Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Monday said she is dismayed over the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor to heed the request of the Duterte administration and suspend its investigation into the drug war and killings in the Philippines. De Lima, a staunch critic of the...
President Rodrigo Duterte will have no immunity from the case filed against him before the International Criminal Court (ICC) for his bloody war on drugs campaign even if he gets elected senator in 2022, former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said. President Rodrigo Duterte and former Senator Antonio...
Opposition senator Leila De Lima said on Saturday, Nov. 20 that the reasons cited by the government for the suspension of the International Criminal Court's (ICC) investigation were just done to delay the proceedings, if not for the ICC to entirely defer investigation and prosecution to President...
The Duterte administration may have made a blunder by requesting the International Criminal Court (ICC) to defer its investigation on President Duterte’s war on drugs, according to an assessment made by former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV (MANILA BULLETIN FILE...
Malacañang has welcomed the International Criminal Court's (ICC) decision to suspend its "investigative activities" on the Philippines' war against illegal drugs, which has become the signature of the current Duterte administration. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) "We welcome the...
President Duterte is not running for senator in the 2022 elections because he is evading his case before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, his acting spokesman, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, said on Tuesday, Nov. 16. President Rodrigo Duterte addresses the nation on November...
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque belittled on Tuesday, Nov. 9 the opposition raised by a group of 152 Filipino lawyers to his candidacy to the International Law Commission (ILC). Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque (Photo from Harry Roque's Facebook) "Para po sa kaalaman ng ating mga...
President Duterte explained that he initiated all his programs -- including his controversial war on drugs -- because he wants to protect the country, the Filipinos, and the youth. President Rodrigo Duterte (RTVM Screenshot) Duterte made the statement after the International Criminal Court (ICC)...
President Duterte has warned the next administration about the possible "return" of illegal drugs if the person placed at the helm doesn't share his stance against narcotics. President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during the inauguration of the Puerto Princesa Seaport Expansion Project and the Philippine...
Presidential candidate and incumbent Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa has denied he is afraid of facing the International Criminal Court (ICC) which is investigating the Duterte government’s war against illegal drugs. Dela Rosa, standard bearer of the Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban...
The Department of Justice's (DOJ) initial report on the 52 cases of deaths in the government’s anti-drug campaign showed “many lapses” in the operations, Vice President Leni Robredo said on Sunday, Oct. 24. As such, the opposition leader called for a thorough investigation into thousands more...
Both President Duterte and his former police chief, Senator Ronald Dela Rosa, should both be nervous of the International Criminal Court (ICC) case that will look into the spate of extrajudicial killings they perpetrated in the name of the government’s war on drugs, former Senator Antonio...
