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Carpio warns: ICC withdrawal weakens PH legal defense vs foreign aggressors

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 09 08:14 PM

Acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio on Tuesday warned the Philippines could lose a “legal deterrent” against possible aggression by China with its withdrawal from the Rome Statute. Read more »

SolGen says no need for judicial review of ICC withdrawal

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 09 03:54 PM

The Philippines withdrawal from the International Criminal Court is a political issue that does not need judicial review, Solicitor General Jose Calida said Tuesday. Read more »

'Sinalvage ko na iyan': Duterte says he would have killed foreign critics

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 04 10:49 PM

"Salvage" means summary execution in the Philippines. Read more »

Palasyo, dudang magagamit ang 'pag-amin ni Duterte' sa kaso sa ICC

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 01 09:59 PM

Nakatakdang isumite sa International Criminal Court ng isang grupo ang tape at transcript ng umano ay pag-amin ng pangulo kaugnay sa isyu ng extrajudicial killings. Read more »

Military intelligence 'most palpak,' says Colmenares amid 'Red October' claims

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 01 07:10 PM

A former Left-wing lawmaker questioned on Monday the military's intelligence amid reports about the alleged "Red October" ouster plot against President Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »

Lawyer confident ICC will consider Duterte's EJK sin remark seriously

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 30 06:41 PM

The lawyer who filed charges of crimes against humanity against President Rodrigo Duterte said he is confident that the International Criminal Court will take notice of what he believes to be the chief executive's admission of guilt on extrajudicial killings. Read more »

OPINION: Duterte tells the truth

Ellen Tordesillas
Posted at Sep 30 06:22 PM

President Duterte’s admission  may yet be what truth-seeking, freedom-loving Filipinos have been praying for. Read more »

ICC should look into Duterte's EJK sin remark, says Hilbay

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 30 03:19 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte's statement that his 'only sin' was extrajudicial killings should be brought to the International Criminal Court, a former solicitor general said Sunday. Read more »

Philippines tells UN: Rights of citizens, law enforcers over rights of criminals

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 30 10:01 AM

MANILA - If forced to, the Philippines will protect the rights of its law-abiding citizens and law enforcers over drug lords and criminals who are out to "kill and destroy," Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano told the United Nations (UN) on Sunday. Read more »

Duterte 'umamin' sa EJK; Palasyo dumepensa

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 28 08:08 PM

Kahit sa bibig mismo ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte nagmula ang kaniyang "pag-amin" sa pagkakasangkot sa EJKs, sinabi pa rin ng Palasyo na hindi ito dapat seryosohin. Read more »

ICC to be informed of Duterte's EJK 'sin' remark

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 28 03:21 PM

This after the President in a speech Friday said extrajudicial killings were his "only sin." Read more »

'Admission of guilt': Hilbay on Duterte's EJK remark

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 28 05:17 AM

It is an admission of guilt, according to a former Solicitor General.  Read more »

Duterte says Jordanian king spoke ill of cousin Zeid, ex-UN rights chief

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 27 09:16 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday claimed that Jordanian King Abdullah II does not think highly of his cousin, former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al Hussein. Read more »

PH withdrawal from ICC has no bearing on Duterte case, says official

Jofelle Tesorio, ABS CBN Europe News Bureau
Posted at Sep 23 01:57 AM

The International Criminal Court can still prosecute the President, even if the withdrawal of the Philippines from the organization becomes final. Read more »

'They want to send me to prison': Duterte blasts ICC, EU anew

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 22 02:12 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday slammed the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the European Union (EU) anew in a speech at the Asia Pacific Association of Gastroenterology forum in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu. Read more »

Foreigners will be 'human targets' for Filipino soldiers, Duterte jests

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 21 12:02 AM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday took a swipe against foreign critics of the administration's war on drugs and said he would make them "human targets" for Filipino soldiers. Read more »

Duterte welcomes US official’s attack vs ICC

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 20 09:38 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday welcomed White House National Security Advisor John Bolton’s attack on the International Criminal Court. Read more »

Authentic South African dishes over trade talks with the country's envoy to PH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 13 12:41 PM

Annalisa Burgos gets to taste South African dishes while speaking with Ambassador Martin Slabber about South Africa's 25 years of bilateral ties with the Philippines. They also talked about similarities between the two countries, including rich biodiversity and withdrawal from the International Criminal Court. Read more »

ICC 'undeterred' after US sanctions threat

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 11 08:09 PM

The International Criminal Court on Tuesday said its work would continue "undeterred" after Washington threatened to prosecute its officials if Americans are charged with war crimes committed in Afghanistan.   Read more »

U.S. threatens to arrest ICC judges who probe war crimes

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 11 03:13 AM

The United States threatened Monday to arrest and sanction judges and other officials of the International Criminal Court if it moves to charge any American who served in Afghanistan with war crimes. Read more »