Former President Rodrigo Duterte has requested the International Criminal Court (ICC) Appeals Chamber to waive his appearance at the reading of the judgment on jurisdiction on April 22. In a document dated April 13, Duterte sought the permission of the Appeals Chamber for him not to attend the...
Four drug suspects were arrested in two separate operations in Quezon City and Taguig City that resulted in the confiscation of around P51 million worth of shabu, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) stated. In Quezon City, the suspects with aliases “Ariel,’’ “Eduard’’ and...
Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), has ordered territorial police forces to strengthen coordination with coastal communities following the discovery of more than P22 million worth of shabu in Patnanungan, Quezon. The shabu was discovered and later...
Around P4.5 billion worth of dangerous drugs seized from various nationwide operations were torched on Tuesday, March 24, at the Integrated Waste Management Inc. (IWMI) inTrece Martires City, Cavite, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) stated. Through thermal decomposition or...
Malacañang said the government is open to investigating alleged drug-related killings under President Marcos if concrete evidence is presented. Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Undersecretary Claire Castro said this after Nicholas Kaufman, the counsel of former president Rodrigo Duterte in...
A common representative of the victims of the Duterte administration’s deadly war on drugs has reminded judges and the public that they are not mere statistics but human beings whose rights have been violated “in the most profound ways.” Paolina Massida on Tuesday, Feb. 24, represented...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte was indeed “not joking” when he said that, under his presidency, funeral homes would make a lot of money from his deadly war on drugs, which saw children reduced to bodies that funeral homes could profit from, an International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte 's lead defense counsel Nicholas Kaufman has alleged that President Marcos was "set out to neutralize" his predecessor and his legacy. "So it is indeed the defense case that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. set out to neutralize Rodrigo Duterte and his legacy,"...
The Senate will discuss, among others, Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa’s absence from plenary sessions in an all-senators’ caucus on Monday, February 23. Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, saying senators see the necessity of...
Victims of the Philippines’ deadly anti-drug campaign will participate in the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) confirmation of charges hearing against former president Rodrigo Duterte, scheduled from Feb. 23 to 27. In a decision issued on Jan. 26, Pre-Trial Chamber I found Duterte fit to...
Lawyers representing victims of the Duterte administration’s deadly war on drugs have pressed the International Criminal Court (ICC) Appeals Chamber to retain jurisdiction over the case against former president Rodrigo Duterte, warning that allowing the defense challenge to succeed would...
Emotions ran high among the families of drug war victims and the supporters of the Duterte family as they watched unfold the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Appeals Chamber to affirm the Pre-Trial Chamber I’s (PTC I) ruling to reject former president Rodrigo Duterte’s interim...