The legal team of former president Rodrigo Duterte has asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to suspend its adjudication on its interim release application, citing the need to submit additional information, but the prosecution has since objected the request. In two documents uploaded...
The findings of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations headed by presidential sister Senator Imee Marcos can help prove to the International Criminal Court (ICC) that former president Rodrigo Duterte must be granted interim release based on the supposed unconstitutionality of his arrest, defense...
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...
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...
The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) Office of Public Counsel for Victims (OPCV) has opposed the interim release request of former president Rodrigo Duterte, citing fears for the victims’ and witnesses’ safety and possible harassment by the former leader, his allies, and supporters. The...
For Vice President Sara Duterte, the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecution did not make a sound argument when it opposed the application for interim release of former president Rodrigo Duterte because of his perceived influence over witnesses. In an interview on the sidelines of the...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor formally opposed the application for interim release of former president Rodrigo Duterte, using as basis, among others, the public statements and remarks by him and his family. In a 15-page document uploaded on the ICC website on June 23 and signed...
A human rights lawyers’ group has called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to dismiss former president Rodrigo Duterte’s request for interim release from pre-trial detention, citing the threats he continues to pose on the safety of witnesses and the “systematic barriers to...
Any possibility of former president Rodrigo Duterte’s interim release and temporary return to the Philippines from his detention in the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague will depend on the decision of the Philippine government, the tribunal’s spokesman said. Former...
The SM Foundation recently marked the graduation of farmers who completed a 14-week training program in modern agricultural methods. KSK-SAP graduates from Calibuyo, Tanza, Cavite celebrate their training completion in a Harvest Festival with SM group and its partners. The program, Kabalikat sa...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – Filipino environmentalists are protesting the release of Fukushima nuclear wastewater into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, August 24. Former House Deputy Speaker and environmentalist Lito Atienza Jr. called on all sectors of the Philippines to unite in protesting this,...
The Philippines has expressed no opposition to Japan's move to release into the sea the wastewaters from the Fukushima nuclear power plant. According to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), the Philippines "recognizes the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)'s technical expertise" on...
