The wife of Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa has appealed to the judiciary not to allow her husband to be brought before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, warning against what she described as surrendering another Filipino to foreign jurisdiction. In a Facebook post on Monday,...
House members are prodding the Marcos administration to move in and enforce the International Criminal Court 's (ICC) warrant of manifestation against Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa. This, after the solons got wind on Wednesday, May 20 that the Supreme Court (SC) En Banc denied the Dela Rosa...
Following the Supreme Court’s rejection of his plea for a temporary restraining order (TRO), the ball is now in the hands of the Department of Justice to decide on whether or not law enforcement agencies will go all-out in arresting Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa. Department of the Interior and...
Malacañang on Wednesday, May 20, said the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa remains valid after the Supreme Court (SC) did not issue a temporary restraining order (TRO) stopping its enforcement. Presidential Communications...
To understand the Philippines today is to understand the systems that keep the country running. For many young Filipinos navigating rising prices, heated political debates, and an increasingly uncertain future, the government can often feel distant and intimidating. Words like “judiciary,”...
Veronica “Kitty” Duterte, daughter of former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (PRRD), has filed a second urgent motion before the Supreme Court of the Philippines seeking immediate action on the consolidated habeas corpus petitions involving her father. Salvador Paolo A. Panelo Jr., managing...
The situation involving Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa after the foiled arrest attempt against him has stirred public discussion over whether lawmakers can be arrested while inside the Senate and what legal protections actually apply. Based on the 1987 Philippine Constitution, Article VI,...
Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa said on Tuesday, May 12, that he would exhaust all available legal remedies to avoid being brought to The Hague in the Netherlands to face trial before the International Criminal Court (ICC). “We will exhaust all available means, legal means. Kailangan gawin natin...
ILOILO CITY – The Supreme Court has junked the petition that questioned the real property tax increase by the Iloilo City government under the administration of Mayor Jerry Treñas. The SC en banc dismissed the March 2024 petition of the Riverside Group of Companies for failure to follow legal...
Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon has highlighted another perceived lapse in the legal strategy of impeachment respondent Vice President Sara Duterte’s defense team. And this one is so big that Ridon believes the Duterte camp shouldn 't even be allowed to join the impending Senate...
Police arrested a 24-year-old woman for allegedly impersonating a lawyer and offering legal assistance to a detainee 's son near the Makati City Jail in Barangay Post Proper Northside in Taguig. The suspect, identified as Lauraine, faces charges for violation of Article 177 (usurpation of...
The former spokesperson of the Senate impeachment court under then Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero said that the Supreme Court’s 14-0-1 decision on the term “forthwith” only proved that the critics were wrong, former Senate impeachment court spokesperson Atty. Regie Tongol said. ...
