The Philippine government is determined to assert the country's sovereignty when it has refused to cooperate with any probe into the war on drugs by the International Criminal Court (ICC). President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) According to Presidential spokesman Harry Roque, the...
Opposition senators on Tuesday welcomed the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) move to seek full investigation into the killings being linked to the Duterte administration’s drug war as a possible case of “crime against humanity of murder” under the Rome...
The government has challenged the International Criminal Court (ICC) to probe the atrocities committed by the communist rebels instead of the "legitimate" anti-drug operations in the country. President Rodrigo Duterte holds a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious...
Opposition lawmakers on Tuesday, June 15 applauded the decision of International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to seek authorization to proceed with an investigation into the alleged the killing of thousands of suspected drug users and pushers in the “war on drugs” campaign of the...
The Philippine government is optimistic the International Criminal Court (ICC) will reject a request to conduct a formal probe into the country's war on drugs since such petition was "legally erroneous, political motivated." President Duterte delivers a public address on June 14, 2021 (Malacañang)...
The announcement made by International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to open an investigation on the bloody war-on-drugs campaign in the country preempts the prerogative of her successor and undercuts the attractiveness of the Rome Statute to States that may be considering...
A foreigner who had been acquitted of a criminal case can still be deported for violation of Philippine immigration laws, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said. (Photo from BI Facebook page) The BI applied this ruling when it ordered the deportation of a Swiss-Italian national for being an...
The local government of Caloocan City will file criminal charges against the owner of a resort in Barangay 171 that accommodated hundreds of guests in violation of quarantine protocols. Mayor Oca Malapitan said on Monday the owner of Gubat sa Ciudad Resort will face charges for violation of R.A....
The International Criminal Court (ICC) should no longer waste its time and resources on futile investigations into the country, Malacañang asserted Tuesday following the Supreme Court's junking of a petition that sought to nullify the country's withdrawal from the body. Presidential Spokesperson...
