​The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Friday it is ready to represent the Philippines in the international court following its resumption into the country's deadly war against drugs. Ma. Teresita Daza, DFA spokesperson, said the agency is yet to receive the official decision from the...
Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa on Friday, January 27 expressed belief that a "third force" composed of all staunch critics of former president Rodrigo Duterte is behind the International Criminal Court's (ICC) insistence to investigate the past administration's bloody war on drugs. Dela Rosa made...
Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros welcomed "with renewed hope" the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to resume its investigation into the bloody drug war during the Duterte administration. Hontiveros said she also expressed hope that President Marcos would adhere to...
The Philippines should cooperate with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in investigating the controversial bloody drug war of the past Duterte administration, Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III today, Jan. 27, said. "Let us cooperate as we are a responsible member of the world...
MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine government said Friday it intended to appeal an International Criminal Court decision to reopen an inquiry into Manila's brutal anti-drug campaign, which left thousands dead. Former president Rodrigo Duterte, who initiated the drug war, pulled the Philippines...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The International Criminal Court said Thursday it had authorised the reopening of an inquiry into the brutal anti-drugs campaign by former Philippines' president Rodrigo Duterte which left thousands dead. Duterte pulled the Philippines out of the Hague-based tribunal in...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has sealed uncertified Christmas lights and unlicensed fireworks as it ramped up enforcement operations to ensure compliance and standards of manufactured products commonly used during the holiday season’s festivities. DTI Consumer Protection Group (CPG)...
The Bureau of Product Standards (BPS), the national standards body authorized to enforce and promote Philippine National Standards (PNS) attached with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), is looking at the adoption of standards for Christmas lanterns or the famous Filipino “parol” to...
Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa, who previously led the Duterte administration's war on drugs as police chief, said Wednesday, Aug. 3, that he is one with ​the victims and families of the bloody campaign. However, he said he is not willing to face prosecution from the international court...
Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa welcomed on Tuesday, Aug. 2 President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s decision not to make the Philippines rejoin the International Criminal Court (ICC), as he acknowledged being the "number 2 accused" in criminal cases filed before international probers. "I must...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. no longer has to issue an order to speed up the investigation on drug war-related killings as "it is already a part of the justice system." President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate) Press Secretary Trixi Cruz-Angeles stated this on Tuesday,...
The camp of former president Rodrigo Duterte floated the idea of seeking a temporary restraining order (TRO) to prevent his arrest if the International Criminal Court (ICC) continues its investigation into his administration’s bloody war on drugs campaign, his former spokesman Harry Roque said on...
