Militant groups welcomed the probe to be conducted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on the alleged crimes related to extrajudicial killings in the Philippines, including the deaths under the controversial war-on-drugs campaign of the Duterte administration. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque is firm that Malacañang will not share records of the administration's infamous drug war to the public nor the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) but assured the people that those guilty of crimes are being investigated, tried, and punished. Presidential Spokesman...
President Duterte remains unbothered by the International Criminal Court (ICC) authorizing the full inquiry on his infamous drug war, reiterating that the court does not have jurisdiction over the Philippine affairs. President Duterte (KING RODRIGUEZ/ PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO/ MANILA BULLETIN)...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday said it is high time that President Duterte faces the International Criminal Court (ICC) and respond to the charges against him regarding his “brutal war on drugs.” Hontiveros made the call after the Pre-Trial Chamber 1 of the ICC has approved the start of...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said on Thursday, September 16, that it will study and consider any request from the International Criminal Court (ICC) with regard to the launch of its investigation into the Duterte administration's "war" against illegal drugs. Commission on Human Rights...
An internationally recognized rights advocacy group on Thursday, Sept. 16 welcomed the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to allow the Office of the Prosecutor to proceed with formally investigating the alleged crimes committed under the Duterte administration’s controversial war...
The Pre-Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has granted the request of its prosecutor to begin a probe on the alleged crimes related to extrajudicial killings in the Philippines, including the hundreds of deaths that occurred under the controversial war-on-drugs campaign of the...
President Duterte said that the government must throw its full weight in its anti-illegal narcotics campaign to counter drug syndicates bringing in huge volumes of drugs in the country. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang) Duterte made the statement following the recent successive drug busts...
Three archbishops from Northern Luzon on Saturday, Sept. 11, reminded Filipinos of their moral duty to resist the culture of murder and plunder. Archbishop Marlo Peralta, left, Archbishop Socrates Villegas, center, and Archbishop Ricardo Baccay (Photos from CBCP) In a pastoral message signed by...
The United States on Friday (Thursday in Washington, D.C.) reiterated its call for China to abide by the July 2016 ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague that invalidated Beijing’s excessive nine-dash line claim in the South China Sea. US State Secretary Antony Blinken made...
Senator Richard Gordon lamented Friday, September 10, the apology made by President Duterte for the deaths of four Chinese nationals in recent anti-drug operations. President Duterte and Senator Senator Richard Gordon (File photos) In opening the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee's fifth hearing on the...
"We didn't want this." President Duterte has apologized to countries whose nationals died in the Philippines in the course of the ongoing drug war, saying that while he regrets the loss of lives, the government has its own laws to follow. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte made...
