Amid the brewing tension between Senator Imee Marcos and Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero over a contempt order against a resource person in the hearing of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Senator Alan Peter Cayetano on Friday, April 11, called for “cooler heads” and a...
Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero told Senator Imee Marcos on Friday, April 11, not to use the Senate as a platform for her political objectives and instead urge her to use her name, title, and influence as a bridge toward unity, not a wedge for division. Senate President Francis "Chiz"...
Senator Imee Marcos expressed her disappointment after Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero refused to sign a contempt order against one of the resource persons during a Senate panel inquiry that she led on Thursday, April 10. Senator Imee Marcos presides over the Senate Committee on Foreign...
Had the Philippines been still a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC), former president Rodrigo Duterte could have been entitled to an extradition process instead of being surrendered. Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla (Mark Balmores) But this was not the...
In a significant move, the defense for former president Rodrigo Duterte has submitted a detailed critique of victim participation in the International Criminal Court (ICC) proceedings, calling for stricter identification requirements and unified legal representation. ICC photos In a four-page...
​Another lawyer will form the defense team of former president Rodrigo Duterte in the crime against humanity he is facing before the International Criminal Court (ICC). The ICC, according to its document dated April 7, appointed Dov Jacobs to assist the defense team as associate counsel in...
Malacañang does not see the need for the Philippine Senate to submit its findings to US President Donald Trump regarding the owner of the aircraft that carried former president Rodrigo Duterte to The Hague, as suggested by Senator Bato dela Rosa. Presidential Communications Office (PCO)...
Senator Imee Marcos House Assistant Majority Leader Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre has expressed apprehension over the Senate's apparent unwillingness to accept Malacañang's stance of executive privilege in the hearing about former...
"Yung lahat ng nanggigipit sa amin ngayon, pupuntahan ko 'yan at yayakapin ko nang mahigpit (To all those who are putting pressure on us right now, I will go to them and hug them tightly)." This was Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa's answer in an interview on Saturday, April 5 on DWIZ to the...
Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa ought to maintain his willingness to show up at public hearings should be sought by authorities for whatever reason, Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre said Friday, April 4. "Sana madali lang ho din sya makita (We hope that we can also easily see him)," Acidre...
Various personnel from the International Criminal Court (ICC) arrived in the Philippines in October 2024 and were "assisted" by the current administration. Sen. Imee R. Marcos presides over the Committee on Foreign Relations’ second hearing despite the absence of invited key resource persons to...
Members of the Cabinet on Thursday, April 3 snubbed the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations’ second public hearing on the government’s move to surrender former president Rodrigo Duterte to the International Criminal Court (ICC). Not a single secretary, including their representatives,...
