Duterte drug war to face a Truth Commission
Victims’ suffering is central and foundational to a truth commission, serving in fact as the core justification for its existence and the primary metric of its success.
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Taking back the WPS, one mission at a time
Talk is cheap. We should have learned that lesson yesterday. Our verbosity alone will not drive China’s ships away from our exclusive economic zone. Words must be backed up by a coherent strategy and determined responses that imposes costs on them. Recovering control of our waters, after it was given up by the Duterte administration before, will require a long, arduous and incremental campaign, one island at a time, one feature at a time, one mission at a time.
Duterte’s snub of hearings a factor in ICC’s decision to keep him detained
The decision of former president Rodrigo Duterte not to attend the confirmation hearings in his case of crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court in The Haque, Netherlands was a major factor in the May 22 decision of the Trial Chamber III to deny his request for interim release and for him to continue in detention at Scheveningen prison.
ICC: No incident of Duterte’s fall in last 30 days
“There has not been any fall recorded in the last thirty days.”That’s the report of Marc Dubuisson, director of the Division of Judicial Services of the International Criminal Court, on behalf of Registrar Osvaldo Zavala Giler. It was dated May 20, referring to the documentation of the situation of former president Rodrigo Duterte at his detention cell in Scheveningen Prison in The Hague, Netherlands.
Nelfa Querubin: Prints and ceramics
An exhibition titled Sulunod features the prints and ceramic works of Nelfa Querubin in her own permanent gallery at the UP Visayas MACH (Museum of Art and Cultural Heritage). Its title comes from the Hiligaynon root word suno (according), suluno (consistency or in accord with), and sulunod (one after the other) that describes a lifetime of Querubin’s creative work on paper and clay.
Disturbing incidents of violence by state agents
What Tulfo’s trenchant criticism failed to mention is that certain members of the government’s armed personnel are not only violent when they are performing their duty—they are as violent off of it and in dealing with hapless civilians. Sandatahang Dahas’s March 2026 data offer proof to these circumstances and to the alarming number of attacks against state agents outside of official operations.
Urgent push for child safety in an increasingly dangerous digital world: Inside the national ISP summit 2026
About 96% of Filipino children aged 12 to 17 are online while at least two million children experienced online sexual abuse or exploitation in 2021 alone, according to a Rainbows in the Dark study, citing international data from End Child Prostitution in Asian Tourism.
The terrorism of Alan Peter Cayetano
Alan Peter Cayetano is a social risk. Give him public office, power and political influence. He will not see these as instruments for public administration. He will see public service only as a front to shift to the gratification of ego. In time he will silence dissent and consolidate absolute power.
‘Shit happens’* at the Senate
May 11, 2026 will always be remembered as the day the venerable institution went down to the pits, something one never imagined in the country’s political history.
ICC update: Haynes opposes prosecution Nov. 30 trial start proposal, seeks new test on Duterte’s fitness for trial
“In light of Mr Duterte’s advanced age and medical condition, any requirement that he attend hearings in person would likely necessitate significant health-related accommodations,” Haynes said.
