DAVAO CITY – Former President Rodrigo Duterte and ex-wife Elizabeth Zimmerman had an emotional reunion on Friday afternoon, July 4, at the International Criminal Court detention center at The Hague in the Netherlands. Zimmerman replaced their eldest son, Davao City first district Rep. Paolo...
The legal counsel of former president Rodrigo Duterte denied that his client participated in destroying the evidence related to his brutal war on drugs campaign despite claims made by Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla. In an interview, lawyer Nicholas Kaufman reiterated that the former...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) rejected former president Rodrigo Duterte 's attempt to disqualify two pre-trial judges, affirming their impartiality despite his claims. In a decision dated July 3, the plenary of judges said it found “no actual nor reasonable apprehension of bias...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecution has submitted the 11th batch of evidence in its crimes against humanity case against former president Rodrigo Duterte. In a four-page document dated July 1, ICC Deputy Prosecutor Mame Mandiaye Niang submitted 1,062 items, organized under four...
DAVAO CITY – Davao City first district Rep. Paolo Duterte urged his son, Rodrigo “Rigo” Duterte II, to do his job well as councilor and acting vice mayor here. “He (Councilor Duterte) should do his job well. As my father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, always said, ‘You make your...
The lead counsel of former president Rodrigo Duterte expects that the International Criminal Court (ICC) will decide on their interim release request “within a month.” This was disclosed by Nicholas Kaufman, the lead defense counsel of the former chief executive, during an interview...
DAVAO CITY – Councilor Rodrigo “Rigo” Duterte II, grandson of former President Rodrigo Duterte and son of first district Rep. Paolo Duterte, officially assumed as acting city vice mayor on Tuesday, July 1, and presided over the Inaugural Session of the 21st City Council of Davao at the...
As former president Rodrigo Duterte continues to languish in the detention facility of the International Criminal Court (ICC), at least two “Free Duterte Now” rallies are scheduled to be held in July and August, with Vice President Sara Duterte possibly gracing the events. In a media interview...
Davao City Mayor Sebastian Duterte will assume the role of acting mayor if former president and Davao City Mayor-elect Rodrigo Duterte fails to take his oath of office by noon of June 30, Vice President Sara Duterte said. “Okay, si former president and now Mayor-elect Rodrigo Duterte, he has...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go reminded Davao City 's newly-elected officials to take care of the trust that their fellow countrymen have given them, as he emphasized that public office is a public trust. Go sat as one of the dignitaries during the inaugural ceremony of Davao City’s...
Vice President Sara Duterte denied reports that former president Rodrigo Duterte’s legal team had applied for interim release in Australia in connection with the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) probe into his administration’s war on drugs. “I’d like to clarify that the defense team...
Malacañang maintained that the Philippine government is not cooperating with the International Criminal Court (ICC), even as the Department of Justice (DOJ) provides assistance to witnesses in the tribunal 's ongoing probe into former president Rodrigo Duterte’s alleged crimes against...
