​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...
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...
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Friday, January 27 expressed his belief there are some people who are indeed pushing for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to pursue an investigation into the Philippines’ war on drugs during the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte. Dela Rosa...
Five robbery-holdup gang members, one of them a female, were arrested by a combined team of Station Intelligence Section (SIS) and Investigation and Detective Management Section (IDMS) operatives on Monday, Jan. 9. Col. Byron Tabernilla, city police chief, identified the suspects as Viron Baning...
ILOILO CITY – Fewer major criminal incidents in Western Visayas region were recorded in 2022. Data from Police Regional Office (PRO-6) showed that a total of 2,783 incidents of the eight focus crimes, namely, murder, homicide, physical injury, rape, robbery, theft, and stealing of vehicles were...
WASHINGTON, United States — Lawmakers investigating last year's assault on the US Capitol recommended Monday that Donald Trump be charged with multiple offenses including insurrection -- raising the stakes in a parallel criminal investigation that could put the former president in jail. The...
BAGUIO CITY -- A total of 839 criminal cases were filed in court by the City Prosecutor’s Office for the first half of this year. Prosecutor Bernard Allan Angeles said 265 inquest cases were also filed during the same period (January to June) with no pending complaints for resolution. "So it...
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...
BAGUIO CITY -- A total of 839 criminal cases were filed in court by the City Prosecutor’s Office for the first half of this year. Prosecutor Bernard Allan Angeles said 265 inquest cases were also filed during the same period (January to June) with no pending complaints for resolution. "So it...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has tapped former presidential spokesman Harry Roque as his private counsel. Former presidential spokesman Harry Roque takes a selfie with President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. in Malacañang. (Photo from Harry Roque's Facebook page) Roque made the...
A Filipino domestic helper in Singapore, who reportedly pleaded guilty for threatening to leak explicit photos of her male employer, will serve her jail time there before facing deportation, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Wednesday, July 20. "She will serve her sentence at Changi Prison,"...
