Senator Ronald ‘’Bato’’ dela Rosa (Senate PRIB) Senator Ronald ‘’Bato’’ dela Rosa is sad that he won't be able to go to trips abroad amid the looming threat of his arrest by the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC). Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Jesus Crispin...
Sen. Francis Tolentino (Senate PRIB Photo) Senator Francis "Tol" Tolentino insisted that the previous ruling of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on the case of Burundi should serve as a precedent over the international tribunal’s supposed non-jurisdiction in the Philippines. In an interview...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said that the Philippines' dealings with the International Criminal Court (ICC) have ended following the court's decision to pursue its investigation into the previous administration's drug war. *President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Malacañang file...
Senator Francis Tolentino on Friday, July 21 urged the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) to still monitor the proceedings at the International Criminal Court (ICC) despite the government’s decision to disengage from the international tribunal. ...
Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez has advised the government to "be calm and face the music" regarding the International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation into the thousands of people killed during former president Rodrigo...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Wednesday, July 19 said allowing the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate the Duterte administration’s brutal drug war is tantamount to admitting that the Philippines is a failed state. “First of all, our justice system is working. Our court system is...
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Tuesday, July 18 said he won’t go into hiding should the International Criminal Court (ICC) comes to the Philippines to arrest him. Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa (Senate PRIB Photo) Dela Rosa, former Philippine National Police (PNP)...
ILIGAN CITY – Five members of a criminal group operating in the Zamboanga Peninsula surrendered to the Army 44th Infantry Battalion in Purok Bougainvilla, Barangay Loboc, Tungawan, Zamboanga Sibugay on Thursday, June 29. Task Force ZamPeLan commander Major Gen. Antonio Nafarrete identified the...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) A Makabayan lawmaker believes that the alleged "quota system" being practiced in the Philippine National Police (PNP) could used as "evidence" by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against former president Rodrigo Duterte in connection with...
The Senate plenary hall (Senate PRIB) The Senate Justice and Human Rights Committee has invited the International Criminal Court (ICC) to its hearing on a resolution of the Senate objecting to an ICC probe on the controversial drug war of former president Rodrigo Duterte. The ICC has not yet...
The Senate plenary hall (Senate PRIB) Senators brushed off the rejection by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of a Philippine government appeal against its investigation into alleged human rights violations by the previous Duterte administration in connection with its anti-illegal drug...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has rejected the Philippine government's request to suspend its ongoing investigation into former president Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs. In a decision dated March 27, 2023, the ICC Appeals Chamber denied Manila's plea "in the absence of persuasive reasons in...