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    Rodrigo Duterte: Philippines president to extend war on drugs because he 'can't kill them all'

    The president of the Philippines has said his violent crackdown on drug dealers and criminals will continue across the islands, after saying it would not be possible to “kill all” of those involved in the south east Asian narcotics trade.

    Rodrigo Duterte was elected in May on the promise of preventing the Philippines becoming a “narco-state”, by vowing to kill those involved in the import or selling of illegal drugs.

    Over 3,000 suspects have so far been killed since the election - 1,100 by police officers and a further 2,000 by unknown assailants. The president said he intended to extend his crackdown by “maybe another six months”.

    “I did not realize how severe and how serious the drug menace was in this republic until I became president,” Mr Duterte told reporters. “Even if I wanted, I cannot kill them all because the final list would be so thick.”

    The president previously offered security officials bounties for the bodies of drug dealers, and has vowed to protect police from arrest or prosecution over the killings.

    http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...-a7318236.html
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    House to approve death penalty bill before Christmas break

    TOKYO — Before it goes on Christmas break, the House of Representatives plans to approve on third and final reading a bill that would bring back the death penalty, a priority measure of President Rodrigo Duterte, who has often threatened to kill criminals.

    Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez said the House would work to approve state-sanctioned killings of drug convicts and those involved in heinous crimes.

    “I don’t know with the Senate, I don’t control it, but as far as the House is concerned, we will approve it before the Christmas break,” Alvarez told reporters in Tokyo, where he joined Mr. Duterte on his official visit to Japan.

    He said the House plans to leave it up to the executive to set the method for executing hardened criminals.

    “If they want to hang them, shoot them by firing squad, it’s up to them. The criminals would be dead either way,” he said.

    http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/835177/...hristmas-break
    "There is a point in the history of a society when it becomes so pathologically soft and tender that among other things it sides even with those who harm it, criminals, and does this quite seriously and honestly. Punishing somehow seems unfair to it, and it is certain that imagining ‘punishment’ and ‘being supposed to punish’ hurts it, arouses fear in it." Friedrich Nietzsche

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    Philippine Mayor Accused of Drug Links by Duterte Is Killed by Police

    MANILA — After President Rodrigo Duterte publicly named him as a drug suspect last summer, the mayor of a small Philippine town said he was not worried.

    “If you are not guilty, why should you be afraid?” the mayor, Samsudin Dimaukom, told The New York Times in August.

    On Friday, he and nine other men were shot dead at a highway police checkpoint, in what the police described as an antidrug operation.

    According to the police, Mr. Dimaukom, the mayor of Datu Saudi-Ampatuan, a town of about 20,000 on the restive southern island of Mindanao, was killed after his guards opened fire on officers.

    Chief Inspector Elias Colonia, a spokesman for the local police, said the authorities had information that Mr. Dimaukom and his group were transporting a shipment of shabu, a cheap form of methamphetamine widely sold in the Philippines.

    According to the police, a checkpoint was set up along his expected route in the town of Makilala, about 70 miles east of Datu Saudi-Ampatuan by road. The mayor and his party approached around 4 a.m., Mr. Colonia said.

    “The suspects were heavily armed and fired upon the law enforcers, which prompted them to fire back,” according to a police report. “As a result, 10 malefactors were wounded and brought to a hospital for treatment but were declared dead upon arrival.”

    http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/29/wo...lice.html?_r=0
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    Albuera Mayor Espinosa shot dead in jail cell

    Albuera Mayor Rolando Espinosa was killed by a still unknown assailant inside his cell at the Baybay City Provincial Jail early Saturday morning.

    Espinosa had been arrested for drug-related charges.

    Philippine National Police (PNP) Regional Director Elmer Beltejar spoke with GMA News Online and confirmed Espinosa's death.

    Beltejar added that details on shooting were still sketchy.

    However, he did say that the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) was supposed to serve a warrant on Espinosa at the jail.

    "It was a warrant application. It was purely CIDG. Walang coordination with PNP Region 8," he said.

    The CIDG was also supposed to be serving a warrant on a certain Raul Yap for charges related to Republic Act No. 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act.

    Mayor Espinosa had surrendered to the PNP last August after his name was included in a list of government officials allegedly involved in illegal durgs. At the time, he claimed to know some 30 lawmakers and police commanders involved in illegal drugs.

    He subsequently left police custody and returned to work, but was arrested last October 5 over illegal-drug and weapons charges.

    Espinosa is the father of alleged drug lord Kerwin Espinosa, who was arrested in Abu Dhabi last month. Kerwin is in the custody of INTERPOL and is in the process of being deported

    http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story...d-in-jail-cell
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    House panel approves death penalty bill

    The House Justice Sub-Committee on Judicial Reforms has approved a bill that seeks to reimpose the death penalty on heinous crimes, including possession of at least 10 grams of illegal drugs.

    The panel approved the substitute death penalty measure, a consolidated version of six bills, even if it was not listed in the agenda.

    The six lawmakers who voted for the restoration of the death penalty are Deputy Speakers Gwen Garcia, Sharon Garin and Fredenil Castro and Reps. Aurelio Gonzales, Art Defensor and Ace Barbers.

    Five lawmakers — Eric Singson of Ilocos Sur, Roger Mercado of Southern Leyte, Luis Campos of Makati, Victoria Noel of An Waray and Eugene de Vera — wanted the capital punishment meted only on drug-related offenses.

    Barbers said possession of 10 grams of illegal drugs should be punishable by death to deter anybody from getting near drugs.

    “This [10 grams] amount of drugs can be concealed and kept in a pocket. If we include this in the law [imposing death penalty, it will cause a fear factor and nobody would even dare carry drugs in his or her pocket. I believe that [step]is a deterrent,” Barbers pointed out.

    But for Reps. Edcel Lagman of Albay and Ramon Rocamora of Siquijor, passing the death penalty bill without a committee report violates House rules.

    “Who presided over the drafting of these substitute bills which are not even on the agenda? Who participated in such a meeting? This is a clear violation of our rules which requires a Committee report [on a substitute bill],” Lagman said.

    “The Constitution requires a compelling reason to restore death penalty, and there is no compelling reason now. The railroading has begun. The message of the House leaders is clear: Have a deadly Christmas,” Lagman added.

    http://www.manilatimes.net/house-pan...y-bill/299040/
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    Why only drug offenses?

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    Including drug offenses not only.
    "There is a point in the history of a society when it becomes so pathologically soft and tender that among other things it sides even with those who harm it, criminals, and does this quite seriously and honestly. Punishing somehow seems unfair to it, and it is certain that imagining ‘punishment’ and ‘being supposed to punish’ hurts it, arouses fear in it." Friedrich Nietzsche

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    Its a shame they don't want to bring back the chair.

    Mode of proposed death penalty: Hanging, firing squad, or lethal injection

    Metro Manila (CNN Philippines) — Lawmakers are up for more discussions when it comes to passing the proposed death penalty bill in Congress.

    One part of that bill is the mode of execution to the person convicted of a heinous crime.

    Under the bill, death penalty may be executed either by hanging, firing squad, or lethal injection.

    It also states that the death penalty shall be carried out from one year to one and a half years after the judgment has become final and executory

    Lawmakers want capital punishment for a number of drug offenses.

    Under the proposed bill reviving the death penalty, selling, trading, distributing, and transporting of dangerous drugs, regardless of quantity and purity, and manufacturing dangerous drugs may be punishable by death.

    Any person who possesses at least 10 grams of any dangerous drugs or 500 grams of marijuana may be punished by death.

    Any person — including foreigners — who brings in illegal drugs into the country, regardless of quantity and purity, may also be executed.

    Lawmakers also want death for other non-drug related crimes such as kidnapping, and murder.

    Any person who kills because of a price or a reward, kills during calamities, or kills with cruelty are also candidates for the execution chamber.

    Rape may also be punished by death — but it still depends on how and when it happened.

    Even public officials are not spared from the death penalty.

    A public officer proven to have committed plunder or amassing ill-gotten wealth amounting to ₱50 million or more may be punished with death.

    Qualified bribery or refusing to arrest or prosecute an offender after being given or receiving a gift may also be punishable by death.

    http://cnnphilippines.com/news/2016/...injection.html
    "There is a point in the history of a society when it becomes so pathologically soft and tender that among other things it sides even with those who harm it, criminals, and does this quite seriously and honestly. Punishing somehow seems unfair to it, and it is certain that imagining ‘punishment’ and ‘being supposed to punish’ hurts it, arouses fear in it." Friedrich Nietzsche

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    Duterte wants 6 executions daily

    President Duterte has threatened to execute “five or six” death row convicts daily once the death penalty is restored.

    Duterte, who has launched a bloody war against illegal drugs and criminality, said he wanted capital punishment restored “because I want to use it against you (criminals).”

    He implied that capital punishment failed to work as a crime deterrent in the past because only a few executions were carried out.

    “Restore it and I will execute criminals every day – five or six. That’s for real,” he said during the 38th birthday celebration of Sen. Manny Pacquiao in General Santos City Saturday night.
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    The President has been pushing for the restoration of the death penalty, saying it would serve as retribution for those who committed serious crimes.

    Capital punishment was scrapped in 1987 during the presidency of Corazon Aquino but was reimposed in 1993 under then president Fidel Ramos, who now serves as Duterte’s adviser.

    Crimes that were punishable by death included rape, kidnapping for ransom, murder and drug trafficking.

    Capital punishment was abolished anew in 2006 during the presidency of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, now a Pampanga congresswoman.

    Former president Benigno Aquino III also rejected the death penalty, saying it was more important to fix the problems in the Philippine justice system.

    Before assuming the presidency, Duterte said he would like to execute criminals by hanging, believing those who were under the influence of drugs had been reduced to a “bestial state.”

    “Hang first and then there will be another ceremony for a second time until the head is completely severed from the body. I’d like that because I am mad,” Duterte said in a press conference last May.

    The Roman Catholic Church, the religion of more than 80 percent of Filipinos, has been opposed to death penalty, saying sinners should not be eliminated but should instead be given a chance to amend their lives.

    The Archdiocese of Manila has urged its clergy and the faithful to say a prayer against the revival of the death penalty law in the Philippines.

    The bill restoring death penalty has been approved at committee level in the House of Representatives, which is dominated by allies of the President. Senate leaders, however, expect the controversial measure to be subjected to long debates and public hearings.

    Free overstaying prisoners

    Meanwhile, Buhay party-list Rep. Lito Atienza called on Duterte to release prisoners under the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology.

    Atienza pointed out that the slow pace of the justice system and lack of lawyers keeping an eye on their cases had been depriving thousands of inmates of a speedy trial, as provided for under Article III, Section 16 of the Constitution, stating that, “All persons shall have the right to a speedy disposition of their cases before all judicial, quasi-judicial, or administrative bodies.”

    “Many inmates who were supposed to serve short sentences end up being imprisoned for extended periods. This is contrary to what our Constitution guarantees. This is a classic case of justice delayed is justice denied,” Atienza lamented.

    Atienza said their release must be done “in the spirit of the Christmas season.”

    Atienza urged President Duterte to direct the BJMP to immediately conduct an inventory of inmates and release those who would already qualify.

    “This is one of the reasons why we are absolutely against the death penalty. Because of our defective and disjointed criminal justice system, only the poor who cannot afford lawyers, will be sentenced to death. While the moneyed criminals buy their way through the corruption network and go scot-free,” Atienza said.

    Atienza also reminded government to focus not only on political detainees, but more so on prisoners suffering in subhuman conditions inside jails.

    He invoked Article III, Section 19 of the 1987 Constitution: “The employment of physical, psychological, or degrading punishment against any prisoner or detainee or the use of substandard or inadequate penal facilities under subhuman conditions shall be dealt with by law.”

    Atienza also cited Article I of the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights, providing that, “All persons deprived of their liberty shall be treated with humanity and with respect for the inherent dignity of the human person.”

    http://www.philstar.com/headlines/20...ecutions-daily
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    MILF execution video leaked on Facebook

    LANAO DEL SUR - A video clip of an execution of three people in the southern Philippines has gone viral after it was leaked on Facebook.

    The 12-minute execution video was uploaded by a certain "Abu Haneef Tabarusaw." It showed heavily armed men wearing dark clothes and bonnets, positioned in front of three men who were blindfolded and tied to poles.

    Also seen in the video are flags similar to those belonging to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).

    The men tied to a pole were identified only as Udi, Sabar and Patrol. They were allegedly convicted for the crime of murder and sentenced to death by a Sharia court last year.

    The video also showed MILF Northwestern Division Commander Abdullah Macapaar alias Commander Bravo witnessing a last-minute plea for the lives of the three men. However, a man and an elderly woman refused to spare the lives of the three.

    At a commander's cue, the men were shot dead in a fusillade of automatic rifles' gunfire.

    The executioners shouted "Allahu Akbar!" before they untied the dead men and laid them down on the ground.

    The incident happened in Watu Balindong, Lanao del Sur last year.

    'Death penalty not uncommon in Islam'


    In a telephone phone interview with ABS-CBN News, Commander Bravo explained that in Islam, convicts can settle with the aggrieved party through blood money or be pardoned.

    He added that death penalty is not uncommon in Islam.

    "Ang sabi ni Allah doon sa Quran, ang sino mang makapatay ay patayin rin," he said.

    Commander Bravo added that the men who were executed were tried fairly in a court by 11 Islamic law scholars or ulamas. He was the last to sign the court’s execution order.

    The MILF commander said the death of the three ended a feud between families.

    http://news.abs-cbn.com/focus/01/04/...ed-on-facebook

    Here's the video

    https://www.facebook.com/abuhaneef.t...87?pnref=story
    "There is a point in the history of a society when it becomes so pathologically soft and tender that among other things it sides even with those who harm it, criminals, and does this quite seriously and honestly. Punishing somehow seems unfair to it, and it is certain that imagining ‘punishment’ and ‘being supposed to punish’ hurts it, arouses fear in it." Friedrich Nietzsche

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