Will he make it to the Senate?
"The President enters the senatorial fray with a decidedly unfair advantage." You certainly can’t blame Rodrigo Duterte for wanting ...
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Bato, Rody not preparing to defend selves with ICC probe looming
President Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa are not preparing nor contacting good international lawyers to defend them ...
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The killings started in Davao
"DDS used to mean something else — not Diehard Duterte Supporters." In this seventh of my series on the ...
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Bayan Muna welcomes ICC probe on President Duterte
Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate on Sunday welcomed an investigation of the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor into ...
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Enrile, Pimentel lock horns over ICC
Two old hands in Philippine politics gave opposing views to the proposed investigation by the International Criminal Court into the ...
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Failure of justice in war vs. drugs
"This is why the ICC must definitely come in." This continues my summary last Saturday of Senator Leila De ...
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Conspiracy to commit crimes against humanity
"The evidence is abundant." Quoting from International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Ms Fatou Bensouda’s “Request for authorisation to open ...
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US lifts Trump sanctions on Hague prosecutor, seeking cooperation
US President Joe Biden on Friday revoked sanctions imposed by Donald Trump on the top prosecutor of the International Criminal ...
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Motives behind the ICC petition
"Del Rosario and Carpio-Morales have succeeded in embarrassing Mr. Duterte before the international community." The communication to the International ...
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The evil ICC
"Opposing the ICC was and is the right thing to do." The country’s withdrawal from the UN’s International Criminal ...
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