A majority of Filipinos agree that former President Rodrigo Duterte should be held accountable before the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the thousands of deaths linked to his administration’s anti-illegal drugs campaign, according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has mobilized investigative teams to help expedite the investigation into the brazen killing of 89-year old veteran journalist Johnny Dayang who was shot dead right inside his house in Kalibo, Aklan. PNP chief Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil said police...
Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Chairperson Richard Palpal-latoc has cited the country's media as an "indispensable partner" in the fight against human rights abuses as he stressed the need to beef up the safety and protection of media workers in the pursuit of their jobs. "Media has been...
Malacañang has wished lawyer Nicholas Kaufman "all the luck" in his defense for former president Rodrigo Duterte in the International Criminal Court (ICC), stressing that he will "definitely face" difficulties given that his client has "admitted his acts of killings." PCO Undersecretary Claire...
Human rights lawyer and former Bayan Muna Party-list Rep. Neri Colmenares has explained why the 43 alleged cases of extrajudicial killings (EJK) cited in the International Criminal Court of Justice (ICJ)'s crime against humanity charge against former president Rodrigo Duterte are enough to...
President Marcos did not betray anyone for letting his administration help in the arrest of former president Rodrigo Duterte over crimes against humanity allegedly committed during his administration's bloody war on drugs, Malacañang said. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo...
In the middle of debates about the arrest of former president Rodrigo Duterte, Malacañang has called on Filipinos to never leave the issue on the extrajudicial killings during Duterte's bloody drug war untouched. The attention must not only be towards the accused, the Palace said, reminding the...
The Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFOMS) welcomed a recent report saying that no journalists were killed in the Philippines last year, saying this was a significant step in their efforts to ensure the safety of media workers. File photo The PTFOMS said this after a Committee to...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) favored the establishment of a Forensic Institute in the country to increase the number of forensic pathologists who can help law enforcers in solving crimes and addressing human rights violations. Supported by the CHR was the passage of Senate Bill (SB) No....
Militant lawmakers from the Makabayan bloc are pushing the government to rejoin the International Criminal Court (ICC) even as they welcomed the Department of Justice (DOJ)'s readiness to cooperate with the United Nations (UN)-backed body to investigate extrajudicial killings (EJKs) during the...
Lawmakers have yet to pass a measure that will punish perpetrators behind extrajudicial killings (EJKs) as they are still finalizing its definition. For Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers, one of the authors of the proposed Anti-Extrajudicial Killing Act, a killing is...
A lawmaker has urged the Supreme Court (SC) to designate special courts to hear cases of extrajudicial killings (EJKs) during the administration of former president Rodrigo Duterte as well as conduct a trial on him and his supposed co-conspirators. Manila 2nd district Rep. Rolando Valeriano,...
