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Duterte on drug war: I didn't know I was fighting my own govt

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 26 06:56 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte, who failed to deliver on his election promise of crushing illegal drugs in 3 to 6 months, said on Monday he "did not know that I was fighting my own government."    Read more »

Duterte says ICC can 'record' his threat vs drug peddlers: 'I will kill you'

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 26 05:52 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said he would "never" deny his kill threats against narcotics peddlers, which he said the International Criminal Court "can record", as it mounts a possible inquiry into alleged crimes against humanity in his drug war.  Read more »

ICC begins accepting information on Duterte’s drug war

Ivel John M. Santos, VERA Files
Updated as of Jun 29 09:50 AM

The International Criminal Court has issued the call for families of victims of the Philippine government’s war on drugs to submit their concerns and views in connection with the request of the prosecutor for authorization to proceed with an investigation, a recently-retired ICC judge said.  Read more »

As PNP faces another controversy, Palace repeats 'bad eggs' are 'exception rather than rule'

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 21 05:45 PM

"Bad eggs" in the Philippine National Police make up "the exception rather than the rule", Malacañang said on Monday, after some law enforcers killed an allegedly unarmed teenager during a drug war operation last week in Laguna. Read more »

Duterte's cooperation in ICC probe 'preferred, but not essential' - law expert

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 19 03:54 PM

A constitutional law expert on Saturday said the refusal of President Rodrigo Duterte to cooperate with the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) possible investigation into alleged killings under his anti-narcotics drive is not essential for it to move on to the next phase.   Read more »

Duterte admin minaliit ang posibleng imbestigasyon ng ICC sa drug war

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 18 08:11 PM

Tingin ni forensic pathologist Raquel Fortun, makakatulong na tingnan ang mga resulta ng autopsy reports para makita kung sinadya nga bang patayin ang mga biktima sa war on drugs.  Read more »

War on drugs ni Duterte, pinaiimbestigahan sa International Criminal Court

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 15 09:11 PM

Naniniwala si ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda na may basehan para ituring na "crimes against humanity" ang war on drugs ng administrasyon.  Read more »

Don't just yap, Palace tells CHR after report on 'intent to kill' in drug war

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 25 08:44 PM

Malacañang on Thursday told the Commission on Human Rights to refrain from yapping and instead file complaints over its report that police had "intent to kill" in leading President Rodrigo Duterte's anti-narcotics drive.  Read more »

Palace asks ICC: Stop probe into Duterte drug war

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS CBN News
Updated as of Mar 18 03:22 PM

Malacañang on Thursday asked the International Criminal Court to drop its inquiry into the alleged crimes against humanity under President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war, after the Philippine Supreme Court junked appeals against his withdrawal from ICC.    Read more »

Guevarra’s speech reveals concern on ICC probe of Duterte

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Mar 08 09:53 PM

Despite President Duterte’s bravado that he is not worried about the complaints of crimes against humanity filed before the ICC against him and officials involved in the government’s bloody drug war, the speech of Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra before the UNHRC last Feb. 24 betrayed the administration’s concern about it.   Read more »

Sara Duterte plays ‘jele jele bago quiere’

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Feb 08 04:42 PM

The title of this column is borrowed from Jose Rizal’s masterpiece, Noli Me Tangere, which historian Ambeth Ocampo best explained in his 2016 opinion piece to mean “one is pretending not to appear interested in something, though in reality one is desperate to have it.” Read more »

Cha-Cha revival betrays Duterte’s desperation

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Updated as of Jan 18 09:27 AM

This time, Duterte might get it his way given his clout on both the legislature and judiciary. Read more »

It's Duterte admin's fault: Lawyer hits back over claims ICC report 'one-sided'

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 18 04:18 PM

Bayan Muna chairperson Neri Colmenares on Friday refuted claims that the recent International Criminal Court (ICC) report over alleged crimes against humanity in the Philippines linked to the administration's drug war was one-sided. Read more »

ICC prosecutor's PH drug war report brings hope to victims

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 17 10:50 PM

An independent international probe has been launched by lawyers and faith-based groups into the Philippines' human rights situation.    Read more »

Mga naulila ng drug war ni Duterte nabuhayan ng loob sa ICC prosecutor report

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 17 08:55 PM

Nakakita umano ito ng "reasonable basis" para sabihing may mga naganap ng crimes against humanity sa Pilipinas magmula nang maupo si Pangulong Duterte noong 2016. Read more »

CHR urges gov't to 'acknowledge' ICC prosecutor's observations on drug war

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 16 03:31 PM

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said Wednesday the Philippine government must "acknowledge" the report of the International Criminal Court's (ICC) Office of the Prosecutor that there was "reasonable basis" to believe President Rodrigo Duterte's flagship anti-narcotics drive spawned crimes against humanity. Read more »

Duterte aides accuse ICC prosecutor of 'playing politics' with drug war inquiry

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 16 01:49 PM

A prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is supposedly playing politics with her inquiry into the killings under the Philippine anti-narcotics drive, 2 aides of President Rodrigo Duterte alleged on Wednesday.  Read more »

Duterte, iniimbestigahan ng prosecutor ng International Criminal Court para sa crimes against humanity

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 15 08:55 PM

Ayon sa prosecutor ng ICC, may "reasonable basis" para paniwalaan ang mga alegasyon laban sa war on drugs ng Pangulo.  Read more »

Palace: Waste of time, money if ICC pursues probe vs Duterte drug war

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 15 04:06 PM

MANILA (UPDATE) — The International Criminal Court (ICC) will waste its time and money if it pursues an investigation against President Rodrigo Duterte, Malacañang said on Tuesday, after a prosecutor of the tribunal found "reasonable basis" for alleged crimes against humanity in the Philippine war on drugs. Read more »

ICC prosecutor finds 'reasonable basis' for alleged crimes against humanity in Duterte drug war

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 15 03:32 PM

MANILA (UPDATE) — The International Criminal Court's (ICC) Office of the Prosecutor has found "reasonable basis" to believe that President Rodrigo Duterte's 4-year-old anti-narcotics drive spawned crimes against humanity.  Read more »