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Balitalakayan interviews Integrated Bar of the Philippines Atty. Domingo Cayosa on Monday, June 21, 2021, on the move by retired International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to press the ICC to formally investigate Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte on alleged crimes against humanity committed in the country’s war against illegal drugs. (Eagle News Service)
(Eagle News)–Senator Leila de Lima on Saturday, Jan. 18, denied she had a hand in the case filed by Edgard Matobato, through his lawyer Jude Sabio, against President Rodrigo Duterte. Matobato has claimed he was a member of the Davao Death Squad formed to kill in the city when Duterte was mayor. “Jude Sabio says I was behind the case filed by Edgar Matobato with the Ombudsman against Duterte. ‘Behind’ is such a loaded term. […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has made it clear to China that the Philippine government had nothing to do with the filing of a communication against Chinese President Xi Jinping before the International Criminal Court. According to a press release from Malacañang, this was what Duterte told Song Tao, head of the International Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, during the Chinese official’s courtesy call on the chief executive on Wednesday, […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Friday, Sept. 28, urged the International Criminal Court to expedite its investigation into the two communication reports filed by President Rodrigo Duterte’s critics against him in connection with the drug war. Trillanes made the statement after Duterte made a statement that the senator said was tantamount to the chief executive admitting he had a hand in the so-called extrajudicial killings in the country. The Palace has denied […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, Sept. 20, said a US official’s attack on the International Criminal Court was “quite refreshing.” Duterte, who himself criticized the body, was referring to the pronouncements of US National Security Adviser John Bolton, who declared the ICC “dead to America and “illegitimate,” and described it as “ineffective, unaccountable, and indeed outright dangerous.” Bolton made the statements as the ICC was preparing to probe what it said was detainee […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and lawyer Jude Sabio welcomed on Thursday news the International Criminal Court would conduct an initial probe into allegations against the drug war. “This development should jolt (President Rodrigo) Duterte into realizing that he is not above the law,” Trillanes said in a statement. Trillanes and Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano filed in June a supplemental communication against the chief executive and others before the ICC. The communication was […]
Ni Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service “Black propaganda–plain and simple.” Ito ang paglalarawan ng Malacanang sa isinampang kasong kriminal sa International Criminal Court laban kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte at 11 pang iba dahil sa mga umano’y extrajudicial killings sa bansa kaugnay ng kampanya ng gobyerno laban sa iligal na droga. “For one, it’s intended to smear the name of the President,” wika ni chief presidential legal counsel Salvador Panelo nang makapanayam sa CNN Philippines. Ayon kay Panelo, hindi rin siya naniniwalang […]
