Among the case records of deaths in antidrug operations to be turned over by the Philippine National Police (PNP) to the Department of Justice (DoJ) are those in which policemen were cleared due to the non-cooperation of the victims’ kin.
DOJ The Department of Justice (DOJ is expected to finish “in the next few days” the draft agreement with the Philippine National Police (PNP) for closer cooperation in the investigation of alleged extra-judicial killings (EJKs), illegal drug operations that resulted in deaths to suspects, and “o
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+ “Insultingly petty,” “for show,” “a bluff,” “tokenistics,” “a teeny, weeny baby step.”
The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) agreed to work together in looking into alleged extrajudicial killings in the government’s war on drugs. The PNP will open its books on illegal drug apprehensions to the DOJ. Culling over 328 cases that “were made available for review,” around 61 internal investigation cases “where clear liability was established” will be investigated by the DOJ. These were the ones that “stood out,” DOJ Secretary Menardo Guevarra said.
But critics of the government’s drug war welcome the DOJ-PNP probe with understandable skepticism. With over 7,000 drug war deaths officially recognized by the PNP, 61 cases barely represent one percent.
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Freed Lumad students: Is it wrong to learn and dream?
By JON ERNST PASCUAL
MANILA Recently released teachers and students of a Bakwit Lumad school are at a loss why the Phililppine government is targeting indigenous peoples who aspire to learn and dream.
“When does it become wrong to protect our lands? When does it become wrong to go to school, to learn and to dream of becoming a graduate?” Jomar Benag, one of the arrested students, said in tears in a media briefing after their release.
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Truth-tagging? | Courts junk cases vs red-tagged activists, peace consultants
Ironically, cases against red-tagged individuals are being dismissed by government courts for lack of probable cause or because of insufficient evidence. Motions to quash search warrants were also granted by the courts, declaring whatever so-called evidence the police have acquired during the search as inadmissible.
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
MANILA – During the oral arguments on the Anti-Terror Act at the Supreme Court, government lawyers and National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. insisted that red-tagging is not a policy of the government.