Rodrigo Duterte’s arrest
Unlamented ex-president Rodrigo Duterte had long ridiculed the International Criminal Court (ICC) and even hurled racist slurs on former ICC Prosecutor Fathou Bensouda before insulting current Prosecutor Karim A. A. Khan KC, who took office on June 16, 2021, and mocking him for not hurrying up and arresting him. His macabre yarn is that Khan should arrest him quickly before death beats him.
ICC arrests Duterte; progressives rejoice
Former Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares welcomed the arrest, calling it a “significant step toward justice for the thousands of victims of extrajudicial killings and human rights violations under his administration.”
Marcos to blame if Duterte eludes arrest
If Duterte evades arrest despite an issuance of an arrest warrant by the ICC, there will be no one to blame but the Marcos administration.
Psychiatric tests for the Dutertes
Sen. Koko Pimentel is right, the Dutertes may need psychiatric assessment, like the many members of the 140 or so political dynasties in the country.
NDFP: Killing, arrest of consultants pushing dialogues to brink of collapse
GRP is undermining the peace process, violating the basic principles of mutual respect and accountability, NDFP chief negotiator Julie de Lima says.
Disbar Digong, kin of EJK victims ask Supreme Court
The petitioners said Duterte has shown “gross disregard for ethical standards and the rule of law through his public admissions of leading a death squad, encouraging violence and gender-based abuse, fostering a culture of impunity, and by inciting the commission of extrajudicial killings.”
Duterte and his cannibals
Edgar Matobato’s recent interview with Hanna Beech of the New York Times revealed very disturbing detail—how he and his Davao Death Squad (DDS) made sashimi and barbecue out of the extremities of a newly-murdered victim, a fine “finger food” to accompany cheap liquor in one of Davao City’s killing fields.
On the reorganization of the Security Council
“The removal of Vice President Sara Duterte and former presidents from the NSC clearly shows the widening rift between the Marcos and Duterte factions. This is not just about national security – this is about political survival.”
Bayan Muna says QuadCom’s recommendations should complement ICC probe on Duterte
Recommendations to file charges against former president Rodrigo Duterte for his bloody drug war should complement ongoing investigations by the International Criminal Court (ICC), Bayan Muna Partylist said.
Atom Araullo kayoes Badoy, Celiz
The Prado decision could be a precedent for all those who have sued the government and its intelligence operatives for running berserk and using the so-called “whole of nation approach” to attack individuals and organizations as “communists” and “terrorists” who should be stripped of their bank accounts, designated as the nation’s scourge and clapped in prison for eternity.