Among the issues raised in the conference was the Prosecution’s request that interpreters be secured for the trial in order for the proceedings be broadcast in Filipino and made more “accessible” to Filipinos.
The Commission said in its launch in Manila on Wednesday said that while the violence did not begin in 2016, the scale, persistence, and targeted killings in recent years have left thousands of families still seeking truth, justice and healing.
At least 17 party-list seats in the 20th Congress are in the hands of families whose members are already in the House or the Senate.
The National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) filed a petition for certiorari with the CA in Cebu City questioning Tacloban Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 45 Georgina Perez-Uy’s decision to deny their petition for bail last March 25.
The ICC’s Third Trial Chamber said the conference would discuss the commencement date of the trial and deadlines leading up to trial. It added that among the agenda would be discussions on the estimated volume of witnesses, documentary and other non-testimonial evidence to be relied upon at trial, among other concerns leading to the trial itself.
“Amid all these so-called development projects, why do we remain poor? Are these fires really accidental?” Pagkakaisa ng Mamamayan ng Tundo asks.
The National Water Resources Board (NWRB) has initiated a 15 per cent reduction in raw water allocation for the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) to preserve the remaining supply in Angat Dam, Manila’s main supplier.
For the longest time, trash pickers in landfills had been symbols of poverty in the Philippines. Their lives atop the garbage are pictures of inhumanity.
That children are among the hapless victims while only very few were charged for the mass murders make it necessary that the case is tried by an international court.
“It is fundamentally about access, affordability, and transparency in the energy system. As interest in rooftop solar continues to grow among Filipino households and businesses, the response should be to enable informed and responsible adoption, not constrain it,” ICSC said.
