A police sergeant is now facing dismissal after he was caught extorting money from the relatives of an arrested drug suspects in exchange for the dropping of the case. Police Master Sgt. Sherwin Gamit, assigned at the warrant section of the Cauayan City Police, was surprised after policemen from...
A civic group hailed the approval by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of a formal probe into President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war and the Davao Death Squad killings. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) "Civil society is heartened by the ICC's move to authorize the investigation on crimes against humanity...
Militant groups welcomed the probe to be conducted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on the alleged crimes related to extrajudicial killings in the Philippines, including the deaths under the controversial war-on-drugs campaign of the Duterte administration. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)...
Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said that the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to authorize an inquiry on the Duterte administration's drug war is a step closer for its victims to attain justice. Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Trillanes made...
Two Makabayan bloc members lauded on Thursday, Sept. 16 the decision of the International Criminal Court to authorize a full investigation into the bloody drug war under administration of President Rodrigo Duterte. Gun firing House Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate...
Congressmen lauded on Thursday, Sept. 16 the decision of the International Criminal Court to conduct a full investigation of the bloody drug war initiated by President Rodrigo Duterte, saying that the adage that “crime does not pay” may finally be apply to his case. Drug war deaths Reps. Edcel...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque is firm that Malacañang will not share records of the administration's infamous drug war to the public nor the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) but assured the people that those guilty of crimes are being investigated, tried, and punished. Presidential Spokesman...
President Duterte remains unbothered by the International Criminal Court (ICC) authorizing the full inquiry on his infamous drug war, reiterating that the court does not have jurisdiction over the Philippine affairs. President Duterte (KING RODRIGUEZ/ PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO/ MANILA BULLETIN)...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday said it is high time that President Duterte faces the International Criminal Court (ICC) and respond to the charges against him regarding his “brutal war on drugs.” Hontiveros made the call after the Pre-Trial Chamber 1 of the ICC has approved the start of...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said on Thursday, September 16, that it will study and consider any request from the International Criminal Court (ICC) with regard to the launch of its investigation into the Duterte administration's "war" against illegal drugs. Commission on Human Rights...
An internationally recognized rights advocacy group on Thursday, Sept. 16 welcomed the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to allow the Office of the Prosecutor to proceed with formally investigating the alleged crimes committed under the Duterte administration’s controversial war...
The Pre-Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has granted the request of its prosecutor to begin a probe on the alleged crimes related to extrajudicial killings in the Philippines, including the hundreds of deaths that occurred under the controversial war-on-drugs campaign of the...