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President Rodrigo Duterte “will never cooperate” with the International Criminal Court in the event its Pre-Trial Chamber grants the request of Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda for investigation of the administration’s war on drugs campaign, Palace Spokesman Harry Roque said on Tuesday, June 15.

For those who took the path of the International Criminal Court, the judicial authorisation request of the Office of the Prosecutor to proceed with an investigation is a “monumental step towards justice,” and a “ray of hope” for the families of victims of extrajudicial killings in the war on drugs.

In her request for authorization to proceed with the investigation of the situation in the Philippines, International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda cited her findings that members of the Philippine National Police “have unlawfully killed between several thousand and tens of thousands of civilians” in carrying out the Duterte government’s war on drugs.

International Criminal Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has requested authorization to proceed with the investigation of President Duterte for the crime against humanity, among other complaints in connection with his brutal war on drugs, outgoinh ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda announced today.

An old photo of Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno'' Domagoso working while hooked up to a bag of fluids was revived this week by several Facebook (FB) accounts, including the FB page of a lawyer who had worked as a social media consultant for the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO). It needs context.

A Philippine choir does it again!

The Philippine News Agency (PNA), a state-run newswire service, reported that the Philippines ranked 2nd in Southeast Asia in terms of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination rollout. Its basis was a comparison of the number of vaccines administered per country in the region.

In explaining the government’s directive to keep using face masks and face shields to help control the transmission and spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Palace Spokesperson Harry Roque wrongly equated the protection from using these protective gear to getting vaccinated against the disease.

It must be a blessing living in Taiwan in time of the pandemic.

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque twisted Vice President Leni Robredo’s positive reaction to a senator’s proposal for her to appear with President Rodrigo Duterte in an informative commercial (infomercial) to help boost public confidence in the vaccine against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

The novel coronavirus has changed more than 10,000 times since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

As the Philippine government continues to roll out coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines to its target of 70 million people, anti-vaccine advocates shared a social media post in May wrongly claiming COVID-19 vaccines contain fetal tissue.