Appeal rejection expected by Duterte camp
Vice President Sara Duterte: “Hindi na namin tinitingnan ‘yung chances of coming home.”
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Day 1 of confirmation of charges hearing: Butuyan warns of return of Duterte impunity if ICC won’t confirm charges
Joel Butuyan: Truth is the antidote to the virus of impunity, Your Honors. The victims dread a future where charges are not confirmed. It will mean that the virus of impunity will continue to spread and infect many more.
ICC judge to Duterte’s counsel: Focus on substance, not theatrics
Presiding Judge Iulia Antonella Motoc to Nicholas Kaufman: The Chamber, therefore, urges the Defence to place substance over stylistic and theatrical formulation.
ICC prosecutor opposes Duterte waiver not to appear in court for Feb. 23 hearing
Niang added that Duterte’s complaints that he is “old, tired, and frail” are irrelevant, again citing the experts’ unanimous conclusion that he “is an unreliable historian in regard to assessment of his health and mental fitness.”
Confirmation hearings to proceed even without Duterte in court, ICC experts say
Update Feb. 20, 2026: ICC Pre-Trial Chamber 1 allows Duterte to skip confirmation hearings next week.“The Chamber, while acknowledging the objections of the Prosecution and the CLRV, considers that, in the present circumstances of the case, it is appropriate to proceed with the hearing on the confirmation of charges in the absence of Mr Duterte.”
In English, please
Request from a Duterte loyalist: “Hi Alvin! Is it possible for you to paraphrase the statement of Atty. Kaufman so ordinary people, like me, can understand it better? You may show him the simpler/paraphrased form before you post it for us. Thanks in advance! More power to you and to the Defence Team of FPRRD!”
Dela Rosa, Go named as Duterte’s co-perpetrators in ICC charge sheet
The ICC document said the handlers reported to a combination of police and co-perpetrators, in particular, Dela Rosa, Danao and Sonny Buenaventura, a police officer and Duterte’s driver and bodyguard, and Go, who, in turn, reported to Duterte, whose approval was required for DDS members to conduct killings in Davao City.
A dangerous precedent in Venezuela, and why Filipinos should care
If the Trump government gets away unsanctioned for the Jan. 3 attack of an independent country and the abduction of a sitting president, despicable he maybe, it would encourage country-bullies to do the same.
Was Zaldy Co inspired by Vincenzo’s underground vault?
Vincenzo is fiction. The alleged plunder of public funds attributed to Co is not.Yet both point to the same enduring truth: there is no such thing as a permanent secret. No matter how deep the vault, how advanced the technology, or how powerful the people involved, the truth has a way of surfacing.
SC, ICC on a collision course over case of ‘Tokhang’ survivor Efren Morillo
The Supreme Court is on a collision course with the International Criminal Court over the dismissal of a petition to review the case of Efren Morillo, an eyewitness and survivor of the war on drugs of former president Rodrigo Duterte, who has been detained at the Scheveningen facility while awaiting trial for charges of crimes against humanity in The Hague, Netherlands.
