The Registry of the International Criminal Court said that the medical officer in its detention facility “does not possess the requisite expertise or judicial knowledge” to assess whether former president Rodrigo Duterte is fit to stand trial. “For the confirmation hearing, the MO may provide...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte must remain detained in The Hague, Netherlands to face the law and be held accountable for the thousands of killings under the guise of his administration’s war on drugs campaign, former senator Antonio Trillanes IV said. In an interview on One News, the former...
Vice President Sara Duterte visited the victims of the 6.9-magnitude earthquake in Cebu province to extend her sympathies amid the rising death toll and number of injured people. “Taos-pusong panalangin at pakikiramay sa lahat ng apektado ng lindol na yumanig sa Visayas (I wholeheartedly send my...
Voting 15-3-2, the Senate adopted Proposed Senate Resolution No. 144, expressing the sense of the Senate requesting the International Criminal Court (ICC) to hold former President Rodrigo Duterte under house arrest for humanitarian considerations. Among those who voted in favor of the resolution...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) announced on Wednesday, Oct. 1, that it will send help to the victims of the 6.9-magnitude earthquake that rocked Cebu province yesterday. Vice President Sara Duterte directed the OVP Satellite Office in Cebu for the immediate mobilization of resources to...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has issued a Certificate of Finality and Entry of Judgment on the Commission En Banc 's order that affirmed the Commission Second Division 's ruling granting the petition to cancel registration of the Duterte Youth Party-list. The poll body issued...
Malacañang said that accountability over the massive corruption in the country 's flood control projects cannot be achieved through "eloquent speeches or finger-pointing." It should be through sufficient evidence, Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said. She...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) asserted Tuesday, Sept. 30, that it remains intact, professional, and loyal to the Constitution despite conflicting statements from top government officials on the state of the national government. “For us, we do not speak for the entire government. But...
The Office of Public Counsel for Victims (OPCV) and the Office of the Prosecutor filed separate objections on the interim release application of former president Rodrigo Duterte, urging the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) pre-trial chamber to reject the defense’s latest notification. The...
The defense team of former president Rodrigo Duterte submitted to the International Criminal Court (ICC) new medical records of the former leader allegedly showing his “cognitive impairment.” The five-page document signed by Duterte’s lead counsel Nicholas Kaufman on Monday, Sept. 29,...
Vice President Sara Duterte believes that Malacañang will one day have to confront public demand for truth and accountability as former speaker Martin Romualdez, President Marcos’ cousin and close ally, continues to find himself in hot water over the multi-billion-peso flood control corruption...
Vice President Sara Duterte maintained on Monday, Sept. 29, that their family was not informed by the International Criminal Court (ICC) regarding former president Rodrigo Duterte’s health condition as he was found unconscious on the floor of his detention room. Speaking in a press conference,...