Malacañang is firm that the Philippines will not allow the International Criminal Court (ICC) to conduct investigations on the country’s internal affairs under its sovereign laws.In his Palace press briefing on Monday, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said only the… Read More
September 20, 2021, 4:15 pm MANILA – Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque on Monday said there is no proof linking former Davao City mayor and now President Rodrigo Duterte to the vigilante killings led by the Davao Death Squad (DDS) in his hometown.”I investigated the Davao Death Squads. I […]
CallS on the Filipinos to defend President Rodrigo Duterte from critics and detractors supporting the ICC’s probe into his administration’s drug war. September 19, 2021 MANILA – Former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile said the International Criminal Court (ICC) probers should not be allowed to enter the Philippines […]
. Read More September 16, 2021 MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte remains unfazed by the latest move of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to conduct a formal investigation into his crackdown on illegal drugs, Malacañang said on Thursday.In an online press briefing, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said… Read More HOW […]
President Rodrigo Duterte cannot be investigated by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for crimes alleged to have been committed in the country’s war on drugs because the ICC does not have jurisdiction in the country. For this, Duterte will not cooperate with the ICC’s probe into the drug […]
The International Criminal Court (ICC) probe on crimes against humanity under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte will not be limited to the thousands allegedly killed in the government’s bloody war on drugs from the start of the President’s term in 2016. The probe will include the reported […]
The International Criminal Court on Wednesday,September 15, approved the conduct of a full investigation into crimes against humanity during the Philippines’ so-called “war on drugs” under Philipine President Rodrigo Duterte. In a statement, the ICC said its judges “found there is a reasonable basis to proceed with an […]
Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo on Friday said opposition Senator Antonio Trillanes IV is just hallucinating for claiming his life is now in danger. Panelo could not blame Trillanes if the Senator fears that President Rodrigo Duterte is out to liquidate him. Urban legend in Davao City […]
BY EDGAR S. BENTULAN IN the rather odd “flip-flopping” moves and pronouncements of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte about his running for president come 2016 is his fierce desire to rid Philippine society of a menace that has been plaguing it for years now—yet hardly mentioned by other leaders […]
BY ROGER M. BALANZA The acronym DDS is morbid, means the Davao Death Squad, the dreaded shadowy gunmen almost always blamed when a criminal is gunned down. Dabawenyos trumpet their city as one of the most livable and safest cities in the world and would have no qualms […]
