of friends and relatives, moving regularly, hoping that whoever may have been assigned to kill them won't catch up with them. They are not witnesses on a mob hit list, or gang members hiding from rivals. They are simply young men living in the Philippines of President Rodrigo Duterte. Mon, 05 Jun 2017 07:00:00 GMT http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v17/n187/a07.html http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v17/n187/a01.html New York Times, 03 Jun 2017 - DAVAO CITY, Philippines - Gen. Ronald dela Rosa, chief of the Philippine National Police, knows the value of a public display of remorse. He has been forced to apologize more than once. He was wrong, he acknowledged before the Philippine Senate as TV cameras rolled, to have trusted undisciplined policemen who killed a small-town mayor suspected of dealing drugs, as the mayor lay defenseless on a jail-cell floor. Sat, 03 Jun 2017 07:00:00 GMT http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v17/n187/a01.html http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v17/n046/a04.html Sunstar Manila, 20 Jan 2017 - PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs would not be affected by the abduction-slay of a South Korean businessman by the anti-drug police operatives, his chief legal counsel said. Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo said Duterte would not allow any members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) to further commit irregularities. Fri, 20 Jan 2017 08:00:00 GMT http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v17/n046/a04.html http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v17/n043/a08.html Philippine Daily Inquirer, 20 Jan 2017 - SAN FRANCISCO -- A US newspaper called on Washington to make sure that US aid to the Philippines is not used for President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editorial ran weeks before the kidnap-for-ransom-murder of a South Korean expatriate in the hands of Philippine National Police officers -- in the guise of an anti-drug operation--came to light and triggered an international outcry. Fri, 20 Jan 2017 08:00:00 GMT http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v17/n043/a08.html http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v17/n038/a04.html Philippine Star, 18 Jan 2017 - In this Sept. 15, 2016 file photo, President Rodrigo Duterte shows documents containing the names of politicians, judges, and law enforcers involved in illegal drugs during his visit to Camp Tecson in Bulacan. (PPD/King Rodriguez) CABANATUAN CITY - How can the Catholic clergy understand the seriousness of the drug problem? They should try shabu. Wed, 18 Jan 2017 08:00:00 GMT http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v17/n038/a04.html http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v17/n038/a05.html Philippine Star, 19 Jan 2017 - [photo] In this Nov. 26, 2016 photo, President Rodrigo Duterte gestures as he delivers his keynote address during the San Beda College of Law Alumni Homecoming at the Shangri-La Hotel in Taguig City. (PPD/King Rodriguez) MANILA, Philippines - President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday dug up old controversies including the so-called Pajero scandal and clergy sexual abuse in his latest tirade against the Catholic Church, which has been raising concerns over the spate of killings linked to his war on drugs. Thu, 19 Jan 2017 08:00:00 GMT http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v17/n038/a05.html http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v17/n035/a05.html Philippine Star, 15 Jan 2017 - President Rodrigo Duterte said no one could stop him from imposing martial law. PPD/Ace Morandante MANILA, Philippines -- President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday evening said that if the drug problem in the country worsens, he would declare martial law. Sun, 15 Jan 2017 08:00:00 GMT http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v17/n035/a05.html