MB Daily News Update: PH won’t bow down to ICC’s political agenda -- Remulla


The Philippine embassy in Ankara confirmed what many Filipinos feared these past few days -- the death of a Filipina and her three children who were trapped under the rubble of a building after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit Turkiye on Feb. 6, 2023.

Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla was firm in declaring that the Philippines will not bow down to the political agenda of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in pursuing its investigation into the anti-illegal drug war in the country.

The feisty official disclosed his position that he will not oppose any bid by jailed former senator Leila de Lima to petition the court for her release.

Meanwhile, rescuers are trying to reach the wreckage of a Cessna plane that crashed in the slopes of Mayon Volcano. They will also try to determine the fate of the pilot, co-pilot, and two Australian passengers who were not spotted at the crash site.

Important details of these major stories, as well as reports from our National, Metro, Provincial, and World coverages, are but a click away in the MB Daily News Update this Friday afternoon, Feb. 20, 2023.

This photograph taken on February 19, 2023, shows a woman crying as she sits atop the rubble of her collapsed house in Yaylakonak village in Adiyaman district, a Kurdish alevi community village where 108 people died and 170 houses collapsed after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck parts of Turkey and Syria. - A 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit near Gaziantep, Turkey, in the early hours of February 6, followed by another 7.5-magnitude tremor just after midday. The quakes caused widespread destruction in southern Turkey and northern Syria and has killed more than 40,000 people. (Photo by BULENT KILIC / AFP)
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