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NEDA investment body OKs Navotas fish port project, expands Marawi rehab scope

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 20 05:38 PM

MANILA - The National Economic and Development Authority's (NEDA) Investment Coordination Committee has approved for the agency's board confirmation two new projects and changes in two previously-approved projects, including the rehabilitation of conflict-stricken Marawi City.  Read more »

Malacañang’s incoherent statement on ICC’s continuing probe

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Dec 08 09:59 AM

The one thing that spooks President Duterte fiercely is the case of crime against humanity brought against him before the International Criminal Court in The Hague which gave him the dubious distinction of being the first Southeast Asian leader to be charged before the ICC.   Read more »

ICC prosecutor continues preliminary probe on PH drug war

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 06 04:45 PM

International Criminal Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda revealed this on Wednesday in her annual report on preliminary examination activities of her office. Read more »

BLOG: ICC to continue review of charges against Duterte

Inday Espina-Varona
Posted at Dec 06 04:40 PM

The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court will continue to study complaints filed against Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte despite the mercurial leader’s refusal to recognize the organization. Read more »

Duterte: No pardon for cops in Kian’s slay

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 03 07:32 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said he will not pardon the three policemen convicted for the murder of teenager Kian Delos Santos. Read more »

Duterte insists ICC can't try him

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 17 05:02 AM

PAPUA NEW GUINEA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday said he does not recognize the International Criminal Court (ICC), where he is facing complaints over his administration's war on drugs. Read more »

Janno ipinagtanggol ang 'ober da bakod' ni Regine

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 19 09:04 PM

Para kay Janno Gibbs, 'perfect timing' ang naging paglipat ni Regine Velasquez sa Kapamilya network.   Read more »

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 »