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Duterte
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Duterte Backtracks On Drug War De-Escalation —Surprise!
We got word that last Saturday, Duterte backtracked on his drug war de-escalation. Are you surprised by this latest development? Neither are we.
November 20, 2017
How Real Is Duterte’s Drug War De-Escalation?
Is the de-escalation of Duterte’s drug war for real? The Philippines’ notoriously ultra-hardline President Rodrigo Duterte won rare favorable international headlines last…
October 17, 2017
Philippines President Ends Drug War Against Low-Level Offenders
We never thought we’d be able to say this, but: Rodrigo Duterte ends drug war against low-level offenders. The…
October 13, 2017
Philippines House Committee Green Lights Medical Marijuana
Despite the fact that the Philippines has become the murder capital of the world when it comes to…
September 26, 2017
Google Play Is Promoting Games Based On Drug War
When a sitting president boasts of personally killing drug suspects and invokes Hitler and the Holocaust as a…
September 15, 2017
Is Anti-Drug Strongman of the Philippines in Bed with Narco Gangs?
Is it really possible that Philippine President Rodirgo Duterte—who has unleashed a “War on Drugs,” which has now…
September 5, 2017
Philippines: Duterte Calls for Genocide Against Drug Users
Police in the Philippines killed 32 people in a wave of anti-drug operations north of the capital, Manila—making…
August 17, 2017
Duterte Still Defiant on Draconian Drug War
The Philippines’ ultra-hardline President Rodrigo Duterte met in Manila on Tuesday with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and…
August 9, 2017