The International Criminal Court (ICC) should seek permission from the government before sending investigators to the Philippines, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Tuesday, Jan. 23. “Prior consent and approval of relevant Departments, including the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),...
President Marcos has once again stood by his pronouncement that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has no jurisdiction over the Philippines and it will "not lift a finger" to help them in any of its investigation. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of PPA/Yummie Dingding)...
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Monday, January 22, called on the Marcos administration to formally confirm claims investigators from the International Criminal Court (ICC) have already concluded their investigation against former President Rodrigo Duterte and other personalities linked to...
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Thursday, January 4 expressed confidence that President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. will follow through with his promise that no International Criminal Court (ICC) investigator will enter the Philippines. Dela Rosa pointed this out amid claims...
Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla has doubted the presence in the Philippines of investigators of the International Criminal Court (ICC). If they are indeed in the country, said ICC investigators have the duty to inform the Philippine government, Remulla said. ...
Former senator Leila de Lima believes that the Marcos administration is in the “right path” as it studies the possibility of rejoining the International Criminal Court (ICC), which is currently investigating the previous Duterte administration’s brutal war on drugs campaign. Former...
Former Office of the Vice President (OVP) spokesman Barry Gutierrez thinks it is time for Vice President Sara Duterte to consider stepping down as secretary of the Department of Education (DepEd), citing as reasons the country’s education crisis and her preoccupation with other issues outside her...
In the event President Marcos decides to allow the Philippines to rejoin the International Criminal Court (ICC), Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero said the Senate may issue a resolution or a concurrence to support or validate his decision. Escudero pointed this out amid the...
Aside from pointing out that the country has a working judicial system, Senator Christopher "Bong" Go said that the International Criminal Court (ICC) need not investigate the Philippines as there are no dictators in the country. "Kadalasan po yung mga iniimbestigahan ng ICC yun po yung mga...
Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (Screenshot from Zoom) Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman has floated the possibility of turning into a concurrent resolution the existing resolutions filed by several House members and one senator in seeking...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House Committees on Human Rights and on Justice have adopted during a joint hearing the three resolutions calling on the Philippine government to cooperate with the prosecutors of the...
Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa A high-ranking congressman--second only to Speaker Martin Romualdez--has asked for "parliamentary courtesy" from Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa regarding House resolutions that favor the entry of International Criminal Court (ICC)...
