Losing badly at the ICC
It is not yet known when other respondents would join Duterte. Misery loves company. It must be terribly lonely for Duterte to stay alone in his cell. How soon would Sens. Bato de la Rosa and Bong Go join him? Only the ICC knows.
Victims’ kin hail ICC rejection of Duterte’s jurisdiction challenge
Mothers of several victims said they wish confirmation of charges proceedings against Duterte shall immediately proceed after the ICC rejection of Duterte’s appeal as it has nearly been a decade since the complaints have been filed.
ICC cans Duterte’s jurisdiction challenge
In a 32-page decision released on Thursday, October 23, the ICC asserted its power to investigate Duterte for his alleged mass murder of civilians from 2011 to 2019 when the Philippines was still a signatory to The Rome Statute.
Bong Go’s impossible deniability (2)
Bong Go and the Dutertes can deny 24/7 that their conscience is clear and they did not steal a single red centavo. Conscience is always clear, especially when it is not used.
Bong Go’s impossible deniability (1)
Go’s star shone brightest upon Duterte’s electoral victory, with people forgetting that Bong Go was in reality just a runner for Duterte and his regular partner Honeylet Avancena, buying LPG cylinders and doing errands for the emperor and empress of Davao City.
SWP slams aid as pork barrel
“Let us always remind ourselves that government aid is ours by right, not by favor, especially since it comes from taxpayers’ money,” said Raquiza.
IBP goes mad
Perhaps, it is the Duterte contagion, or transference, that took over their brains and compelled them to lionize the architect of the summary killings in his so-called anti-drug war.
Duterte’s award blasphemes our grief, drug war victim’s kin tell IBP
The victims’ kin said they vehemently disagree with the IBP because the honoree killed thousands without remorse. “We consider this a blasphemy to our grief and quest for justice,” they said.
Dutertes smacked twice
Rodrigo suffered a big smack while detained at the Scheveningen Prison in The Hague while the daughter, who comports herself as if she were entitled to royal treatment, got her version of the big slap when the House of Representatives cut the budget of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) from the proposed P889.2 million to P733.2 million.
The struggle against corruption: Why the people, not the institutions, are our only hope
Power to the people. It is the only way. Arouse, organize and mobilize in the hundreds of thousands and demand more than just a changing of the representatives of the elite.