Militant lawmakers from the Makabayan bloc are pushing the government to rejoin the International Criminal Court (ICC) even as they welcomed the Department of Justice (DOJ)'s readiness to cooperate with the United Nations (UN)-backed body to investigate extrajudicial killings (EJKs) during the...
Antipolo City 2nd district Rep. Romeo Acop (Facebook) Antipolo City 2nd district Rep. Romeo Acop castigated Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa and former chief presidential legal counsel Salvador Panelo for claiming that the House...
Antipolo City 2nd district Rep. Romeo Acop (left); former president Rodrigo Duterte (Facebook) Perhaps Antipolo City 2nd district Rep. Romeo Acop summed it up best for the House quad-committee (quad-comm) when he said, "Tayo ay nabudol (We were...
Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers (Facebook) House quad-committee (quad-comm) overall chairman Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers says the proposed amendments to the 22-year-old illegal drugs law ought to be...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte (left), Batangas 2nd district Rep. Gerville "Jinky Bitrics" Luistro (PPAB) The congresswoman who famously squeezed out an "extrajudicial confession of guilt" from former president Rodrigo Duterte in relation to...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is calling on individuals, who have knowledge about the crimes committed in the Philippines during former president Rodrigo Duterte's bloody war on drugs, to submit to them any information on the anti-drug campaign. Through the ICC Witness Appeal on ICC's...
While President Marcos reiterated that his administration will not cooperate with any International Criminal Court (ICC)-initiated investigation on former president Rodrigo Duterte, he stressed that the Philippines has to live up to its obligations to Interpol once the ICC seeks the latter's...
Former President Rodrigo Duterte (Santi San Juan/MANILA BULLETIN) Former President Rodrigo Duterte admitted on Wednesday, Nov. 13, that he was not aware of the several police officers who were dismissed or charged while enforcing his controversial...
Former President Rodrigo Duterte (PPAB) Former president Rodrigo Duterte, in his first appearance at the House quad-committee (quad-comm), faced several relatives of victims of alleged extrajudicial killings (EJKs) during his administration’s war on...
President Marcos is shifting his anti-illegal drugs campaign from intensified rehabilitation to chasing after the "big guns" in the illegal drug trade in the country. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. meets with DILG, PDEA, DOJ, and PNP officials to discuss the administration's new strategy...
Senate deputy minority leader Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, November 12, urged President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to allow the Philippines to return to the fold of the International Criminal Court (ICC). “The President can correct a monumental mistake by letting the Philippines...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Former president Rodrigo Duterte failed to "walk the talk" when it comes to his oft-repeated promise to protect and assist policemen who get in trouble for their hand in his administration’s...
