United States Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim on Tuesday, Aug. 22, joined the chorus calling for accountability in the killing of 17-year-old Kian Loyd delos Santos during a drug operation in Caloocan City last week.
Read more: US envoy joins calls for ‘full accountability’ in Kian slay
The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Wednesday, Aug. 23, affirmed its support for President Rodrigo Duterte following a group claiming to represent the security forces came out and called for the President’s ouster.
Read more: PNP affirms support for President; vows loyalty to Constitution
More officials of the Roman Catholic Church have added their voices to a growing public protest against the killing of alleged drug offenders in a sudden intensification of President Duterte’s war on drugs in which a 17-year-old boy was among dozens killed by the Philippine National Police.
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Tuesday, Aug. 22, threw its full support behind President Rodrigo Duterte as it warned forces seeking to destabilize the country.
Read more: AFP backs Duterte, warns destabilizers seeking to oust President
STO TOMAS, Batangas -- “That is really bad.”
SAN JOSE, California -- A Filipino local resident suspected of shooting two off-duty Oakland firefighters in this city on Thursday night, killing one and seriously injuring another, was arraigned Monday, Aug. 21.
Read more: Filipino charged in shooting death of Oakland firefighter, wounding of another
United States President Donald Trump plans to visit the Philippines in November to attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) meeting, the new Philippine ambassador to the United States confirmed on Wednesday, Aug. 23.
Read more: Ambassador Romualdez confirms Trump PH visit in November
The relieved police chief of Caloocan City admitted that the information that Kian Loyd Delos Santos was a drug pusher was somehow based on posts circulating on social media.
Read more: Caloocan police info that Kian was drug runner based on social media
The Commission on Appointments (CA) on Wednesday, Aug. 23, unanimously confirmed in a breeze the ad interim appointment of Jose Manuel “Babe” Romualdez as the new Philippine ambassador to the United States.
Presidential son and Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte should not wait for the Senate to summon him to explain his alleged involvement in the P6.4-billion illegal drug smuggling controversy, Archbishop Emeritus Oscar Cruz said on Thursday, Aug. 24.
Read more: Face the Senate and clear the air, prelate urges Paolo Duterte