Singapore-based DBS Bank Ltd. expects the Philippine economy to again grow below its target in 2025, despite benefiting from being outside the scope of United States (US) President Donald Trump's tariffs. "Direct impact from US tariffs is likely to be limited, with the Philippines' contribution to...
Any possibility of former president Rodrigo Duterte’s interim release and temporary return to the Philippines from his detention in the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague will depend on the decision of the Philippine government, the tribunal’s spokesman said. Former...
Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook) While Vice President Sara Duterte is busy tending to the legal needs of her jailed father in the Netherlands, the House prosecution team in her impeachment case is beginning to discuss the nitty-gritty of...
Veronica "Kitty" Duterte and her mother, Honeylet Avanceña, arrived in The Hague, Netherlands at past 12 noon on Wednesday, March 26 (Netherlands time), to visit former president Rodrigo Duterte, who is currently detained there for crimes against humanity of murder. Kitty Duterte (center) and...
Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero believes that the Philippines' sovereignty was not compromised with the arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte. "Hindi. Una, mga Pilipino ang nagsampa ng kaso sa ICC, hindi mga dayuhan. Pilipino rin ang nag desisyon, sabi nga ni Secretary [Jesus Crispin]...
Vice President Sara Duterte (Dexter Barro II/MANILA BULLETIN) Vice President Sara Duterte isn't excused from answering her impeachment case just because of her father's crimes against humanity charge before the International Criminal Court...
All eyes are on British-Israeli lawyer Nicholas Kaufman, who is former president Rodrigo Duterte’s lead counsel in his defense against his crimes against humanity charges before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, where he is currently being detained while awaiting trial. ...
Malacañang will not interfere in any effort seeking the return of former president Rodrigo Duterte to the country, including the plan of former senator Gringo Honasan to submit a petition to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the same purpose. Former senator Gringo Honasan (Ellson...
(File photo by Mark Balmores / MANILA BULLETIN) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) urged Filipinos to go out and cast their vote in the upcoming midterm election on May 12 as it is the “best way” for their voices to be heard. AFP spokesperson Col. Francel Margareth Padilla also appealed...
Malacañang has reminded overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) that the government is not an enemy but an ally, telling them to be sensible enough over the planned zero remittance week of OFWs— an act of support for embattled former president Rodrigo Duterte. PCO Undersecretary Claire Castro...
Senator Imee Marcos announced on Wednesday, March 26, her withdrawal from the administration-backed Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas. Senator Imee Marcos "I cannot stand on the same campaign platform as the rest of the Alyansa. As I have stated from the outset of the election period, I will...
The legal team of former president Rodrigo Duterte has received the first set of evidence, containing some 181 items, that were the basis of the warrant of arrest issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the crimes against humanity of murder chargers against the former chief executive....
