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"But I am after all a trauma reporter, and my view of the palace is from the ground, inside the miserable tent cities stinking of piss and shit where fathers wait for their drowned daughters to come home. "You are my bosses," Aquino said of his people. If they were still alive, it should be enough. It was in this context that word came from the south. Change was coming, and his name was Rodrigo Duterte."
— Nov 09, 2023 02:34AM
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Monique Pardillo
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"By the day the thirty-two were killed in Bulacan, President Duterte's pursuit of beauty had already failed. He had won the presidency promising to end the evils of drugs, crime, and corruption within three to six months of his administration. "No excuses," he had said, before extending his own deadline another six months."
— Nov 16, 2023 03:09AM
Monique Pardillo
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"In the list of his dead, Lascañas inclued two more alleged drug dealers. Their names were Cecilio and Fernando, and they shared more than his last name. 'In my absolute loyalty to [the mayor's] campaign, I had my own two brothers killed.'
'I submit myself to God," Lascañas said in testimony before the Philippine senate. "I am satisfied."
— Nov 11, 2023 07:15AM
'I submit myself to God," Lascañas said in testimony before the Philippine senate. "I am satisfied."
