Sara Duterte: Drug war deaths stemmed from rampant gun violence

Sara Duterte calls out Abante over ‘misleading’ edited Hague speech video

MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte on Thursday accused tabloid Abante of publishing a “deliberately spliced and misleading” video of her speech outside the International Criminal Court (ICC) detention facility in The Hague, saying the post took her remarks out of context to generate online engagement.In a statement, Duterte said the video, posted on Abante’s official social media platforms on July 29 with the caption, “I CAN HIRE …

Sara Duterte: 'I can hire a gunman for P5K' to illustrate gun violence in PH

Vice President Sara Duterte cited a hypothetical gunman-for-hire scenario as she questioned the International Criminal Court"s (ICC) assertion that the alleged victims in its case against former President Rodrigo Duterte were all victims of the government"s anti-illegal drugs campaign.

Bloodless but productive drug war working, PNP says

Bloodless but productive is how the aggressive campaign against illegal drugs should be, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Thursday, July 30, after the government reported around P122 billion confiscated illegal drugs since July 2022.PNP chief Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr. said the drug haul in the past four years, coupled with the arrest of more than 206,000 drug suspects, was a result of the stronger coordination among law enf…

VP Sara's 'hire a gunman' remark stirs buzz amid gun violence discussion

“Sanay na sanay?” Such were the comments at Vice President Sara Duterte after she used hiring a gunman for P5,000 as an example while discussing gun violence in the Philippines. Duterte made the remarks during a “Free Duterte Now” protest in front of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday, July 29. “They cannot even say […] The post VP Sara’s ‘hire a gunman’ remark stirs buzz amid gun violence discussion appeared first on Interaksyo…

Sara Duterte: Drug war deaths stemmed from rampant gun violence

MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte asserted that the deaths linked to her father, former President Rodrigo Duterte’s anti-drug campaign were driven by the country’s rampant gun violence, claiming that hiring a gunman could only cost a person P5,000 per hit. Sara made the remarks during a rally on Wednesday, held in front of the International Criminal Court (ICC) detention center in The Hague, Netherlands. In her speech, she argued…