Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Thursday criticized the government over the P1.44-trillion worth of infrastructure projects that the Commission on Audit (COA) had earlier flagged. COA has called out 17 government agencies over delayed, abandoned and idle infrastructure projects amounting...
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...
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...
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)...
Did Harry Roque just change his tone again regarding his potential senatorial bid in May 2022? Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque (Photo from Harry Roque's Facebook) In a virtual press conference Friday, Nov. 5, the presidential spokesperson sounded more hopeful than he has been in weeks...
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...
Makabayan bloc senatorial bet Neri Colmenares on Tuesday, Oct. 19 chided Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa for seeking the presidency with the alleged main objective of shielding himself and President Rodrigo Duterte from being prosecuted before the International Criminal Court. Rep. Nery...
Two groups on Tuesday, Oct. 5, said "retiring" President Rodrigo Duterte should be held accountable for continuous killings and human rights violations in the Philippines. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte on Saturday, Oct. 2, announced his retirement from politics and dropping...
Malacañang stressed that the government will not cooperate with the investigation of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on the administration's bloody drug war, saying the Philippines is a sovereign country. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Jr. (YANCY LIM/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO / MANILA...
A civic group hailed the approval by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of a formal probe into President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war and the Davao Death Squad killings. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) "Civil society is heartened by the ICC's move to authorize the investigation on crimes against humanity...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz The International Criminal Court this week did something mind-boggling, even miraculous, for millions of Filipinos: It ordered a full investigation into the illegal drugs campaign-related killings during the Duterte administration. The court found that there exists a...
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)...
