Archdiocese of Manila Apostolic Administrator Bishop Broderick Pabillo welcomed the international criminal court’s investigation into the Philippine government’s deadly war on drugs saying it’s a step to stop the "culture of impunity" in the country. Bishop Broderick Pabillo (CBCP NEWS / FILE...
Opposition senators on Tuesday welcomed the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) move to seek full investigation into the killings being linked to the Duterte administration’s drug war as a possible case of “crime against humanity of murder” under the Rome...
The government has challenged the International Criminal Court (ICC) to probe the atrocities committed by the communist rebels instead of the "legitimate" anti-drug operations in the country. President Rodrigo Duterte holds a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious...
Opposition lawmakers on Tuesday, June 15 applauded the decision of International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to seek authorization to proceed with an investigation into the alleged the killing of thousands of suspected drug users and pushers in the “war on drugs” campaign of the...
The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) has welcomed the request of outgoing International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to open an investigation on the Duterte government’s war-on-drugs campaign. (Photo courtesy of BAYAN Secretary General Renato Reyes) “We welcome ICC...
The announcement made by International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to open an investigation on the bloody war-on-drugs campaign in the country preempts the prerogative of her successor and undercuts the attractiveness of the Rome Statute to States that may be considering...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) is not covered by the decision of the Court Appeals to remove Leyte Rep. Vicente Veloso III from the list of the alleged politicians involved in illegal drugs activities in the country. In a statement issued on Thursday, June 10, the PNP stated that Veloso has...
Two senators are calling for swift and impartial justice be served to the family of an 18-year old with special needs who was supposedly killed in a scuffle in Valenzuela City last May 23. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said the victim, Edwin Arnigo, a person with autism, was reportedly shot in a gun...
For Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr., the Philippines cannot afford to relax its campaign against illegal drugs like what Portugal did in 2001 due to the country's proximity to China, the region’s “smuggling center of illegal drug exports.” Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin...
Bayan Muna Representative Ferdinand Gaite assailed on Tuesday, April 27, the Ombudsman's decision to dismiss charges against the policemen who were involved in keeping 12 detainees inside a "secret cell" in Tondo, Manila in 2017. Bayan Muna Representative Ferdinand Gaite (BAYAN MUNA...
He strode past the wooden walls and tin roofs of dreary houses, decomposing trash and filth on the ground, his tactical boots sloshed through black mud and grease, as he chased after a lanky 13-year-old boy, who wore an oversized, tattered, stained gray shirt, and a pair of old brown jersey shorts....
Alyx Ayn Arumpac wins in the 12th DMZ International Documentary Film Festival IN GRAVE DANGER A scene from Aswang , the documentary on the war against drugs Despite the pandemic, Asia’s largest documentary festival, the 12th DMZ International Documentary Film Festival took place in Goyang,...
