Two senators on Thursday denounced the murder of veteran journalist Jesus “Jess” Malabanan who was shot dead by still unidentified assailant inside his family’s small store in Calbayog City early evening of Dec. 8. Sen. Richard Gordon, chair of the Senate Justice and Human Rights Committee,...
Gen. Dionardo Carlos, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered on Sunday, Dec. 5, a thorough investigation into a shooting incident inside the Mindanao State University (MSU) in Marawi City that left at least five people injured. The initial investigation, however, pointed to a gang...
Malacañang has, for the nth time, insisted that the United Nations (UN)-backed International Criminal Court (ICC) has no jurisdiction to investigate the Duterte administration's war against illegal drugs. (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Cabinet Secretary and Acting Presidential...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Monday said she is dismayed over the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor to heed the request of the Duterte administration and suspend its investigation into the drug war and killings in the Philippines. De Lima, a staunch critic of the...
President Rodrigo Duterte will have no immunity from the case filed against him before the International Criminal Court (ICC) for his bloody war on drugs campaign even if he gets elected senator in 2022, former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said. President Rodrigo Duterte and former Senator Antonio...
Opposition senator Leila De Lima said on Saturday, Nov. 20 that the reasons cited by the government for the suspension of the International Criminal Court's (ICC) investigation were just done to delay the proceedings, if not for the ICC to entirely defer investigation and prosecution to President...
The Duterte administration may have made a blunder by requesting the International Criminal Court (ICC) to defer its investigation on President Duterte’s war on drugs, according to an assessment made by former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV (MANILA BULLETIN FILE...
Malacañang has welcomed the International Criminal Court's (ICC) decision to suspend its "investigative activities" on the Philippines' war against illegal drugs, which has become the signature of the current Duterte administration. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) "We welcome the...
Senatorial aspirant and human rights lawyer Jose Manuel 'Chel' Diokno on Monday, Nov. 15, assured families of the victims of President Duterte’s bloody war on drugs campaign that he will “stand” by them in fighting for justice and achieving healing. Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno attends the...
United States Congressional Gold Medals given to surviving kin of 24 Filipino World War II veterans HERO’S HONOR Philippine Consul General in San Francisco Neil Frank R. Ferrer (third from right) joins a surviving kin of a Filipino World War II veteran during the US Congressional Gold Medal...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Friday expressed her disgust over reports the staff of Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio was allowed to escape during an anti-drug operation conducted by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in a beach resort in Davao de Oro recently. De Lima, a vocal...
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque belittled on Tuesday, Nov. 9 the opposition raised by a group of 152 Filipino lawyers to his candidacy to the International Law Commission (ILC). Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque (Photo from Harry Roque's Facebook) "Para po sa kaalaman ng ating mga...
